Punchbeam Music, LLC

10/01/2025

So proud to be a part of this program in Chicago, just under two weeks away! Apparently FB doesn't allow links to function at all in the body of a post anymore... check comments

Cry of the Earth Sunday, October 12th, 3:00 PMPalm Court, Loyola University Chicago1020 W Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60660FREE Get Tickets To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Pope Francis’s Laudato si’ encyclical, The EcoVoice Project is excited to premiere ten new works that address the Pope’...

09/13/2025

https://www.facebook.com/100083392956352/posts/761206886669070/?app=fbl

The EcoVoice Project is excited to announce the ten winning pieces of our Cry of the Earth Call for Scores. Congrats to the following winners:

The Beauty of Creation, Cherie-Nicole Leo
BubbleSleeveHandcuffs, Susan Maughlin Wood
The Earth Cries Out, Mickey McGroarty
Like a Tree, Shane Cook
Romance del nino y el agua, Juan Sebastian Vassallo
Soil, Sea, Flame, and Breath, George Dousis
Stewards (of Our Common Home), Gerald Stahl
Summer Solstice, Naomi LaViolette
The Voice of Earth, Monica Nasti
We See the Seasons Alter, Ian Shaw

Please join us on October 12th at 3:00PM, when these works will receive their premieres by the New Earth Ensemble. Reserve your free tickets here:
https://luc.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx?id=2258

09/13/2025

I am both honored and buzzing with excitement at my inclusion in this event at Loyola University Chicago. Even if my piece hadn't been chosen I would still very much want to go, it's the same expansive feeling that film festivals bring!

Care for Creation performance is set for October 12 at a gorgeous newer venue on the Loyola campus.

Cry of the Earth Sunday, October 12th, 3:00 PMPalm Court, Loyola University Chicago1020 W Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60660FREE Get Tickets To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Pope Francis’s Laudato si’ encyclical, The EcoVoice Project is excited to premiere ten new works that address the Pope’...

06/21/2025

Enjoy connecting these dots... we are all dots. Writing at solstice time.

Tumblr user chemicahs:

People don’t realize how much we sound like other things because we are created from the same laws of physics. “That potato in the microwave sounds like it’s screaming” is funny because it really is, air is vibrating out of a small hole which is how our throat works too. The babbling river that sounds like humans whispering, that’s because it’s a wet hollow cave with echo delivering the same functionality. The river doesn’t just sound like us, we sound like a river. They use a metal trashcan to create a lion’s roar for movie sound effects. But the truth is, not only does a trashcan sound like a lion, a lion sounds like a trashcan. Cars purr when you turn them on. Everything is like everything else. Inanimate objects are not so far away from life as it seems.

Remember the next time you feel more alone in the company of large buildings, or maybe less alone among the rocks of the river, that they are not completely unlike the parts of you.

05/11/2025

Heh heh heh
Refined my flute fi*****ng chart, narrow enough to laminate with packing tape

Heh heh heh
Discovered it is the absolute *ideal* range for the alto O Domine (Offertorium) section of the Fauré Requiem

Gratitude to past me for working out the chart 🥰

03/11/2025

I think I have more than enough fingers to count where this ranks in proudest moments. If you were able to catch either of the livestreams, let me know what you thought! I appreciated all who were able to come out in person.

Thank you Karen P. Thomas and the UUC Loft Choir!

Full heart.

03/08/2025

I finally get to shine my "light" tomorrow!!! Early (9:30am) and late (11:15am) at UUC. So grateful to the Loft Choir! Here are the basses reaching low F in an early rehearsal. My goal is always: Never write a boring part for anyone.

02/25/2025

I'm "on" this, too. Unlisted. :)
https://consequence.net/2025/02/silent-ai-protest-album/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0oLxXGFRRPjvQrmzo0IeVBDwpJDRNlOgZFn-S7iDUcPMNmjYt3Szix0n0_aem_ORtlcD_2eEI72Ou7oN16mw

A silent AI protest album has been released in response to a proposed UK copyright law change, featuring Damon Albarn and Kate Bush.

02/19/2025

Oh, how it sucks to be right.

Here still for your further emotional processing

7 track album

02/11/2025

Be the light you want to see.
My choral piece will premiere Sunday March 9 at University Unitarian.

02/05/2025

So many variations on a united theme. Controlled chaos on piano.

Frederic Rzewski (1938–2021)The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (1975)36 Variations on a Chilean SongFrederic Rzewski, piano(Edizione di Cultura Popola...

01/31/2025

Here is another teaser for my upcoming premiere.
“It will shine still brighter when night is about you. May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.” - Galadriel, Lord of the Rings

It occurs to me that in the choral piece I wrote the feel was likely influenced by the elves in Peter Jackson's Tolkien movies. Come and hear my HUMAN reach for an AURAL version of the elf queen’s gift,

premiering SUNDAY MARCH 9 at University Unitarian in Seattle. 9:30am and 11:15am services.