In February, two orchestral works of mine were done in Carnegie Hall. First, on 2/8/08, I performed the fiddle part of my Concerto for Fiddle and Violin with the amazing Eva Gruesser and the American Composers Orchestra under David Alan Miller in Zankel Hall, and on 2/10 in the Annenberg Center in Philadelphia. The performances were very exciting, on a terrific program entitled "Culture Shock" that featured cross-cultural forays by contemporary composer/performers, including a meditative and spiritually inspiring piece "Remember this, O, Mind" performed by Terry Riley, a terrificly wild and exhilarating improvisational concerto by pianist Uri Caine ("Double Trouble"), and a beautifully shaped piece for for Balinese drummers and orchestra by Michael Tenzer.

Reviews can be found at:

Click here to read the NYT story(Eva Gruesser played an amazing concert!)

Click here to read the Philadelphia Inquirer story (I love the picture of Terry Riley up on the Philadelphia Inquirer page...!)