My Artistic Schedule is Shaping Up

I have been in several meetings lately. I have also been sitting in front of the computer quite a bit. It seems like I am constantly doing business, business, business. It`s the business of coordinating and managing my FOUR jobs. I play in the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, the American Horn Quartet, the Virtuoso Horn Duo, and I am a pretty darn busy composer. Each of these "jobs" demands a relatively high amount of organizing and managing on my part. That is, with the exception of the OPL. For the orchestra job, I only need to know when I need to be there, what to wear and what we are playing. And I try to wisely choose the programs that I play. The AHQ has bursts of heavy activity, as does the Virtuoso Horn Duo. Some of it is artistic and some of it is purely managerial. Add to that, my recent acquisition of two new composition commissions and a release of my latest CD, which is comprised of my works with orchestra. Thus, you get a nicely filled out up coming artistic season. Here is a short list of some of the highlights:

September: CD recording of Debussy works with the OPL. Schumann Konzertstück with the OPL.
Planned completion of a new piece for trumpet, voice and piano- "The Ballad of Annabel Lee"

October: U.S Tour with the Virtuoso Horn Duo and Friends.
Release of the newest CD: my works with orchestra, which features KARANKAWA.

November: Mahler Symphony Nr. 10 with the OPL.

December: Chamber Music Concert in the Luxembourg Philharmonie featuring my Sonata for Horn and
Strings.
Final proofreading of my Symphony Nr. 1.

January: Concert and Lecture about some of my chamber works at the Foyer Europèen, Luxembourg.

February: Mahler Symphonies 5 and 7 with the OPL.

March: U.S. Tour with the American Horn Quartet

April: U.K. and Ireland Tour with the OPL.

May: Commence new commissioned work for horn choir (Tama Takatsumuri No Kai Horn Ensemble)

July: Performances with both the AHQ and VHD at the IHS Horn Symposium in Brisbane, Australia.
Full Wagner program at the Ravello Festival in Italy with the OPL.

Over the next months I expect to be filling in a lot of blanks. But hopefully not too many. In any case, it`s nice to have a challenging schedule to look forward to. Stay tuned!