Part Two: Overnight Composer Series at SUNY Fredonia1 I couldn't stay out late at the Clazel Theatre the night before because (1) I was...

What did I do during my Fall Break a couple of weeks ago? Went on a road trip! I do enjoy road trips, and I thought it would be fun to...

Well, I guess I'm not going to Florida State University anytime soon. But hey, I'm on my way (TODAY) to the 2012 Bowling Green New Music...

Yesterday I tweeted around 4 p.m. EDT that I got to stand behind Michelle Obama while she spoke at Ohio Wesleyan University. Thankfully,...

Last weekend I may have turned into Tina Fey's alter-ego: my sleep deprivation and constant consumption of McDonald's food products1...

No, I'm not talking about this failure of a game that happened this past weekend, although I feel this loss hurts way worse than the...

Yes, I'm still behind in my composer FAILs. The good news is, the next two are probably the nicest rejection letters I have received. In...

The world premiere of Drei Brückenat the Contemporary Arts Center went swimmingly well: I cannot thank Christopher Eanes and the...

Drei Brücken, the choral piece that was commissioned by the Contemporary Arts Center, premieres tomorrow with Christopher Eanes...

Yes, it's nap time in the Jolley household, especially when I plan my eighteenth-century counterpoint class,1 and definitely when I post...

I find it hard to believe that I have been so busy that I haven't found the time to post my rejection letters online. Seriously. Like, I...

Apologies for not posting in a while: I am in the processes of loading all my books and a few personal items into cardboard boxes and...

I'm sure you've heard the recent news, but if not, I'll be brief: according to Norman Lebrecht at ArtsJournal,Avid Technology,...

I completely expected this latest composer FAIL from the Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute since the instrumentation of my orchestra...

During his undergraduate days at University of Wisconsin-Madison, my composer friend Neb Macura moonlighted as a DJ at 91.7 FM WSUM, the...

I was asked by the Cincinnati Performance Time Arts (PTA) to contribute a performance to their April fundraiser. What's better than...

I attended the Opera America conference in Philadelphia almost a month ago, and it seems way longer than that. The dust is finally...

This may be the strangest and yet most exciting post ever on my blog. Why am I excited? Well, I posted this darling picture of a calico...

Thanks to the Presser Foundation, I just came back from Philadelphia attending the Opera America Conference,1 meeting with Michael Ching...