The athletics office here at Stetson called me up a while back and asked if anybody would be interested in doing a basketball halftime performance. They asked for something unusual and unexpected. I put together a special group called Fuel Efficiency: Nathan Wolek (laptop sequencing), Stephen Garza (guitar & loop effects), Patrick Sante (bass), Eric [...]
Spring 2010 New Music Concert: “Outside the Box” @ Lee Chapel, Stetson University in DeLand, FL. Featuring Kristie Born on piano.
This piece continues my exploration of the potential for laptops in chamber music settings. The piano controls the momentum by choosing from among the musical materials on each page of the score, and in doing [...]
Beauty, Horror and Silence @ Harold Golen Gallery in Miami, FL
Recording of this weekend’s performance is now available. Thanks again to Juraj Kojs for the invite to perform in Miami. I enjoyed hanging out with him, Paula Matthusen, Scott Miller, Michael McCurdy and the others before during and after the show on Sunday.
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Beauty, Horror and Silence @ Harold Golen Gallery in Miami, FL
This weekend, I will be performing as part of this three day event that ends the 2009 12 Nights concert series. It coincides with Art Basel Miami, one of the biggest art festivals in North America. The series of concerts was curated by Juraj Kojs, who selected [...]
Guest & Faculty Recital @ Lee Chapel, Stetson University in DeLand, FL.
With support from the Artist and Lecturers Committee, I invited Panaiotis to visit our campus for several lectures in my courses and an evening concert. This engagement ended up being a reunion with a former collaborator in Nandu Muley and a former student in [...]
Stetson University School of Music Gala @ The News-Journal Center in Daytona Beach, FL.
MPG was invited to perform on the diverse program of this showcase concert for the School of Music. Our performance in the lobby during intermission featured our trademark shopping cart performance rig and utilized the four story atrium to reach audience members on all [...]
CMS 2009 Southern Chapter Regional Conference @ University of Central Florida.
This performance was presented as a Thursday night preview to my presentation on Friday morning. It allowed the conference attendees to experience MPG in our normal setting so that they had a better idea of what we do. As is our usual method with Collective [...]
Spring 2009 Faculty Composers Recital @ Elizabeth Hall Auditorium, Stetson University in DeLand, FL. Featuring David Plakon on guitar.
This piece is a first attempt to couple my laptop performance system with another live musician. The electric guitar improvises using short motives that are captured by the laptop. This sonic material is processed and looped to [...]
Spring 2008 Faculty Composers Recital @ Elizabeth Hall Auditorium, Stetson University in DeLand, FL.
Go-Go-Go. Music is usually the place where I take refuge, find calm, enjoy meditation. Not this time. My hectic pace spills over into the sound and hurries the notes, infuses energy, excites the ear. Must slow down. The harmonic language fights against [...]
Fall 2007 Faculty Composers Recital @ Elizabeth Hall Auditorium, Stetson University in DeLand, FL.
In the summer of 2007, I traveled to Europe with my family. Late one afternoon while resting in a Swiss hotel, the sounds of an alphorn ensemble in the distance began to echo through the alley into the window. The [...]
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