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It’s been a busy spring! I had the opportunity, in conjunction with my colleague Cynthia Van Maanen, to co-compose a piece for the online PBS show Songs About Buildings and Moods for their upcoming third season which will drop sometime early spring 2026. The piece is called transformational landscape. The show […]

transformational landscape project

August 3, 2025 in Events by admin (updated 215 days ago)

This premiere is a COVID redemption story. Finally premiered after a 3-year delay by Zachary Costello and Hyemin Kim on the campus where the piece was conceived and completed. Full circle. Leaving Neverland, for alto saxophone and piano, was commissioned by two of Dr. Matthew Schlomer’s students in honor of […]

Premiere of “Leaving Neverland”

November 16, 2023 in Events by admin (updated 841 days ago)

It’s been a busy year and I’m way behind on posting. Quick update on a really exciting opportunity I had~ I was commissioned by Interlochen Presents last summer to write a piece for Sir James Galway, who was coming as a guest to Interlochen. More specifically I wrote it for […]

Triune: Three from One

June 9, 2020 in Events tagged flute choir / galway by admin (updated 2097 days ago)

Yesterday Astor’s Nod was featured on Robin Meiksins‘ project, 365 Days of Flute. Robin has undertaken an ambitious project starting in September 2016 to record and post a flute standard or a piece submitted by a living composer every day for a year. Astor’s Nod made her selections and an excerpt was […]

Astor’s Nod featured on the “365 Days of Flute” project

August 1, 2017 in Events by admin (updated 3139 days ago)

Here’s a nice write-up about the collaboration between Interlochen and the New York Philharmonic that included the NY premiere of tritonicity.

Successful New York premiere

February 15, 2017 in Events by admin

I’m excited to announce that my new piece for wind band and spoken word artist, Beauty Ancient and New, will be premiered on Saturday at Interlochen’s Corson Auditorium by the Academy Band with special guest Sareem Poems. This piece has been a journey. Thanks to encouragement from Dr. Matt Schlomer, IAA’s […]

Premiere of “Beauty Ancient and New”

February 8, 2017 in Events by admin (updated 3313 days ago)

For a composer, there’s nothing like a composition coming to life. This one’s gotten some performances, but… NY premiere this Saturday. By Interlochen students. In the Lincoln Center. And I get to be there. Here’s an article about the concert. This was first played by eighth blackbird in Pittsburgh. Quite a […]

‘tritonicity’ to receive NY premiere at the Lincoln Center

January 25, 2017 in Events by admin

Hi all! I’m pleased to announce that cha chi ka, my piece for amplified voices and percussion has been selected for inclusion on a new chamber music site: http://www.newchambermusic.org/. If you’re looking for new music, check out this newly curated collection!

New Chamber Music site!

December 15, 2015 in Events by admin (updated 3734 days ago)

“The show also features a performance of the Christmas carol “Star-Speak,” written by Interlochen composer Thomas Childs with lyrics by [Ann-Marie] Oomen.” The article can be found in Traverse City’s newspaper, The Record Eagle here.

Star-Speak featured at Christmas show

January 12, 2015 in Uncategorized by admin (updated 3853 days ago)

Wouldn’t Harm a Fly…, my piece for clarinet and piano, gets its official national premiere a week from tomorrow on August 1. Dr. Cassandra Hibbard landed a prime spot on the Saturday 3 o’clock concert at ClarinetFest 2014 in Baton Rouge, LA. Thanks to Cassandra and the commissioning consortium for supporting […]

Wouldn’t Harm a Fly… at ClarinetFest 2014!

July 25, 2014 in Uncategorized by admin (updated 3854 days ago)