Field Note · November 11, 2025 · 1 min read Where Art, Design, and Structure Overlap Conducting taught me that creativity thrives in structure — a principle that shows up in web design, publishing, and the tools I build.
Field Note · November 8, 2025 · 2 min read Rehearsal as Conversation A quick note on what changes when you stop thinking of rehearsal as instruction and start thinking of it as dialogue.
Update · May 9, 2025 · 3 min read Seven Years with the East Texas Youth Orchestra 7 years. 2,555 days. 55,000+ miles driven. 200+ rehearsals. My final concert with ETYO.
Field Note · August 29, 2023 · 2 min read How Bad Do You Want It? I wanted to be a conductor when I started undergrad in 2002 and didn't have a real orchestral conducting job until 2018.
Field Note · August 25, 2023 · 2 min read 180 Minutes: Rehearsal Planning as a Puzzle How I plan weekly rehearsals when 180 minutes has to cover 70 minutes of concert repertoire.
Field Note · August 24, 2023 · 1 min read How the Sausage Gets Made A snapshot of one month across MSO, the Conducting Institute, ETYO, TXIOS, and Caminos del Inka — and a call to share more of the work behind the work.
Field Note · June 27, 2023 · 2 min read Programming by the Numbers: Holding Myself Accountable A transparent audit of one MSO season — ethnicity, gender, living composers, and the budget it takes to program them.
Field Note · March 5, 2023 · 1 min read Stop Shaming First-Time Concertgoers If we shame first-time visitors with archaic rules, they will not come back.
Field Note · September 10, 2022 · 2 min read Why I Track What I Program Several years ago I began tracking repertoire by gender, nationality, and year composed — and made a commitment to diversify.