For most of this past Fall, I have been focusing my energies on a new multimedia piece that Rob and I have been creating named Down The Rabbit-hole for two toy pianos, live electronics, video and amplified objects. Like chamber music, I wanted to create something where the video and audio do not cancel one [...]
As many of you might know, after spending twenty years on the piano, I found the toy piano much later in life and it has become my instrument of choice. One thing that frustrates me is the amount of skepticism that I am greeted with in disclosing this passion of mine. I have fallen in [...]
Last month, I was contacted by Matt Cunningham about doing a short video for his blog, Truthful Enthusiasm. He did a great 4-5 minute clip on my work on the toy piano and experimental music. We filmed it at the PianoForte Foundation where I was performing the following evening for the Experimental Piano Series with [...]
After being on the road for nearly two weeks, Johannes and I finished our tour at Le Poisson Rouge (NYC) last night. The crowd was really amazing and the venue was perfect for the work that we did on Stockhausen’s Tierkreis. For this concert, we incorporated re-conceptualized images of the zodiac signs (made by Rob [...]
