Just posted a preview video of PIE's upcoming concert, Nothing Is Real: psychedelia for piano and electronics. The video features Rafael Liebich (our new assistant director and, incidentally, an amazing pianist) playing and talking about Charles Dodge's Any Resemblance Is Purely Coincidental, as well as talking a little bit about our fundraiser for the concert.

Some pictures by Sean Deyoe from Bandwagon! at Machine Project on Jan. 29th, the debut of my new software for electroacoustic improvisation:

I had a blast playing with The Shpil at the LA Holiday Celebration on the 24th! We did a medley of mostly Hannukah songs but managed to sneak in some other tunes too, including Jarabe Tapatío (popularly known as the Mexican Hat Dance) and my own composition Twirly Moustache. Video is forthcoming but in the meantime here's a photo from rehearsal:

Just in time for the People Inside Electronics concert, there's a little bit about me in the latest article by LA culture blog Out West Arts. It's about how young artists are increasingly making use of online tools and social media to disseminate and fund their works, and I'm mentioned alongside superstar Eric Whitacre, composer Dale Trumbore and one of my favorite new music ensembles, wildUp. Excellent company!

I'm on a brief respite here in scenic Michigan before continuing my East Coast "tour." That means a quick and sloppy update:

1) I recently presented a paper about my experiences and discoveries performing with Mimi (Multimodal Interaction for Musical Improvisation) at the International Symposium of Performance Science in Toronto. Despite my presentation being somewhat off-the-beaten-path for the conference, I was really pleased to find a very engaged and intelligent audience that asked great questions and provided valuable feedback. The presentations I attended were very interesting as well, including a keynote by Roger Kneebone looking at surgery as performance (!).

2) Coming up very soon is a concert on 9/12 in NYC that I'm very proud to be a part of: Echoes of Experience, associated with artist Quintan Ana Wikswo's Prophecy of Place exhibition at the Yeshiva University Museum. The concert also features composers Veronika Krausas, Pamela Madsen and Anne LeBerge, performances by Andrew Tholl, Nadia Francavilla and Andrew Miller, and choreography by Alexandra Shilling.

3) Finally, People Inside Electronics, the concert series I direct with Aron Kallay, is returning to Los Angeles on 9/17. I'm really excited about this one because we're working with one of my favorite LA chamber ensembles, the Eclipse Quartet. We also set up a Kickstarter fund to help cover our production costs, and as of today we're 108% funded! (But you can still donate until Friday if you want.)