
epresentative Works: As my music is highly visual as well as aural, performances of the following three works are on video: Rainbows, Parts One and Two; Entrada and Azul/En Su Isla
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Oregon Connection: Born 1944 Corvallis. Parents both trained in the sciences and also both musical. Elementary education in Corvallis, except one year in Bristol, England at Saint John’s Junior, Mixed and Infant School, 1953-54. Formal music training began there, (tutoring and performance on recorder). Upon return to Oregon, took up clarinet in grade-school band; alto saxophone and piano for Junior High and High School jazz bands. Began composing in High School, mostly pieces for jazz quintet. Conducted one of my pieces for the Corvallis High Jazz Big Band at the 1962 Seattle World Fair. BA in music U of O,1967. MA in composition Brown University 1969.
Oregon Connection: Born 1944 Corvallis. Parents both trained in the sciences and also both musical. Elementary education in Corvallis, except one year in Bristol, England at Saint John’s Junior, Mixed and Infant School, 1953-54. Formal music training began there, (tutoring and performance on recorder). Upon return to Oregon, took up clarinet in grade-school band; alto saxophone and piano for Junior High and High School jazz bands. Began composing in High School, mostly pieces for jazz quintet. Conducted one of my pieces for the Corvallis High Jazz Big Band at the 1962 Seattle World Fair. BA in music U of O,1967. MA in composition Brown University 1969.