Commission a new work
Do you have a story to tell?
A favorite poem, a celebration, a memorial, a feeling you want to capture in music? I love telling stories through music, and any of these can be the starting point for something new.
Commissioning a new work is a collaborative experience. As we interact and learn more about each other’s stories, an exciting new story emerges—one that everyone involved has a profound connection to, and shares in the thrill of telling for the very first time.
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How it works
Three steps to a new story.
Start with an idea
A celebration, a memorial, a poem that speaks to you, or simply the love of a particular place or feeling. Every commission begins with something that matters to you.
Explore together
We discuss instrumentation, performers, text, length, and setting—storytelling through music. This process is always free and does not commit you to commissioning.
Tell a new story
Once we commit, a simple agreement covers what we expect from each other. Then the composing begins—and a story only you can tell comes to life.
Track record
Past Commissions
Let Us Be Merry & Hine Ma Tov
Choral
Commissioned by Gaithersburg Community Chorus for their 25th Anniversary.
Now Thank We All Our God
SATB, Organ, Trumpet, Handbells
Commissioned by Grace Lutheran Church, Shillington, PA.
Fanfare for Life
Orchestral
Commissioned in memory of a loved one, premiered by the Pittsburgh Civic Orchestra.
To Sarah
Vocal
Commissioned for a wedding.
Horse Play
Trumpet Duet
Commissioned as a birthday present.
Red Riding Hood & The Frog Prince
Children’s Operettas
Commissioned by Chaspen Foundation for the Arts.
Hear the music
Storytelling through music.
Each of these recordings is an example of the kind of collaborative storytelling that makes commissioning so rewarding.
Ready to tell a new story?
Whatever project you have in mind, and however far along you are in its development, I’d love to hear about it.
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