Archive - Letters from a Composer

Emotions of Elation

We are also creatures of joy.

Nov 25 •

October 2024

The Known and Unknown

Can music education transform society?

Oct 30 •

September 2024

Taps and The Light of Day

Music at life’s end

Sep 18 •

April 2024

Apr 18 •

March 2024

This Valuable Truth

Sunday, March 10

Mar 12 •

August 2023

Birthed in Italy, written in Hempstead

Aug 8, 2023 •

July 2023

Seeing Him Again (intro)

On the bliss and giddiness of rediscovery

Jul 18, 2023 •

1:48

It Goes Far Beyond Beauty

What I learned from my first time conducting an orchestra (part 1)

Jul 7, 2023 •

The Transcendent Experience in Music

An interactive meditation on music and daily living (part 2)

Jul 7, 2023 •

June 2023

May 2023

How do I start practicing again?

I once booked a gig to play not one, but two Beethoven symphonies in two weeks. I had been craving an opportunity like this for a while. Plus, this…

May 6, 2023 •

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