Credit for the idea of a Halo ballet goes to Gregory Oh, who commissioned the piece and arranged for me to work with choreographer Julia Aplin. To complement the unusual dance environment of the piece, I chose an unusual musical…
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Halo Ballet (Bipolar Disorder NOS)
Tagged with: chamber, dance, drums, electric bass, electric guitar, halo, harp, keyboards, percussion, piano, video
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Elegy of Others
Much of my recent work deals with the issue of reappropriation. Where do we get our ideas? What do we owe, if anything, to our sources of inspiration? Historically, composers have stolen ideas from each other regularly, reworking these into…
Performance Highlights
Below is a selected listing of some of my performing experiences. 2001–2002 Percussion for the Academy of Strings Orchestra, Edmonton, conductor: Tanya Prochazka 2001 Drums for band Crushing Jane, EdgeFest, EdmontonDrums and auxiliary percussion for Nuffsed and FORM jazz choirs,…
Instruments
I play the following categories of percussion. I also own most of these instruments: Drumset, including rock, jazz, pop, and Cuban styles Mallet percussion, especially the marimba Orchestral percussion of all kinds Cuban percussion, including congas, bongos, timbales, batá, güiro,…
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- My latest blog post, looking at the difference between crowdfunding and traditional philanthropy:http://t.co/PFKEL7p9eH
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- Composition Lessons: The Dirty Projector’s “Police Story” and on how to write for voice http://t.co/1ze2kTuBF0
- A friendly review of my premiere at Other Minds last weekend: http://t.co/d1EspIr1Q9
- The @OtherMindsSF Festival was pretty great this year, thanks to all involved.
- Soundcheck for @OtherMindsSF complete, come check out the show tonight, premiere of my piece.
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- I will be interviewed by Sarah Cahill on @kalw_radio tonight for the @OtherMindsSF Festival, 8:00pm PST, check it out.
