Cracks in the shell.

8 years of getting played almost everyday and only 3 small cracks. Not too shabby.

New head, wish me luck.

First time, a little scared.

The hotest dance company in town, literally.

Limon Motor

Last night, I received this lovely video from Sydnie Mosley. My connection with this project was a new experience for me: a musician transcribed a solo piano performance of mine and played it live for this concert. The track, "Limon Motor", was originally composed around 10 years ago for the Jose Limon Company. I used chord changes from a Schubert song and the framework of a piano technique exercise to build the piece. It is "hand exercise" that practices distinction between outer melodies and inner harmony. I pick any chord changes or a jazz standard and move through them slowly as an improvisation. My first summer at ADF, I took 7 minutes to play through "All the Thing You Are" during the musicians concert. Mark Haim approached me that summer and aksed me to work on his new piece for the Jose Limon Company. The music was often performed live and it would change from night to night.

Thanks and good luck to Sydnie. Her piece is entitled, "A Side of the World for a Canvas" and is part of her MFA Thesis work at the University of Iowa. The performance was held at the Space Place Theater - Iowa City, IA - April 2, 3 & 4. Limon Motor starts around 5:40 in the video, enjoy!

A Side of the World for a Canvas from Sydnie Mosley on Vimeo.

Margaret Morris Movement

After 5 recording sessions and hours of editing/mastering, two CDs of music to accompany the movement of Margaret Morris are complete. The project was led by Odette Blum, a scholar of Labanotation. I had a great time recording the beautiful Steinway in Weigel Hall, played by Chein-Hui Wong. This work will help preserve both the music and movement concepts of Margaret Morris. I am very proud to have been asked to be a part.

Odette is traveling to Scotland to continue developing the project.

ADF 2009

Kegwin and Company

Monsters vs. Aliens

I recently floated $13 across a counter to purchase a ticket for Monster's vs. Aliens. The whole experience made me think of riding my bike down to 7-eleven to pick up the red and blue glasses for Captian Eo. It is awesome to watch images that match the shape of the sound. Lately, I have been tooling around with more 360 degree audio environments, in Logic. Seeing this movie reminded me that ACCAD is a 2 minute drive from my office and I will be heading over there again real soon. I did bump into one of the senior music faculty at OSU, Marc Ainger.