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  • 10/10 - Began preparing my bassoon quartet entitled "Bup Bop Bup" for publication by Phylloscopus Publications!
  • 9/10 - Finished "This Is My Symphony" - new choral work commissioned by the Universalist Church of West Hartford.
  • 9/04 - Appointed Director of the South Windsor Community Chorus.  Please visit www.swchorus.org for information about the group.
  • 8/15 - Assumed control of Donna Murphy's piano studio.  Donna (from whom I took lessons as a child) is retiring from private teaching, and I am pleased and honored that she has chosen me to take over teaching her students.
  • 7/15 - Left San Francisco Bay Area to relocate to New England (Connecticut to be exact). 
  • 6/08 - Nothingset Ensemble Inaugural Concert a definite success!  We had a full and appreciative audience; generous donations allowed us to recoup most of our expenses.  Visit our myspace page (www.myspace.com/nothingsetensemble) to hear excerpts from the concert.
  • 6/07 - Inaugural Concert of the Nothingset Ensemble!  Works by Messiaen, Piazzolla, Webern, and others performed at the Varnish Art Gallery in San Francisco.  Concert starts at 8:00p.  Visit www.nothingset.com for more details.
  • 6/01 - Commissioned by the Universalist Church of West Hartford to compose a new work for SATB chorus with handbell accompaniment to be premiered at the "Heaven's Bells" concert taking place on November 11th, 2007.
  • 5/10 - Opening of ~tablesettings~, the most recent show staged by the San Francisco-based interactive theater group Scrap & SalvageThe show features new music written and performed by me and fellow S.F.C.M. composer Max Stoffregen.  Repeat performances on 5/11, 5/12, 5/17, 5/18, and 5/19.  Thursday and Friday shows start at 8:00p.  Two shows on Saturdays starting at 7:00p and 9:00p respectively.  Visit www.scrapandsalvage.com for more information and tickets.
  • 4/10 - Finished copyist work and creation of MIDI realizations for America Tropical.
  • 3/07 - Began copyist work on David Conte's opera America Tropical. 
  • 2/08 - Official founding of the Nothingset Ensemble with co-founder Darren Jones.  The Nothingset Ensemble consists of a continually shifting cast of composers and performers assembled to specifically need the needs of each concert set.  For more information, please visit: www.nothingset.com.
  • 1/26 - Upgrading studio: new mics, new mixer, new software, etc.
  • 1/24 - Hired as a part-time recording engineer by the San Francisco Convervatory of Music.
  • 1/11 - Began work on music for "INEBRO" - a animated comedy show set to air on www.minutemancomedy.com

2007 ^

 

  • 11/15 - Official launch of the San Francisco Bay Area branch of Overqualified™ Educational Services; appointed branch head (www.overqualifiedtutoring.com).
  • 11/01 - Hired as a singer by Midomi to record several hundred song fragments to fill their online database (searchable via voice-recognition) at www.midomi.com.
  • 9/29 - Updating/fixing web site.
  • 9/09 - Joined the San Francisco Choral Artists as a low bass.
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