My stay at Civitella had the character of both a retreat, and of a communal experience with Fellows from whom I learned and even collaborated. I accomplished much that I had planned to do. The stimulation that comes from such camaraderie, I had not anticipated. It was...
( 1952 – 2023) During my stay at Civitella Ranieri, I had my first uninterrupted work period on a major new piece for large ensemble and the sampled voice of philosopher Daniel Dennett. This piece looks at humanity from a Darwinian perspective – mostly in...
During my residency at the Civitella Ranieri Center, my goal was to start developing sketches for my three compositions: parti… for violin solo, spargens for trombone solo, and concretize my plans for Tramespace, a diptych for large ensemble that I would be working on...
