I just returned from two weeks on the road with the Boston-based new music group Callithumpian Consort, directed by Stephen Drury. Great fun and a busy time performing concerts and giving presentations. The group performed Steve Reich’s Sextet, Tristan Murail’s Continue Reading …
“Those I Fight I Do Not Hate” is a work by my friend and Big Robot co-conspirator Jordan Munson, composed for bodhrán, electronics, and video. Both of us made the trek across the pond to the UK in early August Continue Reading …
I have had the opportunity to work with John Luther Adams on performances and recordings of his music since 1997, and as such, preparing Four Thousand Holes has been a homecoming for me. To quote Jim Fox of Cold Blue Continue Reading …
The New England Conservatory Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice, affectionately known to its participants as “Sick Puppy” was held at New England Conservatory in Boston June 18-25. SICPP is an 8-day immersion into new and experimental music for advanced Continue Reading …
On April 27, I performed online in concert with Peter Kates, of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra in Bergen Norway. The work was “Response 1” by Norwegian composer Arne Nordheim, for two percussionists and electronic tape. The concert was a recital Continue Reading …
Big Robot was awarded an Indiana Arts and Humanities Institutes (at IUPUI) grant. This funding gift has been awarded for the production of the upcoming Big Robot DVD, due for release in 2012. The DVD will be a combination of Continue Reading …
Harpist Erzsébet Gaál Rinne and myself collaborated on a duo concert on March 24th, featuring works for harp and percussion and electronics.
Big Robot presented a concert at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on April 14. We premiered Jordon Munson’s new video for our piece Noir. The following day I had a great time with the percussion professors Bill Moersch and Continue Reading …
ZeroSpace was presented by the Center for 21st Century Studies at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. Organized by Matthew Burtner, the event included Chris Chafe of Stanford University, the Interactive Media Research Group, the Telematic Collective, Margaret Dolinsky, Christopher Burns, Continue Reading …
Concert at the IEEE 2010 Cloud Computer Conference, featuring Big Robot with the computer artistry of Margaret Dolinsky, IUPUI Convention and Conference Center on Thursday, December 2, Indianapolis. Photo Couresty of Hang Yu