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2000-2003 1996-1999 1990-1995 1977-1989 I began creating music as a young child, improvising on the piano, trying to imitate my older sisters and Grandparents. By age sixteen, I wrote my first "notated composition" called "The Villain and the Lady", which won second prize in the Akron, Ohio citywide composers competition. I went on to win second prize in the same competition the following year as well. These experiences encouraged me to continue on the path of creating music. I decided to continue my studies in piano at music school so that I could play my compositions better. Well, it seems that the compositions got more and more complex, so that didn't always happen. Eventually I turned to improvisational compositions and free improvisation, which gave me a feeling of liberation in the music, and allowed me to work more with the essence of what was behind the music. I found that the "academic" circles did not accept improvisation as "real" music, so I took one of my compositions "Portraits", transcribed my own performance of it, then sent the score off to the Louisville National Composers Competition with that piece, where I became a merit finalist. So which is the reality on that one? In earlier years, I studied visual art seriously before I turned to music. I found that what I had learned in art class, both in understanding form, color, texture, line, composition, balance and perspective, was the same in music, but just in a different medium. To this day, I create my music from a visual arts perspective. Eventually I would like to provide scores on this web page, but for now, you can peruse the titles. Many of the titles are on CD's (CD page link). If you are curious about any of the pieces, please email, and I would be happy to send you a score!
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