Music
music. “When I was 12 I had a dream that I played the most amazing show. I could control everything around me. I’d make the earth shake & the wind blow. I could change the moon into the sun & back again. I imagine that dream & use my Viola & electronics to recreate that feeling every time I play.”
JOUR.NY What does it feel like to move amongst humanity, connected but yet not, in a foreign land. This commission inspired me to create a sound story with authentic field recordings from a Moroccan desert village. As I interwove my playing I felt myself drift quietly through the bustling streets peppered with cars, motorcycles and light conversations.
NOT TOTALLY TANGO This is a really special piece for an unique collaboration with Argentine based La Grela Quintet and NY contralto Marie-claire for an upcoming concert series last week of May 2020. We convo’d, recorded, mixed, and edited all remotely. Although we live in different countries it felt like we were in the same room.
BENDING (Practice) Before I recorded this piece I was feeling a little stuck but I wanted to make something that day so I dug through one of my music notebooks for inspiration. I found a sketch. It was a short melody with some chords about grounding, remaining centered, and bending as things push you.
WHISTLER My grandfather taught me to whistle when I was a young kid. We used to drive around in the car listening to music and whistling along with it, it didn’t matter what the song was. This piece is about those times.
FLIGHT "Flight" for me is like jumping off a cliff and trying to grab on to a bunch of notes before the whole landscape changes. I want people to feel lifts and drops and air speed, takeoffs and landings. It's a piece that's really about being in the sky.
AIR I recorded this piece on one of the hottest days of the year. The air was stagnant, it was hard to breath. I wanted to make my instrument sound like the wind.