PASIC 2011 Wrap-up
I’ve recently returned home from Indianapolis and PASIC 2011 where Dennis Hoffmann and I performed Missy Mazzoli’s Volume; a 2006 work for Vibraphone, Steel Drums, five Bottles, and two Kick Drums. Volume can be purchased here, and you can learn more about Missy Mazzoli here. I’d like to thank the Percussive Arts Society, Eugene Novotney and...
Thanks for your support IP!
Here’s a link to my artist profile on the Innovative Percussion website. I’ve been involved with IP since their very beginning through my work with Tempus Fugit. I have always been overwhelmingly pleased with IP’s quality and commitment to developing sticks and mallets that meet the needs of today’s percussionists. Thanks again Innovative Percussion for...
PASIC 2011
I’m pleased to announce that I have been invited to perform at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention on Thursday, November 10th in Indianapolis, Indiana. I’ll be performing the 2006 work, Volume by the Brooklyn based composer Missy Mazzoli with my great friend Dennis Hoffmann. Volume is a percussion duo for Vibraphone, Steel Drums, Tuned Bottles, and...
Dracula
The News and Observer did a nice article today about the Carolina Ballet’s Dracula. J. Mark Scearce was commissioned for a brand new score, and I’ll be playing the gigantic percussion set-up. It runs for the next three weekends in Raleigh. More info here.
A Great Summer
So, as it turns out, I have neglected this space for the last couple of months. It has been a busy, but great summer. The concert season with the Colorado Music Festival was fantastic – great sounding orchestra, great programs, and great people! You can check out some of the reviews from the summer here....
Drums for Mahler 3
Here are the drums I’m using this weekend for Mahler 3 with the Pittsburgh Symphony. Come check it out, or listen online: http://www.wqed.org/fm/ Live tonight at 8!
Hitting the Road
It’s that time of the year. Everything in my life seems to hit the fan at the same time. In the next three weeks I’m playing Mahler 3 with the Pittsburgh Symphony, I’m taking an audition, and I’m driving to Boulder, CO in time for my first service with the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra. In...
Thank goodness for coffee!
Here’s the schedule from my past weekend: Saturday: 11am Load Marimba into car 12pm Load Marimba into Hayes Barton United Methodist Church, Raleigh 2:30pm Rehearsal with Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle – Rossini Overture/Schubert Sym. 6, Raleigh 5:30pm Drive to Southern Pines, NC 8pm Concert with the NC Symphony, Southern Pines, NC. Bernstein- Candide...
I’m Back
After a crazy couple of weeks, I have found my website again. Plenty of things have been going on, but I just haven’t had time to write. Some of this blog is supposed be about my experiences as a freelance percussionist, but in the process I’m finding that when I am most busy, I have...
New Music Raleigh
Here’s the press release for my upcoming NMR concert. I’ll be performing Trilogy by Dave Maric. It’s a three movement piece for gigantic percussion set-up and electronic back track. I hope you can check it out! Also, you can follow NMR on twitter here. New Music Raleigh to Present Steve Reich’s Different Trains On April...
Alt-classical? Please, stop.
If you follow classical music or new music, you’ve probably read Greg Sandow’s blog or criticisms. He’s the one who is normally sounding the alarm that live classical music as we know it is dying. Generally, he is probably right, and deserves credit for pushing old, slow moving arts organizations to think about how to...