News:

•I'm pleased to announce that I was selected to receive the 2009 Byler Distinguished Faculty Award at UCM. It's truly an honor to receive the award, and I'm very thankful for the support I've received from my colleagues over the years.

•During Spring 2009, I'll be touring and recording a program of music for saxophone and computer/electronics. I'll also perform with the Athens Quartet in Greece during March 2009.

•Athens Saxophone Quartet performed in Missouri in September 2008. Highlights included world premieres of a new piece by Athanasios Zervas and my own new quartet, here is no water but only rock. The score and a studio recording are now online.

•I recently engineered and co-produced two CDs with the Mark Lowery Trio, a fixture on the Kansas City jazz scene. The first CD will be released on May 5; the trio is having a CD release party at Jardine's. The second CD features singer Shay Estes with the trio.

•I performed Phantasm for alto saxophone and computer in Belfast, Northern Ireland for the 2008 ICMC at Queens University and at the 2008 Electronic Music Midwest Festival at Lewis University. It is scheduled for performance again on the 2009 SCI National Conference in Santa Fe.