Posts in Compositions

“There is still plenty of good music to be written in C major.” – Arnold Schoenberg

What if Rachmaninoff had written 30 Études-Tableaux instead of 19? What if Chopin had written 7 Scherzi and Ballades instead of 4? How about 10?[…]

Revisions, and then some…

Regarding An American Toccata: Glenn Llorente (who is addressed in its front commentary) suggested I put in my own rendition of the Locrian section, so[…]

An American Toccata

That’s the name of my next work—finally finished now! Begun in Nov. 2008, and touched on & off in major & minor ways over the[…]

On Great Music

According to Jim Svejda, audio commentator on 91.5 KUSC, which is the last fortress of classical music on radio throughout Southern California: Great music: ►[…]