2016 has started with a bang as far as the writing is concerned. So far, I have added five new works to my catalog, as well as a transcription of one of those works. But the big news is the completion of a large orchestral work that I have been working on for the past three years, off and on, of course. The new works include Wild Turkey Suite for solo bassoon, In Flanders Fields for SATB a cappella chorus, an arrangement of my Theme to the Movie "Doubles" for jazz quintet, which was a film score I wrote back in 1990, Scherzando for Strings, and finally Nuances de lumière for string orchestra, of which I did a transcription for woodwind quintet that came out really nice. The orchestral work is Voices from Itsă’tĭ, which is a historical work about the great Cherokee warrior-chief A’gstă’ta, or Oconastata as most historians know him by. I'm looking forward to some great performance opportunities with each of these, as well as the other works which are under way. Continue Reading