I may not be a first-rate composer, but I am a first-class second-rate composer. (Richard Strauss)

...lyrical, witty, spiky... (Stephen Witkowski)

News

Lisa Robertson and friends will premiere scattered flurries, a new work for flute, viola, and harp on May 5 in La Grande, OR.

David contributed a few bars to the Golijov's Cakewalk project. If you're a composer with a few spare minutes and a sense of humor, maybe you should too.

Selections from Tiny Cheesehead Music were performed March 4 in Portland, OR, by Theresa Koon, Sydney Carlson, Casey Bozell, and Diane Chaplin as part of the Cascadia Composers "Contagious Inflections" concert. Video of the performance at Colonial Heights Presbyterian Church is available on YouTube.

Devil's Lake was performed December 4 as part of Access Contemporary Music's New Beginnings Festival at the Fine Arts Building on Michigan Avenue in Chicago.

Jenny Greene premiered Fifth Blackbird on November 13 at Jan Hus Church, New York, NY as part of her 15 Minutes of Fame concert. Video and scores from the program are available on the Vox Novus web site.

Windchimes for John Cage was premiered by Ensemble Décadanse on October 29, 2011 at Les Instants Chavirés in Montreuil, France, as part of their Cage 99 project.

Beth Griffith premiered Soaring on September 25 at Jan Hus Church, New York, NY as part of her 15 Minutes of Fame concert.

a very small consortium premiered Signaling for solo clarinet and Tiny Cheesehead Fanfare the Second at their concert on September 24 at at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

David Drexler
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La Grande, OR 97850 USA