Projects

More often than not, I'm engaged in a variety of musical projects beyond my work as a composer of concert music -- here are a few of the ones I'm most proud of.

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People Inside Electronics

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People Inside Electronics is a new organization and ensemble devoted to the performance of live electroacoustic music in Los Angeles.

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The Shpil

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The Shpil is a klezmer quartet featuring Claire Bergen (violin), Jessica Ruiz (clarinet), John Graves (bass) and me (accordion).  Also a founding member of The Unity Project, a Los Angeles concert series presenting diverse folk musics from around the world.

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Prisoner of Vampires

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Prisoner of Vampires generates harmonious strata of synthesized tones for public consumption.  Its first album, Space Opera, is available from Sleepy Mammal Sound.

"Breathtaking electronic soundscapes" -- seancarnage.com
"Gary Numan in awesomeville" -- honestengine
"Marvelous romantic urgency... the lyrical mood whipsaws between love and regret and reconciliation and patterned cynicism, with the looming end of the world more or less menacing the whole narrative.  Hell yes." -- meficomp.com

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Nostalgia, Nostalgia (by Prisoner of Vampires)

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Into the Freylakh

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Once upon a time I was the pianist and accordionist for Into the Freylakh, an acclaimed Ann Arbor/Detroit-based klezmer band that is now unfortunately defunct.  The album The Shape of Klez to Come also featured one of my compositions, "Twirly Moustache."

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Twirly Moustache (by Into the Freylakh)