Welcome!
I am a percussionist, music-lover, chamber musician, teacher, curator, writer, and life-long learner.
I’ve moved most frequent updates to my newsletter, which asks “how do creative people learn from the world around them, make connections between what they learn, and turn curiosity into understanding, practice, and artistic action?”
Older news below:
(OLD) NEWS
Patter
Thanks to Four/Ten Media and Vic Firth for this great video of Robert Honstein's Patter, with New Morse Code and NMC super friend Katie Hyun. Enjoy!
Ode to Vine
RIP Vine. I hardly knew ye. Spurned by Doug Perry's incessant and heavy handed repetitive videos and Tim Feeney's brilliant and miniature masterpieces, I resolved to craft my own, carefully curated edition. Snapshots of the whimsy of modern life, they would be. To quote Tennyson:
“Gone—flitted away, Taken the stars from the night and the sun From the day! Gone, and a cloud in my heart.
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Oh wait, I have the instagram app…
Lachentime
Playing Lachenmann's epic Interieur at PASIC (that's the Percussive Arts Society International Convention) this November. I'm getting my cymbal-cowbell-temple block-tom tom arpeggios in order.
What I Did on My Summer Vacation
I'm a little forlorn that my stint as a guest blogger for New Music Box is over. My fourth and final post was a reflection on New Morse Code's work at Avaloch over the past 3 years, and discusses in particular our work with Robert Honstein and Christopher Stark.
Back to School, Pens Blazing
It's the beginning of another fantastic school year! This will be a fantastic year for KUPG and all Kansas Percussion. Look, we organized our almglocken and everything:
KU wood and metal is on point!
Stay tuned for more news about what's happening at KU!