Telematic concerts, CA-NY and CA-Korea
I recently had the privilege to co-direct two telematic concerts from the black box theatre at UC San Diego, with wonderful collaborators in New York and Korea. On Feb. 2nd, we performed with Fay Victor, Ingrid Laubrock, and Patricia Brennan at Roulette in NYC, with Mark Dresser, Gerald Cleaver, Joshua White and myself performing from UCSD. Fay, Ingrid, Mark and … Read more
Iván Trujillo Ensamble in Tijuana
I had a great time playing yesterday in Tijuana with an 8-piece band led by the wonderful creative trumpeter Iván Trujillo, who was invited by the Centro Cultural Tijuana to present a “Binational Jazz” concert as part of a series of events celebrating the bicentennial anniversary of diplomatic relations between Mexico and the US. In addition to Iván, the band … Read more
Tele-Espacios Activos, Festival de la Imagen, 2022
Since 2015, I have enjoyed participating in Mario Valencia’s “Tele-Espacios Activos” series within the Festival Internacional de la Imagen, sometimes in person in Manizales, Colombia and in other years performing remotely from California. I missed being there in person this year but it was still a pleasure to perform on the concert, this time improvising on digibone in response to … Read more
Gentle Prowess Deliberations
I recently collaborated on sound for this excellent new project by artist Mariángeles Soto-Díaz at Grand Central Arts Center in Santa Ana, CA. Soto-Díaz composed and directed a unique performance that took place within her art installation and featured four black belt judokas, two art performers, and original sounds including texts she wrote along with other live-processed samples. As she … Read more
Circadian Etudes, by The Assembly For Distance Alchemy
I’m happy to share that this collective album is now released by Infrequent Seams! In spring 2021, the final quarter of the year when we were still in COVID lockdown and holding classes entirely remotely, I was teaching a seminar on improvisation as part of our PhD program in Integrated Composition, Improvisation and Technology (ICIT), and it happened that all … Read more
New video on Puentes Telemáticos / Telematic Bridges
I’m excited to share this new video about Puentes Telemáticos / Telematic Bridges, a telepresent, intercultural music course linking students from Santa Ana High School in CA and the Fundación Batuta in Manizales, Colombia. I made it for a showcase at the online Connected Learning Summit, which I’m looking forward to attending later this month. It has footage and student … Read more
Central Park Five, 2022
Three years ago, I posted here about playing in the premieres of Central Park Five, the brilliant and moving opera by Anthony Davis. I am fortunate to have studied with Anthony in the ’90s and as I wrote in that tribute, Anthony deepened my understanding of Duke Ellington’s music (among so many other topics) by showing how Ellington’s way of … Read more
New essay on “Thinking telematically”
In summer 2021, I was invited by Mark Lomanno, the media review editor for Jazz Perspectives, to write a short piece for that journal about the impact of the pandemic on jazz. I did discuss some musicians’ creative responses to lockdown, but rather than do a traditional media review of specific concerts or recordings, I used the opportunity more to … Read more
Duo performance with Mark Dresser
Mark Dresser gave an incredible recital recently at UCSD, sharing his wide creative range as both an improviser and composer. I enjoyed playing as a guest performer on a couple of his compositions that we performed as a duo, “Gloaming” and “Hobby Lobby Horse.” These are pieces we originally developed and recorded with the Mark Dresser Seven. It’s always a … Read more
Podcast interview
John Lamberton recently interviewed me for his podcast, and I enjoyed a long conversation with him about my work in telematics, live electronics, and many other topics. Thank you, John! His interesting podcast series, titled Bridge, is available on all the usual places like Spotify or Apple Podcasts.
Presentation on Puentes Telemáticos at NowNet Arts
Juan David Rubio and I recently co-presented a paper at the NowNet Arts Conference about our experiences with Puentes Telemáticos / Telematic Bridges. It is always inspiring for me to collaborate and think about telepresence with Juan, and we are looking forward to doing more writing together as we continue to build out this program with our co-directors Mario Valencia and … Read more
Virtual workshops for UNAM
In October, it was a pleasure working with grad students and faculty at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), where I offered a series of Zoom workshops on telematic and networked music, thanks to an invitation from Pablo Gómez Cano for Síntesis Cultura. We covered a lot of topics, including hands-on Sonobus practice as well as some great group … Read more
Mark Dresser 5 @ Angel City Jazz Fest
I enjoyed performing again on LA’s homegrown Angel City Jazz Festival, playing with Mark Dresser’s incredible quintet featuring Chris Speed, Joshua White and Mark Ferber. It was great to play for an in-person audience at REDCAT, after so long playing only in online formats! I’m grateful to Rocco Samazzi and the other wonderful people who put in a deep labor … Read more
Telematic concert, Korea-California
The Asian Cultural Council World Music Festival is a yearly festival in Korea and it was an honor to be invited by the indefatigable composer-performer Yoon Jeong Heo to participate in a recent Telematic Ensemble concert there. Anthony Davis, Mark Dresser and I all “beamed in” from our individual locations in California, to perform with four outstanding musicians, Bomi Kim, … Read more
Puentes Telemáticos / Telematic Bridges 2021
I had a fantastic time collaborating again this year on Puentes Telemáticos / Telematic Bridges, a telepresent, intercultural music course linking students from Santa Ana High School in CA with peers in Manizales, Colombia. This year, we expanded it to a 3-week format, and due to the continued lockdown in Colombia, students there joined from their homes via Zoom, while … Read more
Concert with Myra Melford and Mark Dresser + podcast interview
It was a joy as always to play a concert with Myra Melford and Mark Dresser recently, in this case a live telematic performance presented by Simon Rentner’s WBGO podcast, The Checkout. We played together from 3 separate locations in California, using low latency software. The three of us have collaborated on many telematic concerts since 2008, and it was … Read more
Presentation on networked music at NPAPW
Although I was sorry to miss meeting people in person as it was held virtually this year, it was a pleasure to be on a recent panel at the Networked Performing Arts Production Workshop with Tania Lisboa, Rob Hamilton, and Jesper Andersen, moderated by Ann Doyle. I gave a brief presentation with some reflections on networked music, past/present/future.
Trio with Anthony Davis and Mark Dresser
I am always grateful for a chance to perform with Anthony Davis and Mark Dresser, but never more than this concert, my first time performing with people in the same room in over a year. The streaming concert was a benefit to raise funds for Feed San Diego, through the wonderful Bodhi Tree Concert series. Many thanks to the fantastic … Read more