To Allow for the Curvature of the Earth
[First published in Broad Street Review, 23 Dec 2018. Reprinted by permission.] Sports, sports numbers, and sports records consumed the attention of my youth, I’ll admit. If I’d known I’d be going into music in a few years, I would’ve applied myself more assiduously...Let me entertain you
[First published in Broad Street Review 23 Oct 2018, and reprinted here by permission.] I wasn’t prepared for the reaction—my reaction, that is. This was the second time our German men’s choir would sing the national anthem at the Phillies. I wrote about it two years...Living Dangerously
[Published 10 July 2018 in the Broad Street Review and reprinted here with permission.] Abington Hospital’s emergency entrance is across Old York Road from Señor Salsa, which is not a crack at Señor Salsa. I note it only because this is the first time I’ve looked...Musicopia’s free spring concert is a musical journey for all ages
[First published in Broad Street Review 7 May 2018, and reprinted here with permission.] Movement titles “I Got the Musicopia Blues” and “Sneaking Past Your Parents’ Bedroom at 3 AM” give a taste of the humorous, accessible slant of Mark Laycock’s “Musicopia”...Adieu, Adieu
A tune came to me one morning as I walked down the hallway, about to turn the 180 degrees into the stairwell leading up to the third floor. That’s where I compose. I mention the tune coming to me because it hardly ever happens. It may happen to other composers, but...
THE ARC IN THE SKY
Best Choral Performance, The Crossing, Donald Nally
CANTICLE
Producer of the Year, Classical, Blanton Alspaugh