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Author: dg

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    WUOL “Breathe” Imaging promo. Writing, editing, mixing, and voice-talent coaching WUOL Covid Imaging promo. Writing, voicing, editing, and mixing Louisville Orchestra broadcast promo. Writing, voicing, editing, and mixing Excerpt of Louisville Orchestra broadcast. Writing, voicing, editing, and mixing WFPL Legal ID and sounder. Writing, music composition, editing, mixing, and voice-talent coaching

  • New Album

    New Album

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    Out now, a new album with Piano Trio No. 2 “Payne Hollow” and the electronic soundscape winterloops. Find it on Bandcamp, where you can also get a limited edition 12″ vinyl (available for shipping in late 2025). The album was recorded and mixed by Dave Chale, produced by Evan Vicic, liner notes by Jessica K.…

  • Piano Trio No. 2 score available for purchase

    Piano Trio No. 2 score available for purchase

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    Now available for purchase: Piano Trio No. 2 “Payne Hollow” Premiered earlier this year by NouLou Chamber Players, at the Filson Historical Society and at The Carnegie in Covington, KY (pictured below). This piano trio is an homage to Harlan and Anna Hubbard whose lives were defined by “living deliberately” in their handmade home on…

  • The Giver of Stars in Paris

    The Giver of Stars in Paris

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    Parisians will hear another work of mine on March 23rd at the American Cathedral in Paris. Caroline Drury and Jim Rightmyer are giving a recital, which will include “The Giver of Stars.” Here’s one of my favorite performances of this song online…

  • Premiere: Piano Trio No. 2 “Payne Hollow”

    Premiere: Piano Trio No. 2 “Payne Hollow”

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    What began as casual conversation with Jessica Whitehead (years ago) —— about Harlan and Anna Hubbard’s life on a shantyboat, their house at Payne Hollow, and the music they played together —— will take shape as a new piano trio premiering February 25th at the Filson Historical Society with violinist Heather Thomas and cellist Cecilia…

  • A Q&A with writer and curator Jessica K. Whitehead

    A Q&A with writer and curator Jessica K. Whitehead

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    My next work is a piano trio (violin, cello, and piano) called “Payne Hollow,” premiering on February 25, 2025 at the Filson Historical Society in conjunction with the launch of “Driftwood: The Life of Harlan Hubbard” by Jessica K. Whitehead. Jessica provided the impetus for the trio, along with tirelessly advocating to funders and those…

  • Sweet Rivers in Paris

    Sweet Rivers in Paris

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    If you find yourself in Paris at the end of November or early December, the choir Ensemble Lumina led by Caroline Drury will perform “Sweet Rivers” on their Concert de Noël.

  • Profile in Voice-Tribune

    Profile in Voice-Tribune

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    Thank you you to Bill Doolittle and Matt Johnson for this profile in the Voice-Tribune

  • Notes on Suite for Ten Instruments

    Notes on Suite for Ten Instruments

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    Premiering April 15, 2024 with NouLou Chamber Players, this new work called “Suite for Ten Instruments,” is in six movements.  Program notes: This collection of images comes from late 2023/early 2024, using ten instruments as a whole ensemble, but also in subgroups of fewer players, each movement with a distinct character and story (the first…

  • A song and dance

    A song and dance

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    A performance of “The Porch Over the River” and new choreography to “Variations” are scheduled for the next several weeks. The latter, based on edited (for time and content) moments, created by Ashley Thursby-Kern of the Louisville Ballet for Choreographers’ Showcase (we collaborated on the first such showcase in 2015). Jason Steigerwalt (baritone), Marilyn Nije…