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Coming next week! Jenkins on the Lake

Updated October 21, 2026: It's almost here! Next Thursday 10/29 at the Schubert Club's Courtroom Concert, 12 noon. Low-voice sextet RenegadeEnsemble presents Before Dawn, a celebration of new works by seven Minnesotan composers written for low voices. Woven throughout the…

CarolOctober 21, 2026

New Stuff

My Last Duchess…

My summer composing project was a setting of Robert Browning’s “My Last Duchess.” I’ve been intrigued with the poem ever since I heard James Mason read it on a Caedmon Records LP back in the 60s. Browning’s dramatic monologue is…

CarolOctober 14, 2026

In Progress

BorderCrosSing progress report

I’ve been working with BorderCrosSing’s auditioned vocal ensemble Puentes and their director Ahmed Anzaldúa on a multi-year recording project that includes several of my longer choral works – the ones that are too extensive to be included comfortably in the…

CarolJune 10, 2026

In Progress

giant saxophone confronts digital banjo

Last November I spent several days in Montgé-en-Goële, just outside of Paris, working with saxophone guru Daniel Kientzy. Our goal was to digitally assemble the pre-recorded accompaniment parts for the piece I had written for him, Concertino: Beautiful Beast, scored for contra-bass saxophone, 2 banjos,…

CarolMay 21, 2026

New Stuff

On Hearing Beethoven

Newly premiered, a piece for the Washington National Opera Chorus a setting of a sonnet by Edna St. Vincent Millay's "On Hearing a Symphony by Beethoven." As with most choral commissions, finding a text was the first creative task. From…

CarolMay 13, 2026

New Stuff

A collaboration with The Crossing

New recording! A collaboration with The Crossing featuring my "When All Falls Silent" on their new CD Meciendo.

CarolOctober 25, 2024

New Stuff

The Premiere of Will’s Ladies

The premiere of Will’ s Ladies, a new song cycle for mezzo and orchestra featuring texts from Shakespeare ‘s Portia, Juliet, Lady Macbeth, Ophelia, and Cleopatra!

CarolMarch 12, 2024