From left to right in photo at upper left: Jan Kosulic (PARMA Session Producer) Lukas Dittrich (Clarinet) Radek Baborak (Featured Horn) Miroslav Sekera (Piano) at Studio Martinek, Prague (And me at lower left participating via Zoom) On February 25th, 2026 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Central European Time) I had the great pleasure and honor of collaborating with the artists pictured above in a recording session of my composition Concertpiece for Horn, Clarinet and Piano. It was an intense and...

Prague: 100 Blogs meet 100 Spires Straddling the Vltava River in the Czech Republic is the beautiful city of Prague where my Concertpiece for Clarinet, Horn and Piano will be recorded on February 25, 2026. The recording being produced by Parma Recordings at Studio Martinek features Radek Baborak on horn, Lukas Dittrich on clarinet and Miroslav Sekera on piano. The composition of Concertpiece started with ideas from my composition notebooks. It was intended to be played with a clarinet...

The State of the Art Do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-ti...? (No, not that seven.) This seven: Bach, Prokofieff, Rachmaninoff, Hindemith, Corea, Zawinul and Evans. After my last recital I chose the following piano pieces to work on for my next repertoire: Bach Inventions 1 - 8 because these are always worth going back to. Prokofieff Visions Fugitives 1 - 8 because these make excellent modern companion pieces that complement the Bach Inventions . Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Variation 18...