Personal

I am an avid (though not very good (yet)) Go player, and play on DGS and occasionally KGS, both as byorgey. My wife and I also enjoy digital photography and reading (aka collecting books).

Music

I am a jazz and classical pianist and amateur composer; here's some of my music. Everything on this page is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License, unless otherwise noted.

Compositions

  • The Beech Leaves Old. Four-part (SATB) vocal setting of a verse from The Madness of King Goll by W. B. Yeats, written as the final project for a field botany class in spring 2003. [pdf | lilypond source]
  • Rest I. Eight-part (SSAATTBB) vocal setting of Matthew 11:28-31, first of a planned four-movement work on the theme of rest. [pdf | lilypond source]

Recordings

  • In the Pocket demo. A jazz trio that I played with during the summer of 2002. Jeff Curtin, drums; Alex Klein, electric bass; Brent Yorgey, keyboard. (All rights reserved.)
  • Junior recital, April 2003.
    • Brahms: Piano Sonata in F minor, Op. 5
  • Senior recital, April 2004.
    • JS Bach: Preludes and Fugues in C minor and G major from the Well-Tempered Clavier Book I
    • Rachmaninov: Etude-Tableau in A minor (Op. 39 #2) and Prelude in D flat major (Op. 32 #13)
    • Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
  • Recitals accompanying Katie Saxon, soprano: