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As far as I’m concerned, Earth Day is every day. We mourn what’s already lost while seeking ever-deeper cooperation and real, sustainable solutions. Humanity’s greatest challenge provides us with a chance to live better and to do better. Boosey & Hawkes

If it’s but one selfie you take per decade, make sure it’s black tie only. Exciting location: undisclosed.

🎶 Pacifica Quartet performing my String Quartet No. 3 on Friday at the University of Chicago’s The University of Chicago Mandel Hall! @ChicagoPresents

📷: Yuanjian Liu

What a pleasure to have the dear Pacifica Quartet on the The University of Chicago campus this week for a performance of my third string quartet, along with Prokofiev and Beethoven. Mandel Hall, this Friday at 7:30!

Read the full interview at bit.ly/3tDpxXo.

Grateful to many. Excited for the future.

Shots from last weekend of the Pacifica Quartet performing my String Quartet No. 3 at my alma mater Indiana University IU Jacobs School of Music. More performances of this work coming this season!

📸: 1-2: Hannah Greenstein

NYO-USA’s Composer Apprentice program looks to the future of orchestral composition. After our 8th season, I shared why I believe bringing together the most promising high school-aged musicians in the country is good for all. Thanks, @ICareIfUListen!

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Congrats to this year’s NYO-USA Composer Apprentices Lucy Chen and Lili Masoudi. A special year here on Purchase College, SUNY campus, and their brilliant pre-concert pieces are on many stops of the orchestra’s North America tour!

#NYOUSA @CarnegieHall #WeillMusicInstitute