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Dear Friends, Family, and Colleagues, Watcher of the Sky, a string quartet commissioned by the Mount Wilson Institute in celebration of the 2018 sesquicentennial of the birth of astronomer George Ellery Hale has been released on an album recorded by the Sirius Quartet. Playing on the Edge 2 was released on [...]

September 24, 2020    Playing on the Edge 2, from The Sirius Quartet, will be released on the Navona label (NV6315) on October 23, 2020. It includes my quartet WATCHER OF THE SKY, commissioned for the sesquicentennial of the birth of astronomer George Ellery Hale in 2018. To Pre-Order [...]

 Wow! Great news from the Altius Quartet. They will be performing my piece "The Present Moment" on Sept 20 at 6 p.m. MDT.  Thanks, Altius!   Join us on Sunday, September 20 at 6pm MDT for our premier concert with the new AQ! We’re excited to be debuting new members [...]

On July 8 I'm on Classical Discoveries with Marvin Rosen. WPRB-Princeton NJ. He'll be playing my piano piece Alternative Facts, performed by Gloria Cheng from the album Through Glass on the Navona label.Buy the album on Amazon‎Marvin Rosen‎ to CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES3 hrsI hope you will join Classical Discoveries for the weekly program [...]

THROUGH GLASS  Release Date  June 12, 2020 featuring   ALTERNATIVE FACTS for piano by Bruce Babcock Composed for and performed by Gloria Cheng on the Navona label     Alternative Facts was composed as a reaction to the 2016 presidential campaign, election, and subsequent inauguration of our current president. Ever since he [...]

June 10, 2020   So here is some more good news, announced yesterday. I was awarded Honorable Mention, out of 29 finalists, in The American Prize competition, Instrumental Chamber Music category for my string quartet "The Present Moment."     "The Present Moment" was recorded by the Altius Quartet for [...]

So here is some news. I was awarded second place in The American Prize competition, Shorter Choral Works category for my a cappella piece "Be Still." "Be Still" was composed for and premiered by James Walker and Coventry Choir, All Saints Church, Pasadena, and recorded by the multiple Emmy-winning choir [...]

THROUGH GLASS  Release Date  June 12, 2020 featuring   ALTERNATIVE FACTS for piano by Bruce Babcock Composed for and performed by Gloria Cheng on the Navona label   Alternative Facts was composed as a reaction to the 2016 presidential campaign, election, and subsequent inauguration of our current president. Ever since he announced [...]

  Promethean Fire Text by Alfred Noyes I sing of those who caught the pure Promethean fire One from another, each crying as he went down
 To one that waited, crowned with youth and joy.  Take thou the splendour, carry it out of sight
 Into the great new age I [...]

James Walker premiered the organ version of my piece Alternative Facts February 1, 2020 at St. Cross Episcopal Church in Hermosa Beach, CA. Alternative Facts was composed as a reaction to the 2016 presidential campaign, election, and subsequent inauguration of our current president. Ever since he announced his candidacy we [...]

CD Review: Etereo by Lindsey Goodman    February 1, 2020 The Flute View ETEREO NEW MUSIC FOR FLUTE by Lindsey Goodman with Chrysalis Duo & Leviathan Trio Featuring works by Bruce Babcock, Steven Block, Peter Castine, Alla Elana Cohen, Mara Helmuth, Jennifer Jolley, Josh Oxford, Jason Taurins Flutist Lindsey Goodman has just released her latest album, Etereo, New Music for Flute.  Goodman, a champion of New [...]

Alternate Facts for Organ Premieres Saturday, February 1 in Hermosa Beach James Walker, Organ Complete Concert Information Alternative Facts was composed as a reaction to the 2016 presidential campaign, election, and subsequent inauguration of our current president. Ever since he announced his candidacy we have, as a nation, endured a [...]