Prepping for the next project

My first creative project for 2019 is to compose a suite of waltzes for the piano, so of course I am working on a database for Backstreet Arts to track attendance v. self-esteem instead.

But while I do that, I’m listening to some of my older work to remind myself that I can actually compose music worth listening to.

Here, listen along:

Five Easier Pieces [a companion to, and partial apology for, Six Preludes (no fugues)]

• No. 1 (Invention)

• No. 2 (Waltz)

• No. 3 (Étude Héroique)

• No. 4 (Tango)

• No. 5 (Sonatine)

(Scores available upon request.)

While we’re at it, give a listen to “Horsefly Rag,” written for Mike Funt, who wanted something around which to develop a clown piece based on a drawing by Moholy-Nagy called “Diary of a Fly.”