It was a great pleasure to spend time in the writers room at the Betsy Hotel on Ocean Drive the first week of March. The residency allowed me the time to complete the new work for String Noise Duo being premiered by them as part of the New Music Miami Festival on April 5 and subsequently in NYC. Very grateful for the opportunity at a wonderful place to work.More here

a gamelan in the distance performed by Chen-Hui Jen was aired on WUSF/WSMR’s Modern Notebook program featuring host Tyler Kline. The music was part of the September 11th evening edition. The recording by Chen-Hui Jen is available on bandcamp here

I will be in residence at Bethany Arts Community in Ossining, NY from May 2-15. During my time there I will be working on a new piece for the Madrid based Nuevo Ensemble de Segovia for premiere in the fall of 2022. This will be the 3rd work I complete for the ensemble written over the last 10 plus years as they celebrate 25 years of existence.

The online new music journal I Care If You Listen recently published an interview with me regarding my work impulso/momentum premiered as part of a concert with the theme of social justice featuring the NYC based Ensemble Pi. I am very grateful to ICIYL for allowing me the opportunity to present my views on my work, the text I created for the work, and the subject/theme for the concert. The interview can be accessed here

I am extremely honored and humbled to have received the 2022 Walter Hinrichsen Award in Music from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. This award was established by the C. F. Peters Corporation, music publishers, in 1984, and is given for the publication of a work by a gifted composer. I am very much looking forward to having my music included in the catalog of this extremely important and historic publisher and am very grateful to the committee. More here

On March 2 the New York City based Ensemble Pi will be premiering my new work impulso/momentum for baritone voice and chamber ensemble. The work commissioned by the ensemble will be part of a concert on the theme of social justice. More information here

I am extremely humbled and honored to have received my 5th Latin Grammy Nomination in the best Contemporary Classical Composition Category. I am in great company with some great works and composers nominated. More here

Incredibly productive 4 weeks in Key West at the 4 week artist residency I realized at the Studios of Key West mid June to mid July. Completed the large part of a 22 minute work for classical guitar and chamber orchestra for virtuoso guitarist Jaime Marquez and the Orquesta de Camara de Bellas Artes in Mexico City and its director Ludwig Carrasco for premiere in December. The Studios are a great place to work with the combination of all of the tranquility and diversion anyone could want. More

Extremely grateful to Composers Now to be part of their Impact Series. The 30 plus minute program first aired August 12 but available indefinitely where I briefly present my thoughts on art and music and my work for cello and string orchestra with virtuoso cellist Jason Calloway as well as my work for video and electronics with video by Jacek Kolasinski can be found here

Extremely pleased to have been the producer and initiator of this project to promote the wonderful music of Cintas Foundation Fellowship winning composers Flores Chaviano, Ivette Herryman Rodriguez, Odaline de la Martinez, Eduardo Morales Caso, Sabrina Peña Young on a new album being released in June 2021 by Neuma Records with the support of the Cintas Foundation. Sonidos Cubanos 2 is a second album in a series of recordings championing the music of these outstanding composers. Review here and more information here