News on the March: 5/13/10

Anyone still here? A lot has happened since September, so here's the digest version of the important things:

- I have officially graduated from the University of Colorado with a Master's Degree! My thesis, Urban Tales for jazz ensemble, has an optimistic performance future, but no details yet.

- I'll be in residence again this summer at the Brevard Music Center. Anyone in the area is more than welcome to stop in and say hi, and be sure to check out the Sunday night jazz at the HobNob, with me alongside none other than the incomparable Joe Luloff.

- Erik Steighner will be giving an encore performance of Oceanspeak this coming fall, November 13, at 2:00 PM in the Tacoma Art Museum. It's part of a Northwest Composers Program, and with the talent in that area it's sure to be incredible; don't miss it!

- As the classes roll out, the projects roll in; on the horizon are songs for some great CU musicians, and commissions are in the works for the the Corvallis Youth Symphony and the Hilltop Big Band. Details will be posted here as they roll in... check Notes and Words often!

- As I graduate, I also turn the reigns of the Pendulum website and blog to Hunter Ewen. Hunter's a great friend, gifted composer, and talented writer; I expect great things from his tenure as media manager. But if you ever find you missing me and my words on music, you can visit me here at Notes and Words or at my jazz column for the Examiner, which you can reach from the Links page. See you there!