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My new album Four of Wands (formerly known as 4 for 20) is out now on Innova Recordings! Limited edition physical CDs are available from Bandcamp. It’s also streaming in most places :)
Four of Wands is performed by myself with Nathan Hubbard, Camilo Zamudio, and Kosuke Matsuda.
The artwork is two pieces of artwork by Leslie Jane Roberts: TO EIGHTH AVE (front cover)
and TO MANHATTAN ONLY (inside)
Rotations Ensemble will play 2 shows next week! Come enjoy minimalism-inspired just-intonation rhythms.
Rotations Ensemble is:
Rotations Ensemble @ Solarc Brewing
Sunday, April 13
3505 Eagle Rock Blvd, LA, CA
7pm (music at 8pm sharp)
If you’re in Los Angeles, come have a drink and a listen! Music starts at 8pm sharp.
Rotations Ensemble @ UCSD Experimental Theater
Tuesday, April 15
9410 Russell Ln, La Jolla, CA 92093
7pm
If you’re in San Diego, we’ll play the same music as at Solarc, but will also screen Candoro, a video piece I created for Music for Your Inbox in 2023.
My new group Rotations Ensemble had our first performance on October 13 at Open Gate Theater! More info to come, but RE was formed to play music I’ve been cooking up based around a 1-3-5-7-9-11 Eikosany. I now have an electric guitar with moveable frets, which can play the microtonal notes I have in mind for this group. Much fun to come!
I also played accordion in Dave Tranchina’s Sextet. Below are the instruments I used for the night.
I recently wrote 3 articles for the LA Phil’s California Festival Excursions project. Check them out at the links below!
October 29, 2023, 6pm at Navel, Los Angeles
I’ll be playing Two of Pentacles as part of a showcase of cross-genre contemporary works by four different artists from LAPP’s ACCELERATOR Program.
Featuring: Future Human Support Positions by Chelsea Zeffiro, Untitled Sisters Project by Mireya Lucio, Two of Pentacles by Daniel Corral, and Object Permanence by Daria Kaufman. ACCELERATOR is a program of LAPP which builds a community of independent artists who are actively seeking to resource and develop a current project.
Here is video footage from my June 10 performance of Two of Pentacles at Grand Performances.
From April 15, 2023
On April 15, 2023 I was on a panel at the Bonita Museum with Dr. Chalmers, Johnny Rheinhard, Kaz Maslanka, Joseph Monzo, Bill Wesley and Jonathan Glasier — curated by Vallo Riberto.
I played 4 for 20 as part of the event, joined by Nathan Hubbard, Kosuke Matsuda, and Camilo Zamudio.
Polytope @ 2220 Arts + Archives
March 5, 2023
2220 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90057
$20
Join me at 2220 Arts + Archives this Sunday, when I’ll be joined by Erin Barnes, Cory Beers, and Andrew Lessman in performing Polytope, my microtonal quartet for Launchpad Pros with live feed video. Squash & Biscuit will also perform.
I hope you can make it!
Candoro @ Music for Your Inbox
Order/subscribe by March 15, 2023
Online video/sound piece
Music for Your Inbox
$7–$14
As part of the development process for a collaboration with Alexander Gedeon and DaEun Jung, I made a 13 minute video/sound piece for Music for Your Inbox called Candoro.
Inthis video, the soundscape around the Candoro Marble Company in Knoxville, TN is treated with JI magical realism, echoing the surreal navigations of our three bodies around the physical space of the building’s Beaux-Arts architecture.
The video was shot during our time at the Loghaven Artist Residency last September.
On December 17 at Automata, I’ll be joined by Erin Barnes, Cory Beers, and Andrew Lessman in premiering my piece 4 for 20!
8pm – Door
8:30pm – Performance
Automata LA
504 Chung King Rd
Los Angeles, CA 90012
$15 / $18
4 for 20 began as a sketch for a concept I’m developing for my upcoming COLA IMAP performance in June, 2023. The piece creates a contemplative space through a series of gradually changing chords on 20 just-intonation chimes. These chords manifest through shifting polyrhythms connected to the frequency of each chime.
This piece continues my 8 years of making just-tuned chimes, as well as my gradual descent into the wooly world of Erv Wilson microtonality. The chimes are tuned to a 1•3•5•7•9•11 Eikosany, and each musician plays 5 of them.