Jan 08 2013
As I got myself ready yesterday morning to attend my great uncle’s funeral in the Salinas Valley, I received some news that would become a ray of sunlight on a rather sad day. My orchestral work, The Long Valley, won the 2012 EAMA Prize. Hugo Scattini, my grandfather’s brother, was born and raised in the [...]
Dec 13 2012
My song, Letter to the Unknown Wife, has made a special journey over the course of its short life. It was first conceived in the popular “Writer/Composer” class at USC, taught by Frank Ticheli, David St. John, and Lisa Sylvester. In this class, USC graduate composers paired up with graduate poets to create collaborative works [...]
Oct 30 2012
It’s been a while since I last posted, and that’s because since September, life has been in a perpetual state of fast-forward. And it seems, as the holidays near, that the fast-forward will inevitably, inexorably accelerate into the new year. Somehow I’ve managed at this early morning hour, on All Hallow’s Eve-Eve, to find time [...]
