I’m so pleased with Dorea Cook’s performance of “Six Songs of Spring”.  March and I went to Valdosta State for the premiere on February 7th.  Dorea and her accompanist, Josh Pifer, performed with such sensitivity to the text and to the musical ideas presented in the cycle.  I’m looking forward to receiving the recording!  On a different note, I recently was accepted to the “Space City New Music Festival” in Houston, Texas this summer.  I will be writing a piece for Flute, Clarinet and Cello to be performed there, and I will be able to visit my friends Sharon and Richard Fink, who I haven’t seen for a while.  I also realized that one of my friends from Boston University will be teaching at the Festival – Shih-Hui Chen.  So, it should be a fun week in Houston this July!