Video: Drumming at Chapel of the Chimes
05 July 2011
The first movement of Steve Reich's Drumming was the first piece of music I learned after joining the Percussion Group at Mills College. Over the past year we (myself, William Winant, Chris Golinksi, and Daniel Steffy) had the opportunity to play it several times. Our most recent performance took place at the Chapel of the Chimes in Piedmont, CA as part of their annual summer solstice concert. As I will be leaving for Montreal soon, this was my last time hitting bongos with the group. We're all in agreement that this performance (the second of two from that night) was our best yet, so I'm pleased to go out on a good note. Enjoy!
New Holiday Heart track
02 July 2011
Back in May I spent a weekend with the experimental Oakland/SF group Holiday Heart. We recorded some new material for their next record, as well as a track for an upcoming compilation of local Bay Area lady-noisers organized by Carrie Sullivan (of fslux and Short Wave Surfers fame, as well as others). You can hear the track, "Look Into the Camera," below:
Holiday Heart - Look Into the Camera by farleym
In related news, Holiday Heart members Sandy and Ellery will be hosting the third installment of The Labial Majority tonight at Life Changing Ministries (1629 8th St.) in West Oakland. The show series seeks to promote female experimental musicians and will be featuring Tongue + Teeth, Charm and Strange, Patrice Scanlon, Andrea Williams, and Christina Stanley. I encourage you to make it out if you can! The show starts at 8pm and has a $5 cover.
Mikromegas I
29 April 2011
Last night I premiered my composition Mikromegas I for harpsichord in the Littlefield Concert Hall at Mills College. Many thanks to Justin Nash for taking the harpsichord part so I could sit back in the hall and enjoy listening to the piece!
Site is created
18 March 2011
Added: video from Signal Flow performance, video from two performances with the William Winant Percussion Group, audio from Mountain.