Speaking not so much as a composer but as a fellow human being, I believe it is safe to say that time is our most valuable resource. What I am about to tell you is so that so that you have context for the paragraphs that follow the next two. I spent nearly all of 2025 fighting and defeating malignant cancer. The primary weapons used against my tumors were chemotherapy and radiation therapy. I had been composing up until the therapies began. What I quickly discovered was that fighting...

SPANISH FANTASY features two modes: the six-note Iberian Scale (first theme) and the seven-note Spanish Gypsy Scale (second theme). Each scale begins with a minor second interval followed by an augmented second, imbuing each with a Hebraic flavor. The Iberian Scale also causes certain passages to sound bluesy. Repeated passages are always altered in some way. The piece opens by emphasizing C (I). This is followed by the first theme which is influenced by one from the IBERIA movement of...

What a great way to start off September: a world premiere performance of my MILLAY SONGS! Many thanks to Lauren McAllister and Eunhwa Lee.