This was a Valentine’s Day we won’t soon forget, raising over $6,000 for Partners In Health and their world-class care to the people of Haiti.

“All told, twenty-six works of various lengths were performed, most contemporary and eclectic.”

Le Poisson Rouge
February 14, 2010

Former Tower Records
February 1, 2010

Watch concert highlights from Groanbox, New Music 101, Reverb, and Glimpses.

Make no mistake, these pieces sound ‘new’, but they also sound fresh and friendly, and surprisingly ‘original’, despite the obvious derivations. Performances are breathtakingly fine, and if you pass by this album you’re missing out on a disarmingly satisfying production. Go for it!

The piece has a virtuosic mandolin part and an amalgam of styles including Middle Eastern harmonies, lots of minor seconds, fluttering tremolos, and string bits that occasionally sound like something from a Bernard Herrmann film score.

Le Poisson Rouge
November 19–20, 2009

There’s a long tradition of composers finding inspiration in Balinese music, from Poulenc and Britten to Evan Ziporyn and Ingram Marshall.

“I absolutely love churches for their long reverb. Harmonic structures can only emerge through reverb or the listener’s memory.”