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Peninsula Women's Chorus premieres "Night Into Dawn"

Peninsula Women’s Chorus will present the world premiere of “𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗗𝗮𝘄𝗻,” the newly commissioned work written by 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗮 𝗪𝗼𝗻𝗴, PWC’s 2023-24 Composer-in-Residence and dedicated to the community of Lahaina. Tickets at: pwchorus.org

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Residency at The Stone

What a huge joy to be back in NYC and reconnect with folks after a long pandemic hiatus! Thanks to everyone who came out to join us at The Stone. Photo by Heike Liss: Fred Frith, Carla Kihlstedt, TW, Nava Dunkelman

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Tzadik albums now streaming

News here that Tzadik, the music imprint founded by John Zorn, is now available on streaming services. Take a listen to The Unlearning, a record I released in 2011: twenty-one miniatures for violin, cello and two voices, inspired by Francisco Goya’s Disasters of War etchings. All too relevant today, these images make me wonder - will we ever unlearn?

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Soundless in Australia

Thank you to the amazing crew at Art Gallery of New South Wales and to everyone who came out to hear Soundless - a new work created with Ellen Fullman for Long String Instrument, cello, electric guitar and electronics. So grateful to Lawrence English for bringing us to AGNSW in Sidney and the Powerhouse in Brisbane.

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Live at Grabinski Point, Bologna - out on Impulse Response

Out today - a recording of Fluency of Trees performed live at Grabinski Point in Bologna. A truly special encounter back in February thanks to Stefano Pilia, Matilde Piazzi, Michele Bonifati, Giulio Stermieri, Liviana Davi, SIlvia Tarozzi and Impulse Response. Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Michele Bonifati, Artwork by Dario Martorana. Listen/download at impulseresponse.bandcamp.com

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Review of Practicing Sands

“Practicing Sands is a poignant document of a very strange time, and one that blurs the boundary between creation and reception, between performer and listener and between personal and collective experience. What is more, it is simply good, experimental music.” Thanks to Nick Ostrum for this review of Practicing Sands in the Squid’s Ear - read the full review here.

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Upcoming trio with Haruka Fujii and Kanoko Nishi-Smith

I’m very excited for this first time performance in trio with Haruka Fujii (percussion) and Kanoko Nishi-Smith (bass koto). We’ll be playing an evening of improvised music at Spruce Street Concerts, a house concert series in Berkeley curated by Harry Bernstein. To reserve a seat, email: harry@fullplatemedia.com. Tickets are $30, payable in advance of the concert via PayPal (to harry@fullplatemedia.com) or Venmo (@harry-bernstein). Join us on May 27th at 8pm!

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Composer-in-residence with Peninsula Women's Chorus

I’m very pleased to share that I'm the 2023-24 Composer-In-Residence with Peninsula Women’s Chorus, led fearlessly by Anne Hege. Upcoming this May 6th and 13th in the SF Southbay, PWC’s Radiance Ensemble will be performing “To Burst To Bloom”, setting 6 poems by the 12th Century Taoist Sun Bu’er, which I originally composed in collaboration with Vajra Voices. I’ll also be performing on cello for other pieces of this fantastic program. Stay tuned for a newly commissioned work for PWC coming in 2024! Concert info here

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Upcoming European dates:

Residency at the Emily Harvey Foundation, Venice, Italy: Jan 10 - Feb 12
Solo Performances:
Feb 1: Masterclass and performance, Fabrica, Treviso, Italy
Feb 9: Grabinski Point, via grabinki 2/g, Bologna, Italy 19:00
Feb 11: Cavana dei Miracoli / Studio Morgan O’Hara, Campo dei Miracoli, Venice, Italy 16:00
Feb 13: Duo w/ Francesca Naibo, Spazio Pontano, Civico 35, Milano, Italy 21:00
Feb 16: La Fine Gueule, Paris, France (presented by Infuse) 21:00
Feb 23: Raum 013, Progr, Waisenhausplatz 30, Bern, Switzerland 20:00
Feb 26: MAO, Torino, Italy
Mar. 3: Echoraum, Vienna, Austria

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She Dances Naked Under Palm Trees - out on First Hand Records

I'm over the moon to be part of Sarah Cahill’s newest release, "The Future Is Female - Vol.2 THE DANCE", out today on UK's First Hand Records. This album includes my piece, She Dances Naked Under Palm Trees commissioned by Sarah and sumptuously recorded and produced by Matt Carr at St. Stephen's Church in Belvedere, Tiburon. What a gift it has been to bring this piece to life with Sarah!

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