Artist Xavier Nuez posted an announcement on his site regarding my commission from Brett Keating. He is terribly excited about the premiere of this work in Luzern sometime in the coming year, and I can only exclaim how excited I am in return! And I’m absolutely flattered that he included the picture I took of the finished score and parts on his site. Check it out!
He also mentions that he has lots of new photos for his body of work, Crystals. I can’t wait to see what he’s been working on!
In other news, I finished the first movement of the Kleve/Hedstrom commission for stacked marimba/vibes and piano, all fully “engraved” in Finale, and I’m happy to report that the second movement is well underway. If I manage to finish the music on time (which I seem to be very bad at, a la Ravel or Druckman), we’ll listen to the premiere this spring, but for sure late 2013 or early 2014.