Downtown Cincinnati will finally get its streetcar! After some moronic politicking (where according to the Cincinnati Enquirer, citizens...

What's this? A substantial blog post? I actually have time to write one because CCM is on spring break (woo!) and therefore have lots of...

My friend Will had a clarinet recital in December consisting of pieces by Martinu, himself, and a piece I wrote in 2006 (!!!) called...

I know this is the fourth consecutive composer FAIL I've posted on my blog, and I deeply apologize to you weary readers. If you haven't...

Part two of "wait…I was going to reject you first"…‡ Now I just need June in Buffalo to reject me and my summer plans will be complete....

In mid-June, my graduate funding officially ends. I knew the time would come, although I can't complain—CCM has been quite financially...

Onward and upward. The good news is, one of the arias I submitted will be performed at the end of March…arranged for TUBA. More details...

Remember that UC Graduate School Promotional video I scored? No? You know, the project from August 2010? Well, a couple of months ago I...

I have to admit, I was slightly more excited about eating my way to Atlanta than writing an opera in twenty-four hours. In fact, instead...

It's time to come back down to earth, huh. We all knew this was coming; however, there is a bright side: I don't have to write a string...

Well, hot damn. After pulling an all-nighter (I rarely do them, I swear), my librettist Vynnie Meli and I wrote a pretty funny opera...

If I played my cards right, I should be picking up my rental car and heading out to Atlanta right…now. As I've mentioned before, I'm...

The Birthday Cake. It was sitting here the day before my birthday and all I could do was look at it. Seriously Paula Deen? You want me to...

All in all, 2011 wasn't a bad year. I turned 30 (finally) and was able to visit some friends in Austin,Vermont, New York, and Ottawa....

There it is: the orchestra board that lists my untitled future doom directly above Bruchner's magnum opus. Since this project was...

It's a Solstice/Christmas/Hanukkah/Chrismukkah miracle. Just when I woke up a tad crummy due to (1) not waking up in time, (2) gaining a...

Well, I hope you all had a good solstice and enjoyed riding the F train YESTERDAY, not tuesday. (I kind of messed up the date when I...

Sorry this post is up a little later than usual: I was delayed by my grade submission duties and a McSkillet sausage burrito....