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Welcome to my personal blog / diary. The views I express are my own and do not represent those of Ball State University.
RIP Chuck the unquantifiable
I vividly remember sitting in my freshman year dormitory at Manhattan School of Music in the early aughts with my trumpet playing roommate, listening with bewildered amusement to the œuvre of Chuck Mangione. It wasn’t until he died today that I heard him associated with the words “smooth jazz” in the NY Times obit. There…
Fanfare for…who exactly?
Exploring Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man “December 7, 1941—a date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.” -Franklin D. Roosevelt In the months following the USA’s entry into World War II, all corners of society were in some…
New Beginnings / Website Refresh
It has been a very long time since updating my personal website and using the blog format. There’s something very freeing and scary about sharing your thoughts away from centralized social media pages… something something shouting into the void. My goal is for this to be a more dynamic and personal outlet for my musical…