With Judith Farmer at the 2016 GRAMMY Awards ceremony. After the April 27, 2014 IMPROVISATORY MINDS concert with (back row) pianists Nic Gerpe and Gloria Cheng, composer Michael Patterson, bassoonist Judith Farmer and composer Ed Neumeister; (front row) Ronna Binn Hersh (Classical Encounters Foundation), composer Bevan Manson and violinist Pasha Tseitlin With EMMY and GRAMMY Award winning pianist Gloria Cheng. With bassoonist and beautiful wife Judith Farmer. With David Kontesz, composer Sharon Farber and soprano Hila Plitmann. Engineer Rich Breen and producer Judith Sherman during the recording of my album SHORT STORIES. With pianist Lucy Nargizyan and violist Josephine Liu Moerschel after their performance of my duo QUIET TIME at the Beverly Hills International Music Festival. With Howard Wall (horn, NY Philharmonic), Sam Magill (cello, Met Orchestra and violinist Elmira Darvarova (former concert master, Met Orchestra) after the performance of my piano quartet METAMORPHOSIS at the New York Chamber Music Festival. With pianist Gloria Cheng after her performance of STILL WATERS during a Piano Spheres concert at Zipper Hall in Downtown LA. With the great jazz composer and arranger Bill Holman. With Pauline Yang – piano, Jennifer Cullinan – oboe and Judith Farmer – bassoon after their performance of my trion TRILOGY during a concert of the series Improvisatory Minds at Vitello’s in Studio City, CA, After a LA Composers Salon with (back row from left) moderator Alex Shapiro, Salon organizer Giovanna Imbesi, composers Michael Roth, Randy Newman and guzheng artist Bei Bei He. Front row from left, composer Drew Schnurr and Salon organizer Kubilay Uner. With Berklee faculty Barbara LaFitte – oboe, Beth Denisch – compoition and Francisco Noya – conducting after the performance of my piece ALPINE STORY by the Berklee Contemporary Symphony Orchestra. With composer colleagues Steven Williams, John Steinmetz and Nick Lane. With the great Bill Kraft and his wife, composer Joan Huang. With Los Angeles piano great Mike Lang. With pianist Joanne Pearce Martin (principal, LA Philharmonic) and composer Stephen Cohn. With(from left) composer Veronika Krausas, attorney Grant Barnes, Austrian Consul General in Los Angeles Karin Proidl and bassoonist Judith Farmer.