Pianist, Composer, Author

     

Publications

I. MEDIA:  

    (NOTE: HuffPost does not store articles prior to 2017—see my personal blog, where most of

     the HuffPost articles were first published.)

II. BOOKS and ARTICLES:  

  • “Materials and Concepts in Jazz Improvisation”

       5th ed., 2005; Assayer Publishing  

     Available on Amazon.com


  • “From Chart to Reality: The Editorial Role of the Pianist in a Big Band”

     Jazz Education Journal, Oct. 2005

     PDF available here.


    • “What Students Say About Liberal Education at GVSU” (with Diana Pace, Catherine Frerichs,

        and Tamara Rosier)              

      AACU “Liberal Education Journal”  Fall 2010

      PDF available here.  


• “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Piano”

     Grand Valley Review, Spring 2003

      PDF available here.


  • “The Creative Process vs. The Canon”  

     Grand Valley Review, Fall 2001

      PDF available here.


  • “Hin und Zurück: Hindemith Recycles in Ludus Tonalis”  

     Alberta New Music and Arts Review, Winter 2000