• Catalog of Music and MIDI samples

I've composed and played the piano since the age of 10.   I compose primarily with melody and motive with strongly directed harmonies, and I frequently use contrapuntal and process techniques.    I've written music for piano, instrumental chamber ensembles, and vocal soloists and ensembles.

In September, 1999, I began building an astronomical observatory, the Lizard Hollow Observatory, named after the many collared lizards seen about my property.   I kept an on-line Journal (with pictures) of the joys, frustrations, and downright silliness of it all.

Arguably the finest symphonist of the Twentieth Century, Swedish composer Allan Pettersson (1911-1980) is the subject of steadily increasing interest among music lovers, musicians, academics and critics.    I founded  The Allan Pettersson Society in 1999 with the goals of encouraging the performance and study of Pettersson's music in the US.  The International Allan Pettersson Society was founded by Markus Brylka, a German composer and musicologist.  In 2002, my interest in astronomy exceeded my interest in musical activities (except for composing), and the Allan Pettersson Society faded to pianissimo...