Beginning in 2010, I am the Artist in Residence at the Music Computation and Cognition Laboratory (MuCoaCo).  The research goal of the Music Computation and Cognition (MuCoaCo) group at USC is to systematically study, computationally model, and scientifically explain human abilities in music perception and cognition, and in music making, such as music performance, improvisation, and composition.  My work with MuCoaCo involves both research and new creative work, including compositions, improvisations, and interactive installations.

People Inside Electronics is a concert series devoted to the performance of live electroacoustic music in Los Angeles.

Beginning in 2010, I am a Resident Artist member of Catalysis Projects, an artist-led nonprofit that curates and creates interdisciplinary, collaborative new works.

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.

"From Gypsy love songs to Russian lullabies to Serbian ballads to Spanish Copla to French pop to what sounds suspiciously like rock n roll."
Alissa Kueker - Voice, Violin
Sebastian Steinberg - Upright Bass
Jose Gurria-Cardenas - Percussion
Jake Fiskin - Manouche Guitar, Mandolin
Isaac Schankler - Accordion

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."

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" -- Sean Carnage
"Gary Numan in awesomeville" -- Honest Engine
"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." -- Metafilter Compilation