While we’re still glowing from our Dixon premiere, I’m really excited that we’ll be presenting a portion of “One” at the CREST Festival on May 9th! CREST is an amazing showcase curated by the wonderful ChristinaNoel & The Creature thecreature.nyc. We’re sharing the evening with some really special artists. I hope you can join us!
Several years ago, this unlikely band came to be and I’m really happy that we’re coming back together for a brief tour this month. Threeplustwo is two of my dearest friends and collaborators, bassist Lowell Ringel and saxophonist David Leon (of Sound Underground), along with Lowell’s two triplets, amazing musicians themselves, trombonist Evan Ringel and bassoonist Ivy Ringel. It’s the most unusual of instrumentations, and also one of the most skilled groups of musicians I’ve ever been a part of. We released a short record you can hear here this past fall. Next week, we’ll be teaching and playing all over North Carolina, as well as making a swing up to Baltimore for a very cool show. Looking forward!
I’m speechless after two incredible nights at Dixon Place with these eight amazing artists. I couldn’t have imagined a better place and audience for this premiere, well over a hundred people across both shows! Already can’t wait till the next one, stay tuned! www.echoensemble.com
Over the past year I have grown close with the wonderful folks at the Make Music Alliance, an organization spearheading open source, come-all musical celebrations in the streets of cities around the world, every summer and winter solstice. I am so excited to be organizing with them a public, participatory staging of Pauline Oliveros’ powerful “The Heart Chant,” a simple invitation for healing through vocalization and listening. I’ll be joined by a core group to invite passers by in the heart of Lower Manhattan to join with us. Pauline’s work is just what the world needs right now, and I’m so happy to be able to bring it to NYC in this way.
The labor of love that has privately consumed my last two years is emerging into the world. I am beyond excited. Join us in New York City in January, these will be two special shows:
January 27th - 7pm
January 28th - 8pm
I love bands that are a product of deep relationships. Bands of people, not of instruments. Because who would have ever thought to put together trombone, saxophone, bassoon, guitar and bass? But when it’s three triplets and two best friends, it makes all the sense in the world. Our debut album just came out, check it out!
I am so excited to finally announce a project that has quietly taken over my life the last two years. Research and workshopping with countless artists in Miami, Oakland, Banff and Brooklyn has materialized into ECHOensemble, a collective of musicians and dancers creating evolving architecture of movement and sound with my practice called “SHIFT.” Check us out online:
Our third album comes out tomorrow! I can’t wait for you to hear it. We captured some magic in an incredible studio in Manhattan (Lethe Lounge) back in June, and some amazing folks have helped us bring it to the world. Order it here!
Thanks to the encouragement of Andrew Yoon from nothing to say, I gathered some enduring thoughts on music and art into an essay. I’d be honored to have your eyes, and I’d love to hear your thoughts! The link is below:
I am very excited to announce the release of "set-go," my collaboration with choreographer and videographer Liana Klienman. It was a labor of love of many months, supported by some truly marvelous musicians and dancers. I hope you enjoy!