Now

This is a page focused on what I’m doing now…like right now.

Inspired by Derek Sivers’ now page, this is a place to keep up to date with what I’m focused on and what’s coming down the pike.

(last updated June 27, 2023)

For more up-to-date information, check me out on Instagram and YouTube.

Composing Projects

  • My new double concerto for percussion for Ed Harrison of the Lyric Opera of Chicago and Vadim Karpinos of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with the Chicago College of Performing Arts Symphony Orchestra premiered on February 5, 2024. You can check it out HERE.
  • I am also working on my next album of original music that I’m releasing one song at a time each month. Alphabet will be available on streaming platforms in the winter of 2023, but for now you can listen on YouTube.
  • Moonshot for orchestra is coming soon!

Film & Media

  • Check out “Jordan Black:SKETCH Symbol” Season 2!
  • Strange Creatures came out in November! You can watch the full series HERE. I composed music for the show as well as the title music.
  • I’m teaching a workshop on Scoring for Film with the Midwest Film Festival on June 1st!
  • Two more short films I’m scoring are scheduled for release this year.

Arts Management & Consulting

  • I am now managing the Chicago Media Composers & Lyricists, a group focused on supporting Chicago & midwest-based media composers and songwriters. We’ve been hosting monthly events around Chicago with lots more to come!
  • I am still the Executive Director of the Hyde Park Youth Symphony where I manage operations, fundraising, marketing, and more!
  • In the fall of 2023 I was asked to serve as Executive Director for the Ear Taxi Festival 2025, Chicago’s major contemporary music festival.
  • Since 2018 I’ve been serving as the President of the Board of Directors for the Illinois Council of Orchestras.

Miscellaneous

  • Have you checked out my YouTube page? I make a lot of tutorial videos on TouchOSC and videos about composing.

Wow. That’s a lot of stuff. I’m exhausted thinking about it all.

So what are you working on?

Contact

Recent Projects

W is for Waves

Alphabet

Silence Speaks

Ira

#Stay Home.Save Lives

Moonshot

Race Day

Viking Village

Header photo by Ashley Deran