On Sunday, Jeremy nailed my piece with blistering and vivacious playing.  So many old friends and colleagues were at the Green Mill and it was great to reconnect. Julia’s top curatorial powers were once again in evidence. Kudo kudo!

A review of the concert is now up at the New Music Green Mill blog:  One Listener’s Interpretation of May 03, 2009 at the Green Mill

We Gave Them No Mirrors (1:37)

August 25, 1995, CHICAGO, IL:   The Cook County Coroner’s office has reported that the unclaimed bodies of forty-four victims of the recent heatwave will be buried at Homewood Memorial Garden Cemetery. This is one of the largest mass burials in the state’s history.

Looks like Ogdensburg. This city boy is going semi-rural (they have broadband internet, so, I’ll be okay).

I’ve been consumed, of late, with work on my first pop-tune ever. The British composer/pianist/vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Imogen Heap submitted raw tracks of vocals only (i.e., the stems of a potential multi-track mix).  These vocal tracks implied a structure, tonality, chord progression, etc, and a very ingraciating tune it is, or, could become, I thought.  So, I think I’m done with a reasonable version of it and just uploaded it to my Soundcloud page: The Song That Never Was (her working title).  It’s a sort of remix contest, and if I still like my work in another day or two, I’ll submit it to her.

Jerry will perform Versírás again in May.  He will also team up with Steve Butters to perform the Saxophone-Percussion Duo by my friend Charles Lipp.

Some of my tracks are now up at Soundcloud.

You can listen to sounds right here as well.

Planning a new piece for mid-January.

Versírás, for Sopranino Saxophone and Tape, was premiered at the Harper College Performing Arts Center by Jeremy Ruthrauff in September, 2008. The concert also held works by Joan Tower, Eric Dolphy, Toru Takemitsu, Benjamin Britten, and the soloist himself, Jeremy Ruthrauff.