Paul Wolfram and Maria Johnson, of the cello and flute duo Migrations, commissioned a piece from me in 2014, and I wrote a piece that includes pre-recorded audio of me reading a text I wrote …
Beyond Category: The podcast of the PJCE
I’ve been working on an exciting new program for the Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble, the new jazz music organization for which I’ve been serving as Executive Director for the last two years. I’ve been doing all …
August Issue of the Mouthpiece
There are lots of new things happening in my life now. Here’s a bit from the latest issue of The Mouthpiece: I’ve been trying lately to remember what dreams I aspired to as a younger …
May issue of The Mouthpiece
I got my May newsletter sent out on the last day of the month. Whew! I followed up with my friend Emily Isaacson Tzuker, the Director of Choral Activities at Clark University and Artistic Director …
Middle School Jazz Band: A Walk in the Shade
A Walk in the Shade For Middle School Jazz Band By Douglas Detrick, 2014 Solos sections for any brass or saxophone Medium swing, Two- and Four-beat feel Score only or score and parts available as …
What’s Moby Dick to you?
Shipmates, I need your help! As I wrote in this post, I’m embarking on a new project, the AnySound Podcast. I’ll be posting more about it in the coming weeks and months, but for now, …
Sama Dams @ Doug Fir
I haven’t been left speechless and breathless by a rock band in a long time. I’ve been following this group, Sam Adams on voice, guitar, and synths, Lisa Adams on voice, keys, and bass, and …
Rehearsing in the 21st Century: “Skyping in” from 2,000 miles away
Carrie Winkler, the director of bands from Sheboygan Falls Middle School in Sheboygan, WI asked me if I would be willing to offer some feedback on their peformance of my “A Walk in the Shade” …
Black Lives Matter
Black lives matter. I would have hoped that in 2014 we wouldn’t need to say this. But, with the events that have followed the grand jury’s decision to not indict Darren Wilson, I’m convinced, as …
Nate Wooley and Carol Robinson at the Outset Series
I heard Nate Wooley and Carol Robinson perform music by Eliane Radigue at the Creative Music Guild‘s Outset Series tonight, and the gentle, subtle humming and thrumming of the sounds these musicians produced has me …