Bliss Michelson, 1949–2021

There’s a warm remembrance of Bliss on the WRTI website, along with a lovely note by Debra Lew Harder. He died last week from COVID-19, following his wife Peggy, who was taken by the pandemic only a fortnight earlier. So sad. I had seen Bliss playing in the bass...

The Consolation of Apollo on WWFM

WWFM’s Noon Concert, Friday, Nov 14th, hosted by David Osenberg and Sebastian Currier, is a broadcast of The Crossing, Donald Nally, director, from the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton at Wolfensohn Hall. It’s the world premiere of my recent work...

Vespers on WWFM

Ross Amico, one of the announcers over at classical radio station WWFM in New Jersey, is programming a weekend of Philadelphia composers, to celebrate the station’s new HD2 signal into Philadelphia. I’m always astonished by how much my classical announcer...