musician - composer
17 Apr 2012
Premiere of a new piece (details to follow) at the American Composers Forum Salon Series, at Zeitgiest's Studio Z, Lowertown, St. Paul, MN. 7pm. Free.
18 Apr 2012
earWorm performs at Cafe Maude, 5411 Penn Ave. S., Mpls, MN. No cover, come for dinner and drinks.
21 Apr 2012
earWorm performance at the Black Dog Cafe and Wine Bar, Lowertown, St. Paul. 8 - 10:30pm. No cover charge.
Premiere of a new piece (details to follow) at the American Composers Forum Salon Series, at Zeitgiest's Studio Z, Lowertown, St. Paul, MN. 7pm. Free.
18 Apr 2012
earWorm performs at Cafe Maude, 5411 Penn Ave. S., Mpls, MN. No cover, come for dinner and drinks.
21 Apr 2012
earWorm performance at the Black Dog Cafe and Wine Bar, Lowertown, St. Paul. 8 - 10:30pm. No cover charge.
SELECTED PAST EVENTS
Sep 2011
Selections from the Greek Rembetika repertoire with Viv Corringham (vocals) and myself on Greek bouzouki at Dreamland Arts, St. Paul, MN.
June-July 2011
Guerilla performances by the Marimba Bullies at city lakes.
May-Jun 2011
Acousmatic music for The Hole of Lament, a part of "Refreshments" at Open Eye Figure Theatre, Mpls. Music loosely based on Balinese gamelan.
May 2011
earWorm performances in Minneapolis, MN, celebrating the release of our fourth cd Angels of Area 51, with guest saxophonist Peter Farmer.
April 2011
earWorm performances in Norman, Oklahoma, celebrating the release of our third cd You're Not Larry.
Performance of AN "ISM" JIB for guitar and African percussion at the American Composers Forum Salon Series, at Zeitgiest's Studio Z.
Northern Latitudes Mandolin Quartet and the Marimba Bullies performances at the Benefit Concert for Youth Experiencing Homelessness at the Cedar Cultural Center, Mpls.
Oct 2010
Premiere of AN "ISM" JIB for guitar and African percussion. Performed by Anthony Titus (guitar) and Andrew Martin (percussion).
Sept 2010
earWorm at the eighth annual SPARK Festival of Electronic Music and Art in Minneapolis... in the Love Power building! (plus other choice Twin Cities performances).
Aug 2010
Performance with the Arabic Music Retreat Orchestra and Issa Boulos' Chamber Group, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA.
Performances with the Minnesota Mandolin Orchestra and the Northern Latitudes Mandolin Quartet.
May 2010
Premiere of A THICK, FULL SET OF CHEEKY HINGE for clarinet and 'ud at the American Composers Forum Salon Series, Zeitgeist's Studio Z, St. Paul. Mary Beth Huttlin, clarinet.
April 2010
earWorm gigs in the the Twin Cities vicinity. Release of Artificial Teeth and Limbs, earWorm's second CD on Vermiphone Records.
Mar 2010
earWorm performance at University of Indiana East "Hear and Now" lecture and concert series, Richmond, IN.
Feb 2010
Sally's Flag Empire at the MCBA 2010 Book Artist Award reception for Chip Schilling at Open Book, Mpls. With Pat O'Keefe, Josh Granowski and Nick Zielinski.
Universal Homeland + Gobrosis at Heart for Haiti: A Benefit Concert at the Ordway McKnight Theatre, St Paul.
Jan 2010
Performances in People of the Book (the song, the dance, and the picture) at Theatre Or at Sabes JCC with Alex Lubet, Guerino Mazzola, and Nick Zielinski (quartet aka Universal Homeland), with Hmong hip-hop duo Gobrosis.
Performance with the University of Chicago Middle East Music Ensemble at the International House, Chicago, IL.
Premiere of HIGH GAIN SMALL GRAIN for piano, vibes, and percussion by the Renegade Ensemble, Mpls, MN.
Dec 2009
earWorm performance at the International Society for Improvised Music Fourth Annual Conference, University of California Santa Cruz, and at SubRosa, Santa Cruz, CA.
Oct 2009
Twin Cities earWorm performances.
Sep 2009
Performance of MADDY'S EATEN A LITTLE HUMUS AGAIN for found materials percussion quartet (including percussionists David Birrow, Adam Rappel, and Ryan Billig). View a video of the performance here.
Aug 2009
Performance with the Arabic Music Retreat Orchestra and Simon Shaheen's Chamber Group, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA. (My involvement at the 2009 Arabic Music Retreat was supported in part through subito, the quick advancement grant program of the American Composers Forum).
earWorm interview (and music!) on KFAI-FM 's Collective Eye with Janis Lane Ewart.
Performances with the Minnesota Mandolin Orchestra.
