How did I get into it, you might ask. If you don't ask I suppose you may as well hit the BACK button, but if you do... I got my music education degree from Plymouth State College back in 1982 and wisely decided not to pursue music education as a career. Not that I wouldn't have been good at it and I certainly would have enjoyed it, but with a starting salary of $ 8,500 a year at the time, I decided to stick full time with the shipping job I held between college semesters. Having a natural aptitude for computers I soon found myself managing an MIS (computer) department. Unfortunately, this leaves me little time to pursue music. I'm lucky if I complete one piece per year these days, much to my publisher's chagrin. (By the way, if you have flute related music to publish I strongly recommend speaking to Linda True at Falls House Press. She's great to work with and no, she didn't pay me to say that.) If you'd like to hear my advice on getting your works published click here.
Thus far all my work has been for flute choir as I play the flute, own an alto and bass flute, and play in a flute choir (The Nashua Flute Choir if you're interested, well, now the Silver Village Flute Choir in Connecticut). This makes me feel more like providing music for the medium I use than anything else and I really enjoy it. Does this mean I won't do works for other mediums in the future? Who knows? Maybe some day when I'm writing music for a living... (I can dream, can't I?)
I've listed below all the pieces I currently
have published (all through Falls
House Press). If you'd like some informative and (hopefully)
interesting information about these pieces, click on the title. Eventually,
I'll create links so you can get info on the composers as well as
a quick reference. If you have any questions or comments (I love
feedback, positive and constructive criticism) email me at
rgpierce@earthlink.net
and I'll get back to you. If you have your own personal reviews of
my pieces you'd like posted or wouldn't mind me posting, send them to me
and I'll add them to the pages for the appropriate works. Make sure
you indicate whether or not it's OK for me to put your name on it.
Thanks for your interest and patronage.
