Concertino for Piano and Percussion

During the spring — and mostly on trips to San Francisco — I worked on a piece for piano and percussion. Somewhat Stravinskyian, with a jazz-influenced middle section. It was an entry for the annual Percussive Arts Society Percussion Composition Contest (www.pas.org), and I’ve just received word that it took first prize in the category “Soloist with Percussion Ensemble.” Of course, you never really finish a piece until someone threatens to play it. And since that appears to be an imminent possibility, the score is out on the table and it's starting to get covered with red ink...