May 2009
earWorm at the Michiana Improvisational Music Festival XIX Indiana University, South Bend, IN,
earWorm CD release party and concert at J & J Winery Richmond, IN (sponsored by Indiana University East).
Premiere of DON'T CALL ME NORMAN for bass clarinet, piano and vibes performed by Zeitgeist, St. Paul, MN.
Feb 2009
Performance in the wiimote ensemble for composer Doug Geers' Sweep, with violinist Maja Cerar and percussionist Fernando Meza at the Cedar Cultural CenterSPARK Festival of Electronic Music and Arts.
Selections from the Greek Rembetika repertoire with Viv Corringham (vocals) and myself on Greek bouzouki at Dreamland Arts, St. Paul, MN.
June-July 2011
Guerilla performances by the Marimba Bullies at city lakes.
May-Jun 2011
Acousmatic music for The Hole of Lament, a part of "Refreshments" at Open Eye Figure Theatre, Mpls. Music loosely based on Balinese gamelan.
May 2011
earWorm performances in Minneapolis, MN, celebrating the release of our fourth cd Angels of Area 51, with guest saxophonist Peter Farmer.
April 2011
earWorm performances in Norman, Oklahoma, celebrating the release of our third cd You're Not Larry.
Performance of AN "ISM" JIB for guitar and African percussion at the American Composers Forum Salon Series, at Zeitgiest's Studio Z.
Northern Latitudes Mandolin Quartet and the Marimba Bullies performances at the Benefit Concert for Youth Experiencing Homelessness at the Cedar Cultural Center, Mpls.
Oct 2010
Premiere of AN "ISM" JIB for guitar and African percussion. Performed by Anthony Titus (guitar) and Andrew Martin (percussion).
Sept 2010
earWorm at the eighth annual SPARK Festival of Electronic Music and Art in Minneapolis... in the Love Power building! (plus other choice Twin Cities performances).
Aug 2010
Performance with the Arabic Music Retreat Orchestra and Issa Boulos' Chamber Group, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA.
Performances with the Minnesota Mandolin Orchestra and the Northern Latitudes Mandolin Quartet.
May 2010
Premiere of A THICK, FULL SET OF CHEEKY HINGE for clarinet and 'ud at the American Composers Forum Salon Series, Zeitgeist's Studio Z, St. Paul. Mary Beth Huttlin, clarinet.
April 2010
earWorm gigs in the the Twin Cities vicinity. Release of Artificial Teeth and Limbs, earWorm's second CD on Vermiphone Records.
Mar 2010
earWorm performance at University of Indiana East "Hear and Now" lecture and concert series, Richmond, IN.
Feb 2010
Sally's Flag Empire at the MCBA 2010 Book Artist Award reception for Chip Schilling at Open Book, Mpls. With Pat O'Keefe, Josh Granowski and Nick Zielinski.
Universal Homeland + Gobrosis at Heart for Haiti: A Benefit Concert at the Ordway McKnight Theatre, St Paul.
Jan 2010
Performances in People of the Book (the song, the dance, and the picture) at Theatre Or at Sabes JCC with Alex Lubet, Guerino Mazzola, and Nick Zielinski (quartet aka Universal Homeland), with Hmong hip-hop duo Gobrosis.
Performance with the University of Chicago Middle East Music Ensemble at the International House, Chicago, IL.
Premiere of HIGH GAIN SMALL GRAIN for piano, vibes, and percussion by the Renegade Ensemble, Mpls, MN.
Dec 2009
earWorm performance at the International Society for Improvised Music Fourth Annual Conference, University of California Santa Cruz, and at SubRosa, Santa Cruz, CA.
Oct 2009
Twin Cities earWorm performances.
Sep 2009
Performance of MADDY'S EATEN A LITTLE HUMUS AGAIN for found materials percussion quartet (including percussionists David Birrow, Adam Rappel, and Ryan Billig). View a video of the performance here.
Aug 2009
Performance with the Arabic Music Retreat Orchestra and Simon Shaheen's Chamber Group, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA. (My involvement at the 2009 Arabic Music Retreat was supported in part through subito, the quick advancement grant program of the American Composers Forum).
earWorm interview (and music!) on KFAI-FM 's Collective Eye with Janis Lane Ewart.
Performances with the Minnesota Mandolin Orchestra.
May 2009
earWorm at the Michiana Improvisational Music Festival XIX Indiana University, South Bend, IN,
earWorm CD release party and concert at J & J Winery Richmond, IN (sponsored by Indiana University East).
Premiere of DON'T CALL ME NORMAN for bass clarinet, piano and vibes performed by Zeitgeist, St. Paul, MN.
Feb 2009
Performance in the wiimote ensemble for composer Doug Geers' Sweep, with violinist Maja Cerar and percussionist Fernando Meza at the Cedar Cultural CenterSPARK Festival of Electronic Music and Arts.
