My father left this mortal coil in January of 2021. As of this writing, five years have passed during which I have had the opportunity to reflect on our relationship. […]
During the summer of 1983, I found myself happily ensconced in my second season as a violinist and conducting student in the Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute. Orchestral rehearsals and masterclasses […]
Music review: A musical gift for everyone Written By: Sheryl Jensen, For the Duluth News Tribune | 4:28 pm, Dec. 7, 2021 Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra Dirk Meyer, conductorDecember 4, 2021 “With Christmas […]
I am, by nature, an optimist. I wear my smile inside and I am generally able to feel its resonance come forward, providing an overall lightness of being during my […]
I will admit that it has been a bit difficult for me to listen to music or watch pre-COVID performance videos as our absence from the concert hall and theatres […]
I write music. I conduct concerts. I teach. Invariably, with the state of the world being what it is, there are several moments of each passing day during which I […]
In July of 2007, I was honored to lead the Young Musicians Foundation Balmat National Orchestra Camp in a performance at the foot of Mount Rushmore. Ninety high school student […]
A dark blue corduroy suit. It was late August, 1980 and, at the age of sixteen, I was making my debut at Tanglewood on Parade with the Boston University Tanglewood […]
Sermon I wrote and presented at Congregation Beth El in Bangor, ME Yom Kippur Service 10/12/16 My father once asked me a question when I was just three years old. […]
The journey from the concert hall to a commercial recording is not one which many new musical works are granted the opportunity to take. In the case of my own Concerto […]
