Heavy Metal Lullaby (2009) was written for my new nephew Quinn and is for an ensemble of music boxes, glockenspiels (bells), and celestas.

Recordings of these two compositions are available for downloading exclusively at InstantEncore:

http://www.instantencore.com/MusicDetails.aspx?PId=5032897

HML is $0.49, as is each track of the Five Miniatures. The complete Five Miniatures is $1.99. You can, of course, stream each track online for free. Purchasing these recordings supports contemporary music, as well as this particular contemporary composer. :-)

Excerpts from the 2nd and 3rd movements of the baritone saxophone concerto are available for listening at InstantEncore as well (complete recording to be released later this year on the Navona Records label) -- excerpts from the new trombone concerto (to be premiered in September in the Czech Republic) will be posted there shortly.

http://www.instantencore.com/video/details.aspx?So...

Performance of the euphonium and piano version in recital by Richard Demy and Laurie Vivona Bunn at George Mason University's Harris Theater on May 9, 2009.

I've mentioned Alex Ross in the past somewhere on one of my web pages but he's worth mentioning again. Alex is the music critic for The New Yorker and focuses on classical music, but he can speak intelligently about Radiohead and Bob Dylan, too. His book "The Rest Is Noise: Listening To The Twentieth Century" should be required reading for people interested in orchestral music who are gamely trying to pull themselves out of the 19th century. Now that we're well into the 21st, I think that's a pretty good strategy for most classical music audience members to adopt.

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This is a live 1994 performance from the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore. Free download in return for visiting me at ReverbNation.com. :-) Enjoy!

David Gaines' chamber music (including the baritone saxophone concerto "and dispel the miseries of the world" and "Lyric Fanfare" for trombone & piano) was selected as an Editor's Pick today on the front page of InstantEncore.com, the classical music networking site.

http://www.navonarecords.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mjwo9rHiRuM

My website has been transferred to a new host and completely redesigned - come visit at www.davidgaines.org......

Congratulations to Elliott Carter - he turned 100 on December 11th and has no plans to stop composing. Amazing. If you're not familiar with him, check out this feature story on him & his music at NPR's website.