Kickstarter is online

Hello bloggers!  The official Kickstarter page to fund my multimedia extravaganza "I Am Watch Television Zombie" is online!  Check it out here:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/905261689/i-am-watch-television-zombie-a-multimedia-extravag

We need your help to make the project a huge success - both in terms of donations and in terms of helping us come up with names, images, and videos to project during the show!  Brraaaaaaaains!!!

Casanova at Twilight - Tickets on Sale Now

Tickets just went on sale for my new musical comedy!  Performances will happen in the ATLAS Black Box Theater.  The show's dates are 9/23, 9/24, 9/25, 9/30, 10/1, 10/2, and 10/3, with 7:30 shows on Fridays and Saturdays, and 2:00 shows on Sundays.


ABOUT THE SHOW:
Lock up your daughters! Casanova at Twilight is a scandalous new musical comedy written by Bill Mooney, with original music by Hunter Ewen, based on Casanova’s autobiography. This musical romp through Casanova’s scandalous life is directed by Valorie Goodall, and features Bill Mooney as Old Casanova, Garrett Smith as Young Casanova, with Leigh Holman, Jeffrey Kash, Bjorn Arvidsson, Emily Murdock, Kari Kraakevik, David L’Hommedieu, and Bruce and Jere Mock.


TICKETS:
- Single tickets $30
- $5 student rush tickets available at the door for CU-Boulder students with valid Buff One Card


Visit CuPresents.org (or click here) or call 303-492-8008 for tickets

Ohia and Lehua Tomorrow

Hello all! For those in the Denver area on Friday, 5/13/11, I will be performing my composition Ohia and Lehua, at Hamilton Hall, in the Newman Center for the Performing Arts at 7:30 Friday. The show "Here and Now" is being presented by the Playground Ensemble, as part of their 2011-2012 concert series. Tickets are free for students.

New Pictures

It comes to my attention that this blog doesn't have a lot of pictures of me! Here is a set taken by the multi-talented Brandon Labadie, the day before he leaves for Juilliard.

Friday 4/29 6:30pm at Denver Art Museum

Hello blog-readers,

Just a heads up, if you're in Denver a week from Friday... I have a few performance events scheduled as part of the "Untitled" Series at the Denver Art Museum. My 35 minute silent film Etude 2 will be projected on the massive ceiling of the museum during the exhibit. I will also be teaming up with the incredible soprano singer Emily Sinclair for an interactive performance piece called "Open Score". We will be performing together from a giant score that is composed by the audience during the exhibit (gulp). Also, if you stick around for the party afterwards, you may hear my composition Saxy Dream being performed at the reception.

Denver Art Museum Ceiling

Denver Art Museum from the Outside

Choir on Sunday

Good day. If you are not in Kansas City this weekend, then maybe you are in Boulder or Denver. My composition Red River Folk Tale will have two performances Sunday, starting at 7:30 as part of an epic all choir evening in Grusin Hall, at CU-Boulder. More information here.

April 9th Concert

Hello all. For those in the Kansas City area, I have two events coming up on Saturday. I am presenting a paper in the morning at UMKC on why we like bad music, and I am performing Ohia and Lehua, for saxophone and electronics as part of the Midwestern Collegiate Composers Exchange. More information is available at http://emccomposers.org/

Monkey Attack

Here is a video of the world premiere of Invasion of the Monkey Mind.  If I ever get a free minute, I'll put up a copy of the score for any interested trumpet players. Big things are brewing; I'll be in touch when I can announce them.  In the video, as a special St. Patrick's day treat, I wore my greenest shirt.  Enjoy!

Red River Folk Tale

Hello all - hope you're doing well. For those in the Boulder/Denver area, come out to CU Boulder to see Jeff Gemmell conduct the incredible CU University Choir as they perform my new composition Red River Folk Tale. In addition to two other world premieres, the concert also features Reich's Violin Phase and Benson's Passing Bells. If you have to miss this performance, there will be others, so stay tuned!

Invasion of the Monkey Mind

For those in the Boulder/Denver area, please keep in mind an excellent performance Wednesday the 23rd at the ATLAS Black Box Theater.  My piece, Invasion of the Monkey Mind, will be closing the concert.  The performance will feature trumpet legend, CU-Boulder faculty member, and all-around nice guy, Terry Sawchuk, as he asks the question, "Can you handle the monkey?"

For those who are curious, below is an excerpt from the score.