November 2026 Performances

November promises to be a good month for performances of my music. 

November 8, 13, 15, 2026 - Animalia for Flute and Orchestra - Tampa Bay Symphony - Straz Theater - Tampa, New Tampa Performing Arts Center - Tampa, Coliseum - St. Petersburg - FL

November 13 - Festiva for String Quartet - Fear No Music - Portland OR - 7 PM Eliot Chapel at Reed College

November 14, 2026 - Luna for Reed Quintet - Nonesuch Reed Quintet - Leaven Community Center, Portland - Portland OR

I hope that you can attend one or more performances. I will be at the Tampa Bay Symphony performances.

Allegories for Flute, Euphonium, and Percussion

 On September 8, 2026, my Allegories for Flute, Euphonium, and Percussion was performed by Julia Licota, Ana Laura Gonzalez, and Tony Zilincik at Capital University in Columbus OH.  “Allegories” is a five-movement composition for flute, euphonium, and piano or flute, euphonium and percussion based upon Aesop’s Fables. It was commissioned by and dedicated to Frank Meredith. The movements are  “The Trumpeter Taken Captive”, “The Boy Who Cried Wolf”, “The Goose That Laid The Golden Egg.”, “The Fisherman and His Flute.”, and “Tortoise and the Hare”.

Performance of Seven Portrait Miniatures

 If you are in Cortez Colorado on October 9, Karen Steele and Nancy Thomas will be performing my "Seven Portrait Miniatures" for clarinet and piano at 6 PM at the Zu Gallery 48 W. Main Street. This composition musically portrays the seven dwarfs. 

Cascades performed at the 2026 National Flute Association Convention

 I was very pleased with the Cascade Flute Choir's performance of Cascades at the 2026 National Flute Association Conference in Portland Oregon.

The choir made great postcards for each piece on the program.

Here is video of the performance. Enjoy!

Performance at the National Flute Association Conference

 My composition “Cascades” for flute choir will be performed by the Cascade Flute Choir at the National Flute Association Conference being help in Portland OR at the Convention Center. The performance is August 6 at noon in the Holladay Lobby, If you are a flautist attending the convention, please stop by and say “hello”. 

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