Activities

Performances, Appearances and Compositions

Welcome to my Activities page, where you can find information regarding upcoming performances, lecture presentations, commissions and recording projects. If you would like to chat with me about a musical commission, or discuss a lecture presentation for your group or club, please contact me.

Performances

  • Faith Bible Church (Alb, NM): God’s Perfect Love, cantata for choir and piano, narration and lyrics by Claire Roth; premiered Dec 18, 2011
  • Organist Debbie Fingas, Danse des Esprits St Peter’s Church, in Cobourg, Ontario, Canadian premiere Mar 11, 2012
  • Animal Advocates, First Unitarian Church (Alb, NM): The Mystery of the Cold Wet Nose, by Linda Bairstow, intergenerational play with music, premiered Apr 14/15 2012
  • Albuquerque Civic Chorus: Enchanted Land for SATB choir and piano, lyrics by Claire Roth; commissioned to celebrate the centennial of New Mexico statehood, premieres May 18-20, 2012

Schedule of Appearances: 2012

OASIS: Albuquerque campus

  • Jan 24 – Singing the Showtunes, 12 sessions, no class March 06
  • Jan 31 – American Songwriters: Cole Porter
  • Feb 02 – Dream Lover: Life and Times of Bobby Darin
  • Feb 09 – The Remarkable Danny Kaye
  • Feb 29 – Robert and Clara Schumann
  • Mar 15 – Josephine Baker: The Black Pearl
  • Mar 28 – Peggy Lee: Is That All There Is?
  • Apr 03 – Band on the Run: Paul McCartney
  • Apr 14 – Music for a New Age: 100th Anniversary of the Titanic
  • Apr 19 – Day-O, Day-O! The Harry Belafonte Story
  • May 23 – Musical Seasons: The Summer
  • May 29 – Singing the Showtunes, 12 sessions, no class July 10
  • May 31 – Dvorak and the New World
  • Jun 14 – Jazz Legends: Bill Evans
  • Jun 18 – Please, Mr Postman
  • Jun 28 – Hello, Louis: Remembering Louis Armstrong
  • Jul 18 – Cat’s in the Cradle: Harry Chapin
  • Jul 23 – A Musical Victoriana
  • Aug 02 – American Songwriters: Jerome Kern
  • Aug 16 – Walkin’ After Midnight: Patsy Cline
  • Aug 20 – Songs and Slogans: Political Campaigns

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, UNM Campus

  • Jan 12 – A Taste of Osher
  • Jan 25 – Anne Frank and the Music of Socialist Germany
  • Feb 16 – C S Lewis
  • Aug 01-15 – Giants of American Music, 3 sessions
  • Oct 04-25 – C S Lewis, 4 sessions
  • Nov 01-08 – History of Bluegrass, 2 sessions

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Alegria Del Webb Campus, Bernalillo

  • Jan 10 – A Taste of Osher
  • Mar 14-21 – The Big Band Era, 2 sessions
  • Jun 20-27 – Good Vibrations in Surf City, 2 sessions
  • Aug 22 – Member Event: Rodgers & Hammerstein
  • Nov 07-14 – Music of the American Civil War, 2 sessions

Story of New Mexico, UNM Continuing Ed

  • Jun 06 – The Alamo: History, Myth, and Music

Albuquerque Unitarian Universalist Fellowship

  • Jan 08 – Composer Hector Berlioz
  • Feb 19 – Songwriter Neil Diamond
  • Mar 18 – In My Merry Oldsmobile
  • Apr 15 – Singing Actors
  • Jun 17 – Classical Side of Paul McCartney
  • Jun 24 – Composer Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Jul 15 – Swingin’ with Bobby Darin
  • Aug 18 – Calypso Activist: Harry Belafonte
  • Sep 16 – Singer, Dancer, Spy: Josephine Baker
  • Oct 21 – Composer Jerome Kern
  • Nov 18 – Songs of Leonard Cohen
  • Dec 09 – Sounds of Broadway

Other venues

  • Friendly Philosophers, Feb 20 – The Changing Face of Seasonal Music, Copper Canyon, Albuquerque

Commissions

I recently finished some transcriptions for a cabaret artist, and am currently working on an accordion duo, along with several other projects. If you are interested in my work and would like to discuss a project or commission, please contact me.

Recording Projects

My latest CD, Following My Heart, is available through CDBaby, Amazon.com, iTunes, DigStation, and other digital and brick and mortar distributors. My Christmas CD, Flowers in Winter, which is still available for digital download, has been re-released in a special limited edition. Both CDs will be available at personal appearances, performance, and lecture presentations, or email me for details! If you’re in Albuquerque, you can also buy them at Michael Thomas Coffee, or Hastings outlets on Lomas, Juan Tabo, and Wyoming.

Glyn Greenslade’s CD, Heartstrings, is now available as a digital download from CDBaby, iTunes, and all other major digital distributors. This collaborative effort includes his orchestrations of 10 of my piano solos, and the title track, which is an original composition by Glyn.

Print Music Publishers

My compositions have been published by the following companies: Alfred Music (Myklas Music), Lorenz (Heritage Music), JEMS Publications, Kjos Music Company, and Shawnee Press.