News
The Coastal Carolina Music Festival in New Bern, NC will be performing my piano quartet work, Confluence during their Fall Festival on September 17.
The Albany Symphony’s Dogs of Desire revived my commissioned work for them from 2000, U.S. Lowball, during their 2026 American Music Festival on the June 3 “Best Of” Commemorative Concert.
Janus Overture is released on video and streaming audio. Recorded in November, 2025 in Smecky Studios in Prague by the City of Prague Philharmonic under the direction of the composer. You can also find both at this website at the Music (Orchestra) and About (Video) pages.
On January 15, 2026 my sixth rock album, Cosmic Divan, is released on bandcamp in streaming, download, and CD form. An Atmos mix is released via Apple Music and other outlets who support immersive music (such as Tidal). Atmos and 5.1 mixes may be purchased from the Immersive Audio Album store. Also released for sale at IAA is the 2023 remix of Adventures of Freddy.
Visit the YouTube channel @truermu to view a recent four-part interview by Adam Cole, which covers my background, music, and current activities.
On November 19 I traveled to Prague to conduct the City of Prague Philharmonic in recording sessions of two of my works, The Tree Without End and Janus Overture. These will be released in the coming year. Needed support for these projects may be contributed to HERE. You can see a composition-improvisation I did there with my hosts at this link.
After the sessions I took a writing residency in Switzerland in the Lumnezia valley region (Graubünden canton) for three weeks.
I’m thrilled to announce the orchestral premiere of Janus Overture in New Jersey on June 1, 2025. The Society of Musical Arts Orchestra directed by Stephen Culbertson will premiere the work at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Westfield, NJ, 4 PM. More info…
Please note that all of my ensemble works (band, orchestra, chamber orchestra – constituting all rentals) and numerous chamber works (such as Struggle, Spelunk, and Sunken City, et al – which constitute all on-demand print) will no longer be published by Edward B. Marks as of March 29, 2023. They will be available through this website.
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