Having conducted six very different pieces in the past three weeks, I’m looking forward to one more this Sunday. Prope Silvam is being premiered by a subset of SCE in Newman Hall, USC at 4pm. Next week I cover for Frank Ticheli with CME for the first time; we’re playing Bolcom.
The song cycle for Peter Schueller (tenor) is almost complete— it’s about time! I’m constantly revisiting how I write for piano plus a single instrument… Contrary to my last post, I have not yet started sketching the concerto, but have been doing some very rudimentary conceptualization involving logarithims. (My younger brother, a math/comp. sci guy, has been very helpful— we have a good intellectual collaboration!)
Have a few smaller pieces to write as well as revisions for Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra. That will be my March, I think.
