String Quartet Finished!!!

I am very happy to announce that I have finished my very FIRST string quartet!!!!  It took me about a month to write and presented some very difficult obstacles.  The work was written for the Young Composers August Competition.  The object was to utilize the theme to the hymn 'A Mighty Fortress'.  I'm so happy to have it finished!!!  Link below!

String Quartet

Morton Gould

Tonight I prepared my submission materials for the Morton Gould. I feel good about it this year - sending one of my best string quartet works! I'll keep you all updated!

New Submissions ready

I now have 1 string quartet work and a series of Brass Preludes ready to submit to two separate opportunities now! Also, I have incredible news but I don't yet want to make it public till its the right time! Just stay tuned!!

Ideas and new submissions.

I sent off two works this week to two separate opportunities and I finally have a pianist to record one of my works!! I was so excited to receive that news - I admit, I almost cried. Hopefully now, I can get that submission ready and sent in by the February 16th deadline. Going to be cutting it close though! In the interim, I've started work on a new string quartet. I started the piece this evening around 3pm and have been working on it ever since (it's 4am now...lol). I must say this piece is shaping up to be a very good composition. I'm in now about 100 or so measures and am no where near completion. My idea is to have my new chamber ensemble premiere this work at our first concert. I have many other pieces ready for that date.