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Recently, I’ve taken up sitting on my front porch in the evening with a cup of tea and my big white puppy, Joska. She sits beside me on the steps…

"Only Kindness" to be Premiered in Documentary Film What does it mean to be kind? How do we know what kindness really is? How has kindness shaped this past year, helping…

I'm Inspired! I'm not gonna lie — it's still rough out there in the world and in my office. I'm finding ways to keep busy doing all the things that…

Music Can Help. In March, just before everything shut down, I was sitting in a church at a Cleveland Chamber Choir rehearsal and I wrote the following words: I’m writing between…

I'm excited to announce that I’ve been composing a lot recently! That might sound a bit odd to you, I suppose. “Isn’t that your job, to compose?” you would ask…

I just finished transcribing the audio recording from my panel discussion at a choral conductors conference in February (many of my readers will know ACDA - American Choral Directors Association)…

We have all been there. Limiting our options, thinking we can’t do something we want to do because we aren’t able to do it, aren’t good enough to do it,…

What does connection mean as we shelter in place? Week five of sheltering in place and, after an initial surge of productivity, I sometimes feel lost and unable to work…

Why do I feel like I need to hide my interest in social justice when I compose and market music? This is a real thing for me. It's as if…