"Pied Beauty" is starting to come together nicely. I'm fairly happy with the result, and hope to actually have it in performable state before Christmas. Maybe. Hopefully. Of course, once upon a time, composition was a lot faster, because I didn't...

I just received an email for Sandra Uitdenbogerd, committee member of RMIT Occasional Choral Society (ROCS) in Melbourne, Australia. They recently did a repeat performance of Beltane Song from Wheel Of The Year as part of their showcase concert on...

Here's the poem in it's entirety: GLORY be to God for dappled things— For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow; For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim; Fresh-firecoal chestnut-falls; finches’ wings; Landscape plotted and...

Background I grew up in South Australia, and apart from a few months free tuition with the local primary school on the violin, I did not receive any music training. Despite this setback, music was always an important part of my life, and I have been a...

I've been working, on and off, on Pied Beauty, for a little while. You can have a listen to how it is sounding so far: You'll notice a few things about the midi. First, there are breaks in the various sections. That's to help me in the transitions....