five-movement SONATA for Solo Guitar is now complete. Inspired by Signs by the Roadside, a book by Serbian Nobel Prize-winning novelist Ivo Andrić. Commissioned by and dedicated to my dear friend and extraordinary musician, Vojin Kocić

SONATA: Echoes from the Roadside (for Guitar Solo)

• I. Planando lievemente (Gliding lightly / Lagano klizeći)
• II. Perduto nei sogui (Lost in dreams / Izgubljen u snovima)
• III. Fredolo e limpido (Cold and clear / Hladno i jasno)
• IV. Ballando nel dolore (Tema di Andrić) (Dancing in pain (Andrić’s Theme) / Plešući u boli (Andrićeva tema)
• V. Con rabbia (With anger / Sa ljutnjom)

The world premiere will take place next month in Switzerland during Rencontres Guitares in Bulle on March 23, 2025

An extended version of my triptych: (SZOPEN) RE:MEMBERING —this time in a very unusual instrumentation for Guitar and Percussion (Marimba, Vibraphone, Crotales & Rainstick)—is now finished! The premiere is just under two weeks away in Warsaw, performed by two outstanding virtuoso musicians: Mateusz Kowalski (guitar) and Miłosz Pękala (percussion)

Where: Museum of the University of Warsaw, Poland
When: 5th of March, ’25

This composition was commissioned thanks to the support of the Museum of the University of Warsaw.

The new Sonata for solo guitar is nearly complete! It’s a large-scale work expanding into five movements, inspired and shaped by the book Signs by the Roadside by Nobel Prize-winning Serbian writer Ivo Andrić. Commissioned and dedicated to the amazing musician and guitar virtuoso Vojin Kocic. The world premiere will take place next month in Switzerland during Rencontres Guitares in Bulle on March 23

Excited to share that 18 students (!) will give the world premiere of my RECURSIVE REFLECTIONS II (35 Variations & Fugue) – for Three Marimbas

▪️This Thursday, February 6, Bates Recital Hall, 7:30 pm | The University of Texas at Austin

▪️The UT Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of Prof. Thomas Burritt, will perform the piece with the following student groupings:
▪️Variations 1–10
Left: Justin
Middle: Ethan
Right: Kevin
▪️Variations 11–17
Left: Erica
Middle: Michael
Right: Bryce
▪️Variations 18–22
Left: Sean
Middle: Meghan
Right: Gage
▪️Variations 23–26
Left: Aaryn
Middle: Randy
Right: Spencer
▪️Variations 27–34
Left: Sebastian
Middle: Davin
Right: JP
▪️The Fugue (Theme), Variation 35
Left: Ashley
Middle: Marcos
Right: Matt