Jewel Dirks

In her mid seventies, my sister has decided to learn Korean. I think it was spurred by her love of Korean K-pop music and the desire to understand the beautiful lyrics. This transformed into a thorough fascination with Korean...

      My niece Sophia took these photographs. She is a wildlife conservationist who loves Sand Hill Cranes and had just gotten a new 300-500 camera lens.  In this era of the war on our environment, I'm posting this just to...

These four pieces are based on my experiences of goat packing in the mountains.  I always bring my ocarinas for a bit of fun.  All the sounds you hear are based on my ocarina playing.  For a description (including some neat...

For notes about this magnificent athlete, Saucey, and the programs I used to compose this, click here.  The first movement, In Their Absence, was selected to be part of the Stairwells Installations of the National Association...

These four pieces are based on my experiences of goat packing in the mountains.  I always bring my ocarinas for a bit of fun.  All the sounds you hear are based on my ocarina playing.  For a description (including some neat...

      My niece Sophia took these photographs. She is a wildlife conservationist who loves Sand Hill Cranes and had just gotten a new 300-500 camera lens.  In this era of the war on our environment, I'm posting this just to...

For notes about this magnificent athlete, Saucey, and the programs I used to compose this, click here.  The first movement, In Their Absence, was selected to be part of the Stairwells Installations of the National Association...

In her mid seventies, my sister has decided to learn Korean. I think it was spurred by her love of Korean K-pop music and the desire to understand the beautiful lyrics. This transformed into a thorough fascination with Korean...