Two news items to report… First of all, I’m pleased to say that I will be par­tic­i­pat­ing in the Esprit Orches­tra’s New Wave Fes­ti­val again this year. They will be doing the harp and piano piece writ­ten for my UCSD jury, which is the same piece being done at Gaudea­mus in Ams­ter­dam. In addi­tion, I’ve been asked to write an orches­tral piece for the 2007 install­ment of the fes­ti­val, which is very excit­ing. I will post more details (as they become avail­able) in the Per­for­mances section.

Things have been very busy, and I haven’t had the chance to do any site updates between teach­ing, taking classes, and trav­el­ling for workshops/performances. I was recently in Montréal for the Ensem­ble contemporain’s work­shop, and I leave next week for the pre­mière of The Enslave­ment and Lib­er­a­tion of Oksana G. with Tapes­try New Opera in Toronto. See the Per­for­mances sec­tion for details.

In addi­tion, one excit­ing piece of news: my first jury piece from UCSD was selected to com­pete in the 2006 Gaudea­mus Music Week in the cham­ber music cat­e­gory. So I’ll be in Ams­ter­dam in early Sep for that.