Sounds
"...how something and nothing are not opposed to each other but need each other to keep on going." - John Cage
Below, you'll find a sound journey through many twists and turns of devotion to that which can be heard. But what is hearing, listening? It is an illusion created by the brain. Sound waves are felt things, translated into the experience we call sound. The more I listen, the more I feel, and the more I want the sounds I create to be a way of touching listeners with kindness, but perhaps also with awakening. I primarily work with voice and breath, but I also make sounds with things I find, and sometimes a viola falls into my arms and we dance awkwardly but with care. Links in bold will take you to sound samples.
Current Projects:
>founder & director of and composer for the Long Tone Choir
>"phantom phone booth" track on Late Night Phone Call CD
>other original vocal compositions
>performance collaborations with Thingamajigs Performance Group
Past Projects, 2010-2017:
>music collaborations with ReadyMaids Dance Group
>composed and performed for hammered dulcimer
>composed three songs, performed with Jessika Kenney at the Furnace reading series on Hollow Earth Radio
>composed and performed new arrangements of early music for accordion and voice
Past Projects, 2006-2010:
> experimental voice performances
>composed for and performed in the accordion duo, 1-2, 1-2-3-4
>wrote a series of piano compositions that continue to long for proper recording and performing
Past Projects, 2004-2008:
>punk acoustic "one lady band"
Past Projects, 2002-2004:
lutin, lutine, an improvised acoustic noise duo with Michael Griffen. This recording also features Eric Ostrowski on violin.
"If you want the truth, I'll tell you the truth: listen to the secret sound, the real sound which is inside you." - Kabir