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This beautiful instrument that we all love so much. You know it’s got some quirky little keys on it. Some of them are kind of weird. They don’t all look normal like the A-key. Well, what if we decided we didn’t like all the weird little keys. We want all the keys to be theContinue reading “Flute Diversity”

Hello friends – I promised to let you know when the sheet music for my duet “Playing in the Currents” was available. Sorry it took a little longer than expected! You can now find it on SheetMusicPlus. Also, my latest piece “Agnus D.E.I. : R.I.P. Diversity, Equity, Inclusion” is now available as well. You canContinue reading “Sheet Music Finally Available!”

Hello friends! I finally have the video from the world premier of my duet for E-flat flutes titled “Playing in the Currents” and have posted it on my YouTube channel. It was commissioned by Dr. Linda Bailey and performed by Dr. Bailey and Christina Steffen. The first movement “Seagulls” is a slow, meditative piece, inspiredContinue reading “Playing in the Currents”

At the recent Newport Symphony Orchestra series (Jan 17-19) there were at least 6 musicians who came home with COVID. Of those, five additionally infected family members or friends. Those are the ones I know about. There were probably more, but because no one was alerted in a timely way, not everyone tested. When IContinue reading “NSO and COVID”

Hello friends! I’ve created a new section of the website to hold all my travel journals. You can access it HERE or by clicking “Travels” in the menu at the top of the page. Bernadette and I had some adventures in 2024, a few too many maybe. You can read about them as I getContinue reading “New Menu: Travels”

One of my compositions will be premiered at the Mid-Atlantic Flute Convention in Feb. 2025. The piece, a duet for E-flat flutes, was commissioned by Dr. Linda Bailey. It’s called “Playing in the Currents” and features two short movements: “Seagulls” and “Dolphins”. “Seagulls” is inspired by two seagulls drifting together, and not quite together, onContinue reading “Another Premier! Feb 2025”

Hello World! Yes, I’m still here. It’s been a crazy year of travel. I’ll catch you up on those travel logs eventually, but in the mean time I just wanted to say hello. After the Amtrak adventure in February, we also had a road trip to California in May. I was in Kenya in July,Continue reading “Still Here!”

Hello everyone! Presser decided not to publish this piece, so I have made it available along with my other works on Sheet Music Plus. You can purchase this piece here https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/2020-the-year-we-could-not-breathe-digital-sheet-music/22582443

I have the video posted on YouTube now. You can see it here and read my notes about it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l338L1pECk The piece is not published yet. I am in conversation with a publisher and will post here and on YouTube when I know more. Thanks!

Hello my friends!  Yes I’m still alive, and fresh back from the National Flute Association annual convention.  This year we were in Phoenix, yes that Phoenix, the one that’s been having 110+ temperatures.  I now know what it’s like to walk across the street at 115 degrees F. They say, “but it’s a dry heat”. Continue reading “NFA Afterglow”