Unfortunately, the remainder of this whole concert series, including my solo concerto performance was cancelled!

I shall leave the info originally posted below, but I'm sorry that I shan't be playing Berg tonight. Perhaps, now that I have rehearsed it, another organization might want me to come and perform it with another orchestra! I will post upcoming performances of the concerto as soon as I confirm details.

In my new role as concertmaster and personnel manager of the new festival, Newport Contemporary Music Festival, I had also prepared to perform the Violin Concerto by Alban Berg on July 28th in Newport with Van Anglen and the Festival musicians. During my years at New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, some of my chamber music was coached by a jovial violinist named Louis Krasner, who told us that he had premiered the Berg violin concerto. In fact, he commissioned it and some of his performances are still available online, including an old version with the Stockholm Philharmonic on iTunes. 

Also, on the same program, the musicians were to perform 6 Pieces by Howard Shore, who was one of the founders of Saturday Night Live, and who more recently is known as the composer for the music of the Lord of the Rings series of movies. 
The Festival was also scheduled to perform the Dai Fujikura: Concerto for Tuba. Fujikura has won many composition competitions worldwide. 
Our tuba soloist, Østein Baadsvik was also to perform the Baadsvik, Fnugg which is very popular with tubists.
Our cellists were to be featured on the Boulez: Messaguesquisse, and we were also scheduled to perform Charles Ives' The Unanswered Question

The festival was scheduled to kick off first week of July. 
We were excited that André Previn was going to join us for the season opener.

Unfortunately, the series of contemporary concerts which I worked so hard to help put together was cancelled after 2 concerts were performed, so I won't be playing the Berg Violin Concerto in Newport, unless another orchestra would like me to come and play it with them!

Coming soon! Arcangelo Corelli's Christmas Concerto. Releasing first on my website (, then later on CDBaby & ITunes, and all those other favorite places like Spotify. 

I've taken this beautiful chamber orchestra work and added a taste of chorus, a little hint of electric bass and some other tasty holiday feelings for what I feel is a nice warm feeling recording. 

If you live near me south of Boston (or north of Providence), you can sign up for lessons in Easton.

If you live west of Boston, you can sign up for lessons I'm teaching in Newton!

For free help preparing for auditions, such as the District Festival Auditions....

This week I've set myself a goal of arranging at least one new Beatles song for String Trio every day! So far, I finished a new version of With A Little Help From My Friends, which is already published to Sheetmusicplus.com

Cheerful song by the Beatles arranged for string trio...violin, viola and cello. Slightly challenging for amateurs, but great for gigs. Two measure intro, then into the song. And of course, comes with the Score & full Set of Parts.

Today I finished Something. The song, "Something", that is...

It will be up on Sheetmusicplus.com as soon as the staff there checks it out.

Score & Parts for Something, by the Beatles. Arrangement for violin, viola & cello. Great for parties, weddings, and just listening or gigs. Easy to read. Viola trades melody back and forth with violin. Page turns eliminated by keeping the song to two pages. Measure numbers at the beginning of each line. Dynamics and articulations suggested to make it sound more like the original. Some double stops, though not too hard.