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The Witch On Bear Mountain
Iktus Duo (Christopher Graham, percussion and Hristina Blagoeve, flute) are taking a new piece I wrote for them on their tour through Texas and Louisiana. The piece, The Witch On Bear Mountain, features a lot of intricate interplay between the two instruments and explores some deep subtleties of a pitch-noise spectrum. I am very excited to have…
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Fireflies were making decodable signals on behalf of stranded spirits…
“…fireflies were making decodable signals on behalf of stranded spirits, or that a bat was writing a legible tale of torture in the bruised and branded sky”. This is the title of my new piece for bass clarinet and vibraphone (with auxiliary wood and metal objects) that will be premiered on October 9th at…
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Summer News
SUMMER NEWS Embers Release: First and foremost, I am thrilled to announce the preliminary release of Embers, a recording of saxophone music with piano and electronics featuring saxophonist Richard Schwartz. This album features three works of mine (Intervals I, Interruptions III, and Driftwood Box Puzzle) as well as works by Kari Besharse, Ray Pizzi, and Stephen Suber…
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Patchwork Vespers
Sometimes it takes a little while between writing the double bar and hearing its realization. By some measures, four years isn’t that long an interval for such a wait, but for me it felt like an eternity. Bay area musicians Rachel Condry (bass clarinet) and Megan Shieh (vibraphone, suspended cymbal) made the wait worthwhile. Here’s…
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Upcoming Concerts!
Lots of great stuff lined up for the beginning of next year! Upcoming Concerts: 2/3/14 – Particle Fountain for piano/percussion quartet commissioned by Yarn/Wire. University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA [world premiere] 2/5/14 – Particle Fountain for piano/percussion quartet commissioned by Yarn/Wire. Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA 2/7/14 – Particle Fountain for piano/percussion quartet…
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Kickstarter for “Embers”
The forthcoming studio project entitled Embers is set for release on the Centaur label and features contemporary chamber music for saxophone, piano, and electronics. Saxophonist Richard Schwartz, along with pianists Kenneth Boulton and Philip Schuessler, perform the works of Kari Besharse, Ray Pizzi, Schuessler, and Stephen Suber. This collection represents a diversity of styles and…
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Summer News
Happy summer! This summer, I have had the pleasure of working with Richard Schwartz, both as composer and performer, on a new recording project that is being set for release later this year on the Centaur Label. The project is a collection of chamber works for alto saxophone along with piano and computer generated sound…
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Glass Abattoir in the Studio
Some very dedicated performers take on Glass Abattoir for three speaking (and drinking!) percussionists. This studio session was recorded for a radio broadcast at KSUA from the University of Alaska Fairbanks by Ensemble 64.8 (Kaylee Bonatakis, Chris Lennard, and Matt Roberts). This work combines narratives about three very different political conflicts from three different…
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Driftwood Box Puzzle
Driftwood Box Puzzle for alto saxophone, piano, and computer generated sound receives its premiere on Saturday, March 2nd at the North American Saxophone Alliance Regional Conference at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. Richard Schwartz will be playing alto saxophone, and I will be playing piano. The work intersperses free sections with tightly-wound components.…
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Promo Video for Iktus Concert (on January 25th)
Iktus prepares for Music At First from Iktus Percussion on Vimeo.