Punchbeam Music, LLC

11/06/2025

This is a month away! So excited for "Consolatus lux" to be in such great company. This will be a powerful concert, I can't wait. Many thanks to Director Gary Cannon and Cascadian Chorale.

Winter is a time for coming together. We all contend with the cold and struggle amid the diminishing of the light. But, with music, we can find common purpose. In this concert, texts for Christmas and the winter season combine to celebrate the many ways in which humanity binds together against adver...

11/04/2025

Here it is, a recording from the New Earth Ensemble for the EcoVoice Project of "Bubble Sleeve Handcuffs" ! WOW!!! Lot of words, lot of E NUN see Ation. Beautiful.

Following an international call for scores, The EcoVoice Project chose ten scores to include for of our Cry of the Earth initiative. These new works, inspir...

10/13/2025

Wowww, this was truly exceptional. I’m so fortunate. (…and I can clearly see Chicago is a heaven-hill when left to its own. I mean not exactly hilly here but hopefully you see what I’m saying)
https://www.facebook.com/100083392956352/posts/780658631390562/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v

10/12/2025

How gorgeous! The sound fits the space. Warmup just finished

10/11/2025

WHAT'S IN THE BAG? (...another bag...)
My choral piece "Bubble Sleeve Handcuffs" which asks, when will it be enough?
Premiering in Chicago at Loyola University's Cry of the Earth Concert this Sunday at 3pm in Mundelein's Palm Court!

10/09/2025

Concert is on Sunday!

"...MUSIC INVITES US IN, COMPELS US TO LISTEN AND REFLECT, AND MOVES US TO ACTION. It creates space through performances and dialogue to engage the complexities of our interaction with nature and the challenges our global ecosystems and climate face..."

(the EcoVoice Project has created a great summary of the power of the arts for change, in the above quote lifted from their 2025 award from the Climate Action Museum .)

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1GZ2tfr2iV/

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.