Susie Ling's composer cat Archer. (I wonder if I should have a call for pictures of composers' pets…) GUYS. I'm up to 91 of these...

Thanks to my friend Hajnal Pivnick, these dudes (as part of the Face the Music) had two coachings with Kronos Quartet and two...

So the University of Toledo had me over as their guest composer as part of their CoCA Unboxed 2016 Festival. To prove it, they created a...

From Paul Octavious's Instagram. I think I applied to have them commission me? Maybe? Question mark?

PLUME! In this edition: I should be doing my taxes, but…

Honestly, I never thought I'd be writing this blog post anytime soon, and I'm sure I can honestly say all of us are in shock to hear that...

Originally I had a goal of posting a blog post once a week per semester. (I want to bring the blog back!) And I still have lots to write...

I don't have very many photos from this year's Midwest Clinic 2015 trip (although I suppose I do have this gem) nor do I have much to...

This rejection has been sitting in my inbox for about a month (unlike the others that have been sitting in Blogger Draft Limbo), and I'm...

Thanks to composer Evan Williams, I now have a picture of a bonfire on my blog. Truthfully, you'd expect to see more of these around...

Oh yes, I still receive them. And I will keep receiving them in my inbox as long as I live. (Unless, of course, I start receiving...

Photos by Dakota ParrishThis year I decided I was going to participate in an Unsilent Night performance/walk/sound installation no matter...

Cameron Garrity with his creations. © 2014 Richard Termine Hello blog, my good, trusted, now six-year-old friend. I know it has been...

The past few weeks I've either been opera planning, lesson planning, or reducing Copland (more on that in a future post because it...

So I have this dilemma. There is a composition competition that is due today, and I am tempted to enter it, but alas, they sent me a...

I thought I'd break up the rejection pile a bit with a random post that involves puppets, opera, and maybe a puppet opera. And some deep...

I'd like to tell you all that Lindsay Cat is sleeping on a Very Important Document, you know, something to do with casting a NANOWorks...

Why hello there and welcome back, party people. Summer vacation has just begun, and so therefore maybe it's time to catch up on those...