So some ESPN sports commentator named Jim Rome tweeted: …and among the tweet rebuttals from band directors, students, and band enthusiasts was…
You often read about artists and composers who are inspired by nature or their surroundings. Many are convinced that the…
The jar has 540 kisses. One for each kid. Three per day for 180 days. When the jar is empty…
This morning the Army Chorus performed in the Capitol Rotunda for the unveiling of a new statue of Ronald Reagan.…
This was my Facebook status for a short time: “Memorial Day is a day we reflect on the sacrifices American…
A few weeks ago I attended my first American Choral Directors Association convention in Oklahoma City. It was a terrific…
The official picture from my first trip to the White House: A couple of nights after this picture was taken,…
It has been a big weekend. Hardly anyone I talked to could believe it, but it was the truth: I…
Music and the military sounds like a bizarre marriage, and it is. It often surprises me, however, that when it’s…
I originally planned on using this blog to post only things related to my own composing and arranging efforts. But…