"Great News! I've just been selected as a finalist in the Professional Chamber Music Division of The American Prize for my chamber work 224 slices of pi for flute, cello, piano and percussion. The piece was written and premiered at the 2015 nief-norf Summer Festival for Contemporary Music in Knoxville, Tennessee. Performing were Chris Schelb - flute, Hannah Meyer - cello, Andrea Lodge - piano and Ryan Patterson - percussion. The American Prize, a national non-profit competition in the performing arts, will be announcing winners in my division next month. You can learn more about this prestigious national competition HERE, or follow the news on Facebook, or on Twitter, or you can find out by following me on Facebook, or Twitter as well (links at right). Now, about that GoFundMe campaign . . .