Yesterday I finished the manuscript for the Keating Sonata, and today I’m spending my time getting everything engraved in Finale. If I’m particularly productive, I’ll get the parts done, too.

Here is what I have done so far.

Nuez wrote up a nice little paragraph on his website about how excited he is to hear of his art being used in a slide show during a performance of the sonata I’m writing for Brett Keating.  Brett and I, too, are very excited, and I can’t wait to share my music with Xavier!

(On a side note, you’ll find the same link in a comment he left in my 28 December blog post.  I’m terribly bad at going through and approving comments in a timely fashion.  But, I finally got around to approving his from 1 March.  Also, I get so many spam comments that I might accidentally delete a legitimate comment.  So sorry if that happens to you!  You can always send an email to let me know that I did this at lang.thomas.c@gmail.com.)

Just an update on the sonata (for euphonium, four trombones, and two percussionists) I’m writing for Brett Keating.  I’m nearly finished with the “Glam Bugs” movement, and I can’t wait to “engrave” the manuscript in Finale so I can send it to him.  I’m really terribly excited to continue on with the other movements.  I’m thinking I’ll be writing the “Alleys and Ruins” movement next.

It’s also looking like the sonata will receive its premiere in Luzern, Switzerland this fall.  I’ll post updates again as plans start to solidify.  Also, early plans to get the sonata published are under way.  More on that, too, as things progress.

I’m pleased to announce that yesterday I started working on a commission from Brett Keating, a sonata for euphonium, four trombonists, and two percussionists.  This is rather a quite neat work, as the sonata itself is inspired by the work of photographer Xavier Nuez.  We’re titling each of the three movements after a collection of Xavier’s photographs: Glam Bugs, Crystals, and Alleys and Ruins.

This is a May 2012 deadline, and Brett just informed me that he’s planning a summer recital in Luzern.