A short excerpt of an improvisation by Richard Kim, Isaac Schankler and Bryan Pardo is currently featured in the movie Half-Life by director Jennifer Phang. The film premiered at Sundance and got great reviews, and has since played at the SXSW Film Festival, the Seattle International Film Festival, the LA Film Festival, and won the GenArt Film Festival in NYC.  The film continues to appear at screenings in and around Los Angeles, so keep an eye out!  More information about the film can be found here.

Variations/Web for piano and White Mass for piano and electronics have been added to the compositions page, including a four-minute audio excerpt from the ending of White Mass. Both pieces were recently premiered by the composer at the USC United University Church Sanctuary on March 3rd, 2008.

Isaac was recently awarded the Damien Top Prize in the 2007 ASCAP/Lotte Lehmann Foundation Art Song Competition! Full info here:

http://www.ascap.com/press/2007/111607_lotte_lehmann.aspx