LATEST NEWS
The Sharps page has been updated with a review of the piece from the September 2010 issue of Percussive Notes.
Brian is proud to have recently become an Evans Performing Artist.
Brian’s arrangement of Chess Pieces by John Cage will be published by C.F Peters in 2010.
UPCOMING EVENTS
September 17th, 2010 - PERFORMANCE - Brian will be performing in a special concert “Music in the White House: 1901-1909″ as a part of a presentation by Dr. Tim Justus at the Theodore Roosevelt Symposium held at Dickinson State University.
September 25th, 2010 - PERFORMANCE - Brian will be performing with the Bismarck-Mandan Symphony Orchestra in Bismarck, ND.
October 23rd, 2010 - PERFORMANCE - Brian will be performing Rachmaninoff’s “Symphonic Dances” with the Bismarck-Mandan Symphony Orchestra in Bismarck, ND.
October 7th, 2010 - PRESENTATION - Brian will be presenting a clinic entitled “The Compositional Process - From Conception to Completion” at the North Dakota University Systems Arts and Humanities Summit. Brian will be discussing the process behind the writing of his piece “Thief” for solo marimba and tuned metal pipes, and conclude the presentation with a performance of the work.
October 8th, 2010 - PERFORMANCE - Brian will be playing in a performance of Claude Bolling’s “Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano” as a part of the North Dakota University Systems Arts and Humanities Summit.
November 5th, 2010 - CLINIC - Brian will be presenting a clinic on beginning snare drum pedagogy at the Northern Plains Honor Band Festival at Dickinson State University.
February 5th, 2011 - PERFORMANCE - Brian will be performing Copland’s “Appalachian Spring” with the Bismarck-Mandan Symphony Orchestra in Bismarck, ND.
March 19th & 20th, 2011 - PERFORMANCE - Brian will be performing Dvorak’s “Carnival Overture” with the Bismarck-Mandan Symphony Orchestra in Bismarck, ND.
March 20th - 22nd, 2011 - CLINIC APPEARANCE - Brian will be presenting a clinic “Playing With Toys - A Crash Course in Percussion Accessories” at the NDMEA Conference in Bismarck, ND.
April 16th, 2011 - PERFORMANCE - Brian will be performing Ravel’s “Bolero” with the Bismarck-Mandan Symphony Orchestra in Bismarck, ND.
April 17th, 2011 - PERFORMANCE - Brian will be performing Ravel’s “Bolero” with the Bismarck-Mandan Symphony Orchestra with a special run out concert to Dickinson, ND.