Now that I've hiked from Maine to Georgia on the Appalachian Trail, finished composing "Walking Towards the Sun" and am about to head to Vancouver to defend the composition (it is my DMA thesis) against a crew of academics, I am planning a thru-hike of the Pacific Crest Trail.

"Walking Towards the Sun" is a series of musical meditations on my AT hike. It is as massive (ca. 9 hours) and idealistic as the Appalachian Trail. People tell me it transports them. I think that the music is an environm...
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