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Aaron Larget-Caplan plans to add my newly-published arrangement of “Naomi’s Lullaby,” which he edited, to his repertoire for the project...

I am proud to announce the publication of these titles:“Of All the Souls that Stand Create” Baritone & Piano – Text by Emily Dickinson...

The nation’s largest music distributor, J. W. Pepper, has chosen my composition, O ABSALOM (TTBB chorus, ECS Publishing #7.0696), for...

Completed 10/24/2016, NIGHTSCAPES, a three-minute work for mixed chorus and piano, a setting of seven poems by the late Jacqueline...

The Penn State Glee Club will be performing my setting of Psalm 117 on their Fall Concert. http://www.pennstategleeclub.com/performance/f...

Settings of this emotionally charged text abound in the repertoire, and this addition successfully employs the sonorous richness that...

Completed tonight: TWILIGHT, GOODBYE, PEACE. three songs for low voice, low flutes (alto and bass), and piano, for low flutes virtuoso...

Completed tonight: “Twilight,”#1 from “Twilight, Goodbye, Peace” for low voice, low flutes (bass and alto), and piano. #2, “Goodbye,” was...

I am honored to be ECS Publishing’s composer of the month for September. http://ecspublishing.com

I am honored to report that my work, “Kojo No Tsuki Variant” (aka “Moon Over Ruined Castle”) for contrabass flute duet was performed by...

Completed tonight: “Notturno Pastorale” (pastoral nocturne) for trumpet in C for the Vox Novus/Fifteen Minutes of Fame call for scores...

I am proud to announce the publication of my composition “Fanfare, Tango, and Fughetta on Hebrew Themes” for brass quintet and optional...

Review of the CD, CONTINENTAL DRIFT, which includes my “Arirang Variations” for two low flutes. https://oconnellthemusic.com/2016/06/06/s...

“Prelude and Fughetta” for C Flute and Organ by Stanley M. Hoffman “Prelude and Fughetta” for C Flute and Organ Synthesized Rendition ...

My colleague, Kevin Uppercue, just completed this remarkable synthesized rendition of my recently published composition “Prelude and...

This composition was just published. This is an intensely beautiful and moving performance. https://youtu.be/q_nWXWeTwms

Now available in-print from ECS Publishing! “O Absalom” for TTBB chorus unaccompanied by Stanley M. Hoffman, a setting of the famous...

Completed today: “Tango Semplice, Malinconia, e Trionfante” for flute and harp. 🙂 (This piece was subsequently published by Fatrock Ink.)

A positive review of the Zodiac Trio’s “Dreamtime” CD on which my music appears. http://www.classicalmusiccommunications.com/artist.php?i...