7/15/07:  New pictures have been posted.

7/10/07:  Congratulations to former student Keith Hendricks now on a world tour with The Polyphonic Spree

7/9/07:  More new video has been posted.  Also, a brand new revision of my early percussion quartet, "In the Toy Box" (1999) is set to be published by year's end.

6/17/07:  I just finished participating in the Alan Abel 'Philadelphia Traditions' Orchestral Percussion Seminar.  It was a great opportunity for me to study, work, and speak with truly great teachers that I had not been able to work with before.  Nothing but a great experience!

4/16/07:  A reading of my new percussion quintet, 'ExitIX Novum' is now posted.

2/4/07:  An interview I did for LotPatrol.com has just been posted.

1/26/07:  Over 5,000 video views on YouTube!

1/21/07:  Congratulations to my student Dylan Frank on making first place 'battery' in NJ's All-State band!

12/18/06:  An article I wrote while in graduate school about the drummers and percussionists of Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention will be listed in a book about Frank written by his brother Bob, to be published in 2007.

11/20/06: I've just added a drum set transcription section.

11/18/06:  Plans are underway to publish my 'Themes and Distractions' with a well known percussion publisher early next year.  Stay tuned. . .

11/5/06:  Just in time for this fall, I've put up my 'Jury Checklist'.

10/29/06:  The 'Calendar' page has been updated with a dozen or so new bookings.  Also, more video has been added to the 'Music for Dance' page as well as a couple of additional photos on the 'Teaching. . . ' and 'Pictures. . . ' pages.

7/16/06:  Video is now available on this site!  Included are the beginnings of my 'Music for Dance' series of technique-class clips (posted on the 'music for dance' section) and performance clips.  Keep checking the 'Performance Clips' section below for more media.

6/20/06:  Wow, I just got back from a great 2 weeks in South Carolina working at the Terpsichore III: Making Waves dance festival with choreographer Christian von Howard.  In addition to working with some very talented, wonderful people, I ended up writing a new piece.  Although it is as of yet untitled, it is 8 minutes in length and scored for two percussionists (playing marimba, hand drums, drum set, double seconds, and percussion).  Special thanks to percussionist Michael Knight for his work on the project.  A recording of this piece is now available on the 'compositions' page.  A recording of 'Kubrick's Rube' is en route.

5/27/06:  So many good things have happened recently that its been hard to keep track of everything.  Exit 9 just performed with marimba soloist Simon Boyar at the Juilliard School at Lincoln Center last week and the premiere of my piece for two percussionists and bassist, 'Kubrick's Rube' is set for June 3.

5/7/06:  The Juilliard Pre-college percussion ensemble, directed by Simon Boyar, held their year end concert which included an energetic performance of "Themes and Distractions."  As the piece uses an Ives-style system of quotation of many percussion pieces, I was particularly thrilled that one of the quoted composers, Pre-college director Andrew Thomas, was in attendance to hear his own music referenced in my piece.

4/18/06:  My quartet "Themes and Distractions" is being performed at the University of Virginia this spring with conductor I-Jen Fang.

4/9/06:  An updated version of my resume is now up including the recently released UNT Wind Symphony recordings I had played on last year.

4/6/06:  I will be working with the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) this May.  Also, the University of North Texas' Graduate Percussion Ensemble performed "Lift Up . . . " today.  Recording available soon.

4/5/06:  I received confirmation that "Lift Up. . ." is indeed being played at Ithaca College this month.

3/31/06:  I accompanied dance classes at ACDFA this week.  A potential summer residency with choreographer Raegan Sanders at NJPAC is in the works.

3/26/06:  I took part in the shooting of a new instructional video for modern dance accompaniment today with Tigger Benford.  The DVD should be ready for release in time for PASIC 2006 in November.

3/4/06:  The Rutgers University Percussion Ensemble performed a spirited rendition of my arrangement of Dajeong Choi's "Lift Up My Hands to You."  A recording will be available soon.