The recording we made of Anthony Davis’ opera Central Park Five was just released! I’m always grateful to be part of Anthony’s music and love playing the parts that he writes for me as one of the improvisers in the orchestra. CP5 is an incredible composition, and won him the Pulitzer Prize for musical composition, … Read more
Congrats to everyone involved with the Neofonía new music festival at UABC in Ensenada, MX! It was fantastic to be there again for a residency with the Cauces Sónicos ensemble, as we prepared the music we’ll be performing on Oct. 24 at UC Irvine. Cauces is a multi-layered, two-year project that UCSD Prof. Wilfrido Terrazas … Read more
I’m happy to share this upcoming release by Cosa Bien Tejida, a collective group I’m part of with some fantastic musicians in Bogotá, Colombia! When I was there a few years ago, we organized this sextet to workshop and perform compositions that each person brought, then we spent a day in the studio making this … Read more
Bassist Mark Dresser and I have been working on duo music for several years, and in April, we recorded those compositions for an upcoming album. Later that month, we performed the music on a telematic concert between UCSD and UCI, with audiences at each location. After spending so long collaborating with Mark on this music, … Read more
I had a blast playing with trombone masters Joe Fiedler and Joey Sellers on the Open Gate series in LA! We did a set of solos followed by a trio set, and it was so inspiring to hear their unique sounds and approaches to the horn. I also composed a new scorestream for them, my … Read more
“Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote” is a new opera by Anthony Davis, with librettist Allan Havis, which we preimiered recently in both San Diego (Chula Vista), CA and Tijuana, MX. I only play a small role as a trombonist/improviser but it’s always a joy for me to play Anthony’s music and operas, as I’ve written … Read more
I was happy to spend some time again in Ensenada, MX, performing with friends and students on the 10th Semana Internacional de la Improvisación (SIDIMPRO). The first concert was a double bill featuring new works by a group of ICIT PhD students from UCI (Emma Houton, Rebecca Larkin, Xuanqi Liu, Brandon Woo Snyder and Reed … Read more
I’m excited to announce a large-scale new project co-directed by Timespace Duo (Mariángeles Soto-Díaz and myself), an intermedia installation called Cadena de las Américas which was exhibited in the Experimental Media Performance Lab (xMPL) at UC Irvine from Oct. 9-11, 2025. Thanks to everyone who came out! I will share documentation on this site soon, … Read more
This summer and fall, we started the Cauces Sónicos (Sonic Channels) project, co-directed by Wilfrido Terrazas and me in collaboration with many other creative artists and students. Cauces is a two-year project with various layers of activities extending across the borderlands region, including professional collaborations to create new music, connecting students and faculty across several … Read more
While in Ensenada, MX for the Neofonía festival at UABC, I also enjoyed visiting the Instituto Contemporáneo de Música de Baja California, a wonderfully creative community music school. It was inspiring to see what Ivan Trujillo, Martha Rolón and their colleague teachers have built there, and I had fun working with these high school students … Read more
I’m happy to announce the start of a new 2-year project I’m co-directing with Wilfrido Terrazas, a creative flutist-improviser and professor at UCSD. Titled Cauces Sónicos: Creative Music Making Across the Borderlands, our project has several layers that integrate artistic, educational and community engagement work, and “will leverage collaborative musical experimentation to explore a kaleidoscopic, expansive … Read more
Thanks to Samo for the invitation to do this hour-and-a-half interview, talking about many topics!