Thank you Anthony Kershaw of Audiophilia for writing a very warm review of my debut CD! (He was also very supportive of my Kickstarter project and kindly wrote about that back in January.)
Please read the entire review on the Audiophilia site but here’s my favorite part:
“Recommended.” – Anthony Kershaw, Audiophilia
You can now buy my album, Sometimes the City is Silent on Compact Disc or as a Digital Download at cdbaby.com, iTunes and Amazon mp3
Please consider writing a review on cdbaby, iTunes, or Amazon. Many thanks in advance!
Here’s the video I made for “Sometimes the City is Silent” – using the audio track from my upcoming CD. I learned a lot about iMovie in the last few days and got very little sleep but the video came out alright so it was worth it! Janice Misurell-Mitchell likes it too! (yay!) I hope you enjoy it as well:
(Here’s a link to the youtube page, if you don’t have flash.)
I will be performing The Alluring Wave by Mark Grey with Areon Flutes in San Jose on Friday May 27, 2011 at 8pm. I’m very excited to perform with these great musicians!
Areon Flutes in Concert
May 27, 2011
8pm
The Harker School
San Jose, CA
Click here for more info!
I will be performing at Classical Revolution in San Francisco on Monday, June 13, 2011. I will play some pieces from my new CD, Sometimes the City is Silent, with cellist Rachel Turner Houk.
See you there!
Monday, June 13, 2011 @8PM
Revolution Cafe
3248 22nd Street between Mission and Valencia, SF
| Saturday, May 14, 2011 San Jose, California 6PM, Recital Hall – Le Petit Trianon Theatre
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Sometimes the City is Silent
My new CD is coming out in May. Please join me, pianist Lori Lack, and cellist Rachel Turner Houk for a CD release party and concert. I will be playing pieces from the CD including Noah Luna‘s Entrometido (world premiere performance!). CDs will be available for sale and there will be tasty vegan snacks and drinks!
Tickets are $10 purchased in advance (via Brown Paper Tickets), or $20 at the door.
Download a flyer for the event.
Listen to audio samples from the CD!
Update: I had such a great time on the SoundNotion podcast I had to update this post! Some of the topics discussed included classical music patronage, kickstarter, some topics from recent new music box essays, the Detroit Symphony strike and sexism.
The thing that impressed me the most about the podcast, in addition to the fact that the hosts/panelists on the show (David MacDonald, Sam Merciers, Nate Bliton, Patrick Gullo) were super nice, is how much time and care goes into producing this show. A week before we recorded the show, they started sharing potential discussion topics on a google doc. I think it also takes an hour to set up all the cameras and mics, etc. and perhaps almost as long to take apart all the gear. It must also take at least another hour to edit the audio/video and upload it to the website/iTunes, etc. If you include the 1 hour show taping time, I’m guessing that they spend 4+ hours every Sunday producing this unique show – with zero pay (at least for now). Thank you SoundNotion for your service to the new music community!
Please visit the SoundNotion site and make a donation so that they can keep on producing great shows.
Watch SoundNotion – Episode 7
SoundNotion – Episode 7 “#accompanisthaiku” (2/27/11) from SoundNotion on Vimeo.
SoundNotion is a weekly podcast focusing on the discussion of new music and current events in the art music world. Giving a voice to contemporary music, our panel comprises composers and performers who actively promote new compositions and approaches to performance. Join us each week as we discuss news in the professional orchestra world, art music’s influence today, recent compositions, commissions, and performances and much more.
I’ll be performing Daniel Felsenfeld’s five-song suite On Murder, Considered as a Fine Art in Berkeley on February 28, 2011. It will be a part of Wesley Stace’s book tour for his new book Charles Jessold, Considered as a Murderer. Should be an interesting event!
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