Upcoming this week for those of you in the NJ/NY area, I will be presenting my graduate lecture recital at William Paterson University on Tuesday, February 23rd at 12:30 p.m in Shea room 103. This recital will feature the sounds of the WPU Jazz Orchestra, and will focus on the use of dramatic elements in music composition. I'll be discussing a piece I wrote entitled Jaguar-shark, based on the life of Steve Zissou, from Wes Anderson's The Life Aquatic, as well as Jim McNeely's Absolution.
Team Zissou
Also, on Thursday, Feb 25th at 8 p.m. in the Shea Auditorium, I am sharing my graduate arranging recital with fellow composer Eric Burns. My portion of the double recital will feature Caleb Curtis, Kenny Warren, Keith Packard, Chris Pattishall, Bill Thoman, Colin Stranahan, and the WPU Jazz Orchestra. My small ensemble program includes an original entitled Tasma, a re-arranged version of Come Rain or Come Shine, and two original pieces based on the life and work of Buckminster Fuller (which as you might have guessed are slightly more "mathematical" in nature). The big band will be performing my arrangement of Jerome Kern and Johnny Mercer's I'm Old Fashioned, as well as Jaguar-shark. Eric and I would love to see you there!
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