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“I don’t know anything about music, In my line you don’t have to.” – Elvis Presley

Monday, June 15th, 2009

Here is a photo I took last night at the Vivid Festival in Sydney. This new arts festival, held in winter has incredible potential and I hope to see how it progresses next year. Doesn’t the Sydney Opera House look spectacular? It’s been a tough week having prepared seven new works over the last seven [...]


“Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don’t live it, it won’t come out of your horn. They teach you there’s a boundary line to music. But, man, there’s no boundary line to art.” – Charlie “YardBird” Parker

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

G’Day from Down Under Sydney, Australia! I’ve arrived back home for a 3-week preparation break for the second half of the year. I take this opportunity to study intensely the scores I will conduct over the next 6 months. Some exciting news for me is that I will be doing some flute recitals again soon [...]