What’s in a title? Also, what’s in my new string quartet “Patrick Stewart Bakes A Cake”?

Patrick Stewart Bakes A Cake. Cake not pictured. Over a YEAR ago I started working on this piece – only … More

Choral Music Cycle Path

In the summer a young man’s fancy turns to bicycles, choral music, and attempts to suppress coughing fits that resemble … More

My big failure here will be not capturing the inner conflict of some of my friends from Vancouver’s choral community … More

I’m sitting at my living room table with the door open with some coffee on the stove and my primary … More

April is a month in which happenings loom precariously over deadlines like tipsy washing machines over suckling pigs. First up … More

Before we start talking about this month’s mayhem, it’s probably long past due to acknowledge the stellar performance of the … More

Last year – I consented to blogging about each night of the VSO’s now-annual New Music Festival and I didn’t … More

Nothing special, just Thomas Ades conducting Lutoslawski’s cello concerto. I’m in absolute awe of this piece. We’re talking about me … More

This evening, I embarked on a culinary experiment where I combine two of my favorite food vices: macaroni and cheese … More

OperaFeHk‘s Absolute Most Fun Show To Go To is a chamber opera written by myself that was performed this … More

Well – that’s a fun surprise. And quite an honor! The Laudate Singers of North Vancouver have tapped me to … More

For the first time ever, and I hope it won’t be the last, I was able to saunter down Commercial … More