My compositions are usually for small chamber groups. I work from tone rows but not rigidly. I plan my work around the contrapuntal possibilities I find in the rows or in divergence from the rows. The focus of the composition for me is the note against note possibilities, either composed or created by chance operations.
I studied composition at the Grove School of Music, with David Angel, Hugo Davise, and Marion Borkowski. All of my teachers have advised me to seek out musicians and get my compositions played – that this is the best way to learn, by talking to the players and following my ear. And that is primarily what I’ve done with soloists and small chamber ensembles.
In 1990 I began a collaboration with Gregg Bieleimeier, an excellent modern dancer and choreographer, and we have had several projects together.