Grad school is turning out to be everything and more that I hoped for. Seminars this week were the best yet, building on an already excellent track record. In addition, Papa Malick Faye was visiting lecturer …
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Dinner with Philip Glass
Roger Reynolds of UCSD’s music department, was gracious and generous enough to invite some grad students over to his house to have dinner with Philip Glass. Composer/Conductor and chair of the music department Rand Steiger was …
Four new reviews in Cadence for pfMENTUM
Cadence magazine, by the way, has a lovely new quarterly version. Highly recommended reading. Sorry about the scans, don’t have time to re-type them right now.Click here to see them full page. Gove review by Robert …
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Nero fiddled…we played chess…
Will, Jeff, Ben To pass the time during the campus closure due to the fires, pianist Will Fried, and traditional Irish musician Ben Power and myself have been hitting the board…you’ve got to do something to …
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Answer to Job premier…
I’ve written a new work for choir and electronics titled Answer to Job. It will be premiered amidst works by Beethoven, Ives and Handel by the wonderful conductor Dr. Wyant Morton and the CLU Choir. They …
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Barry Threw and Jeff Kaiser = Maximus P
Do we look like pop musicians in this pic? A wee bit too much time on my hands this vacation… Click below to hear a mix of our Oakland Gig: Maximus P Live!(Barry Threw and Jeff …
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The Palindrome, Oakland, CA
Barry and Jeff I met Barry Threw at The Spark Festival in Minneapolis, MN last February. He is a very bright and creative musician with monstrous tech chops as well, what a nice combination. So I …
Trumpet used as weapon of terror?
From the AP: Trumpet causes scare in Salt Lake City Wed Jun 27, 11:01 PM ET SALT LAKE CITY – A suspicious package left outside a fast-food restaurant Wednesday turned out to be a trumpet that …
From the Santa Barbara Independent…
Farewell But Not GoodbyeThursday, May 24, 2007By Josef Woodard FREEDOM HITS THE ROAD: Trying to wrap your mouth, let alone your brain, around the synthetic word pfMENTUM is a challenge. In some way, it belongs to …