Nocturne No. 2 for Piano

Compositional Process: The Melody of Life (Part 4)

Over the last three posts to this blog (Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3), I have been describing the

My last two blog posts (Part 1 and Part 2 of this series) have been describing the process by which I

In Part 1 of this series, I began to describe the process by which I composed my Nocturne No. 2

My composing involves a blend of musical intuition and analytical judgment. Melody is central to my music, and typically I

In my last post (Part I), I explained how my Nocturne No. 2 (subtitled “Passionate Melody of Life”) had been

On May 2, 2017, I received an email that would significantly affect my life in the years that followed. The