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Time to pre-order your copy of MOTO BELLO from Casals Trio, featuring IMAGINED/REMEMBERED by Bruce Babcock, with Ovidiu Marinescu, cello, and Anna Kislitsyna, piano.http://bit.ly/MOTOBELLOpreorder

MoreComing soon! A new piece from yours truly. To be performed Inside the dome of the 100-inch telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory, in honor of the 150 anniversary of the birth of observatory founder George Ellery Hale.

"Love and Remembrance"Hila Plitmann and Friends in ConcertMason Home Concerts Mason House, 3484 Redwood Avenue, Mar Vista, CA 900666 p.m. Saturday March 17, 2018Including a new piece by Bruce Babcock, written for my friend and colleague,the wonderful Grammy-winning soprano Hila Plitmann, with string quartet.1st Violin - Ben Bartelt,  2nd Violin - Anna CorcoranViola [...]

February 15, 2018We just received a very positive new review of "Irrational Exuberance" from the 2017 Navona CD FLEETING REALMS."Irrational Exuberance, unusually scored for alto saxophone, cello, and piano, opens the release with an engaging blend of concert hall, Dave Brubeck, and Paul Desmond. The instrumental colors are striking, thanks [...]

Very excited to be composing a new piece for the fabulousHila Plitmannfor the March 17, 2018MASON HOME CONCERTMore details as we get closer to March of next year.

FLEETING REALMS, a new album of chamber works from Navona Records, will be released on Friday, September 8, 2017.The first track is my "Irrational Exuberance," which is also contained on my "Time, Still" album."Irrational Exuberance" features Doug Masek, alto saxophone, Louise Thomas, piano, and David Speltz, cello, and was commissioned by Doug.

With gratitude for the 34 year music ministry of James Walker at All Saints Church, PasadenaIf you know James at all, it comes as no surprise that he has a searchable database of the music used at every service during his tenure as music director at All Saints Church.I am [...]

On July 1 Ovidiu Marinescu, cello, and Anna Kislitsyna, piano, recorded by my cello sonataImagined/Rememberedin Philadelphia

Coming May 19, 2018 to Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York CityOvidiu Marinescu, cello, and Anna Kislitsyna, pianowill perform my cello sonataImagined/Rememberedbrought to you by Parma RecordingsThis piece appears on my 2015 albumTime, Stillon the Navona label From American Record Guide (July-August 2015)Mark Lehman Best, and most substantial, is Babcock’s [...]

Some photos from our February 2017 concerts with the Space Coast Symphony in Florida in February . . .from my pre-concert filmed introduction . . .the downbeat . . .en route . . .continuing onward . . ._____________________________________________________

Back by popular demand, the Space Coast Symphony Orchestra will present “The Planets in HD,” a celebration of space exploration. The concert opens up with the Southeast US Premiere of an atmospheric and engaging work by Bruce Babcock, Event Horizon, with video footage from the NASA-Hubble space telescope. Then, the SCSO present [...]

Event Horizon Performances February 25 & 26 2017 to be performed by theSpace Coast Symphony conducted by Aaron CollinsNotes on Event HorizonMy most influential mentors in terms of both composition and orchestration were American/Swiss composer Paul Glass, Hugo Friedhofer, and Earle Hagen. Paul studied with Witold Lutosławski, Earle studied with [...]