Wesleyan University Music Department

11/01/2024

Halloween 2024!!!

09/12/2024

Another rehearsal tonight for my new Fantasy Variations. It's going very well! Thanks to Debby Tyler, violin; Gretchen Frazier, viola, Tom Hudson, cello, and especially Steve Wade, oboe, who asked me to write the piece for this splendid group! Check out the QR in the poster for details.

05/07/2024

Wesleyan Concert Choir tomorrow! 5:00pm, Crowell 🤩

02/24/2024

Last weekend saw the first two performances of my ninth string quartet: A Partita for Aymeric Dupré la Tour. Aymeric died in an automobile accident on Sunday 29 May 2022. He was 49 years old. I learned of his death the same day, and was stunned by the news. His passing was brutal and senseless, on the way to play a church service. The last time I heard him play was in the Wesleyan Chapel, the previous December. He played the difficult, musically obscure Four Duets of J. S. Bach. It was some of the most beautiful harpsichord playing I have ever heard. As soon as I received the phone call about Aymeric’s passing, I knew I had to write a string quartet in his memory: a tribute to a friend but also a protest of his sudden, pointless death. Composing in the white heat of inspiration, I finished the seven-movement Partita in about two months. It is a sizable work. I hope you can listen to all of it. There are comments on the various movements attached to the SoundCloud tracks. Here is the link:

Aymeric died in an automobile accident on Sunday 29 May 2022. He was 49 years old. I learned of his death the same day, and was stunned by the news. His passing was brutal and senseless, on the way to

11/30/2023

Orchestra Concert tomorrow night!

10/31/2023

Halloween night!!! 😱☠️⚰️🪦🧟‍♂️😈👺🧌🤪

04/25/2023

Come the the Wesleyan University Orchestra on the 5th of May at 8 pm!

04/24/2023

Our final concert, featuring Concerto Competition winners Junu Lee and Mrinal Bhatnagar will be next Friday, the 5th of May! Come see us perform at the Crowell Concert Hall!

04/03/2023

Introducing one of our orchestra’s cellists, Luke Robbins! To learn more about him, swipe right!

03/27/2023

We are searching for violinists for the Wesleyan University Orchestra! Reach out if interested!
We will be playing pieces from Schubert, Ravel, Dvorak, and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

02/28/2023

Join us this Saturday at Crowell Concert Hall, at 3 pm!🎶

02/06/2023

Apply to be in the Wesleyan University Orchestra and be part of an amazing team!🎶