Alumni Award

Today I learned that the CSE Alumni Association will present a very generous award which will help cover my tuition next year. My thanks go out to everyone on the selection committee and the alumni association for honoring me with this award.

Forgotton Press

After the Hamelin premiere, I was approached by an administrator who noted my website was missing several links to websites that mention my name. Also, there is a new article in the February 9th issue of the Winchester Sun newspaper. Feel free to check it out too (if you can find a copy). Below are a few other references:

Case Magazine Article (vol. 18 #2)
Case Engineering Magazine, Alizarin Article (vol. 4 #2, p. 4)
Case Engineering Magazine Reference (v. 4, #1, p. 15)
Rock for Doc Article
SOURCE Recognition
Random Reprint of an Old Article
Results of a 1999 Dogsled Race

Hamelin, After The Rats: World Premiere

On Sunday, March 5th, the Case Western Reserve University Symphonic Winds (under the direction of Gary Ciepluch) will be premiering my "Hamelin, After the Rats". The concert is at 6:00, in Kulas hall at the Cleveland Institute of Music.

Senior Recital

My senior composition recital will be Saturday, March 4th, at 3:00. It will be held at Harkness Chapel at Case Western Reserve University. Admission is free and there will be free food after the concert. This concert features Marlon Cox, Jacob Crandall, Ted Demas, Raphaela Ghodsizadeh, Maggie Kiehl, Minna, Krejci, Joy Liou, Alanna Mazarik, Colin Milne, David Ojala, Marc Plotkin, Jon Po, Sal Russo, and JT Tan.

Website Traffic

After two months of uptime, hunterewen.com has already received well over 3,000 hits. Thank you for making this website such a success!

Alizarin's World by Numbers

The video game project is completed and the final product is online ready to be downloaded. The game is called "Alizarin's World by Numbers". The guest panel from Electronic Arts had this to say:
"The best submission of the night. A solid idea that shares a lot with Kirby's Canvas Curse in terms of movement and Black & White in terms of a gesture system. The really strong part, however, was the brilliant art and music. More of an experiential game than a traditional puzzler, this was a fantastic effort ... [T]he Alizarin team should go to GDC this year and get their game in front of Nintendo. It's that good."

Download the game Here
Visit the Official "Alizarin's World by Numbers" Homepage Here
Read the Case Western Reserve University P.R. Article about Alizarin Here

Press

Read the Observer Article Here
Read the Case Western News Center Article Here
Read the Case Western Reserve University P.R. Article About the Alizarin Video-Game Here

Publication

Alphonse LeDuc publishing has agreed to publish my arrangement of the Bozza Aria (for alto sax and strings), and distribute it through Europe and Asia. The American distribution will be handled by Theodore Presser publications. This makes me the youngest person to be published by LeDuc (and as I understand, it's one of the largest publishing houses in Europe).

New Commission

I have just accepted a commission to create a "Relaxation CD" as part of a free program for Case students from the office of educational support services. I will be composing all 60 minutes of music, as well as shooting photography for the cover, designing and implementing graphics, and arranging for packaging and distribution. The estimated completion time for this project is December.

More Bozza Aria News

I have just learned that Gregory Banaszak (Grammy nominated saxophonist) will be recording my Bozza Aria arrangement (under LeDuc publications) this summer with a new orchestra under the direction of Krzystof Penderecki. The title of the album is "Romances for Saxophone and Orchestra", and it will be released by Centaur Records, at a date TBA. They speculate that this will be the first track on the album.