July 22nd

Moved to NorCal in preparation for embarking on a medical degree at Stanford University. Week in Sequoia topping out at the Kaweah Gap, couple days in Santa Cruz meeting a couple extraordinary young women and an old friend, now learning a bit of Python, brushing up on biochem and meeting some excellent hackers. Practicing the Chaccone.

June 3rd

Two week run of Composition A for the Free Ion Theater at Krypton Neon completed June 1. For immersive stereo sound design and 8 channel neon, the theater and composition were created by Kenny Greenberg and myself. More at neonshop.com. Listen to the audio here.

April 20th

Completed a new musical project. The Poetics of Sound is a daily improvisational journey in sound, generally for violin. Beginning Jan 1, 2010 and ending April 15th, 2010, it was a quiet time for listening and imagining.

Poetics was a walking meditation of sorts. A sojourn where we could pause to investigate musical motives, themes, rhythms, architecture or minutiae over days or weeks or change everything in the moment.

Inspired by Gaston Bachelard's book about space, home and imagination.

Archives removed. Look for selection of the best coming soon.

Feb 22nd

Will be in Miami this week presenting Fractor at the WeMedia Conference. Then on March 8th, will be performing a work by Joe DiPonio with Laura Barger in a limo! More info here.

May 21st

I am playing for a benefit for a truly important school in Sarnath, India. Buddhas Smile School. Friday June 13th, The Society of Illustrators, 128 East 63rd Street at 7:00 p.m.

May 20th

Beginning cognitive neuroscience research at Hakwan Lau's Consciousness and Computation Lab. Learning some biostatistics, linear algebra and MATLAB to get up to speed and volunteering at the Weil Cornell Long Island City Clinic beginning June 9th to help out and better understand long term patient care.

April 11th

A new premiere performance: Sunday, April 27th, 3 PM at The Creek and the Cave in Long Island City. Tracing Gantry Park 2007 is a sonic and visual excavation of LIC. See the low bandwidth trailer HERE See the high bandwidth trailer HERE

February 23rd

Hugo Berkely, Josephine Dorado and I have been awarded a MacArthur Award for our Fractor project. The award will enable us to launch Fractor, a web application that matches news stories with opportunities for social activism and community service. Future home of Fractor website: HERE

November 29th

Have started premedical school at Columbia University. Planning Mandala project where environment become symbol and music meets the Himalayan culture. Studying science and surgery.

August 13th

Just finished a two week stint as composer/performer in Kansas City, MO where I created a one hour score for an Etre Arts outdoor dance performance. Worked with 5 incredibly talented KC dancers, a mime, a wonderful funk ensemble and choreographer/director extrodinaire Nicole Romine. Despite having to change venues at the last minute the show, which was part of the K.C. Fringe Festival, was a wonderful experience and played to sold out audiences four nights in a row.