MATA Festival and the International Contemporary Ensemble
​March 16, 2021

I had a great time with this one. Maurizio Azzan wrote 15 minutes of music for the guitar called Geometrie nelle mani and it is incredibly challenging to pull off. Throughout the piece the two hands move in rhythmically unrelated ways which was an interesting challenge. I think this is the only piece where I broke nails on both hands -- there might even be some blood towards the end. 

Recorded at the Brooklyn headquarters of the International Contemporary Ensemble. Check out Colleen Bernstein playing Yvette Janine Jackson's percussion music too!

Live with Brandon George
December 23, 2020

Last week Brandon and I stopped by the Flute Center of New York to play our new arrangement of Sonata no. 1 by Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre. The sonata was written in 1705 for violin, keyboard, and viol but it works perfectly for flute and guitar. It's a great piece -- catchy melodies, impressionistic harmony, and at least one moment of actual bitonality. Our arrangement will be published sometime in the coming year!

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New Dyens video
​December 17, 2020

​I recently recorded Saudade no. 3 by legendary guitarist and composer Roland Dyens for the Metropolis Ensemble's new series House Music. ​It doesn't get much better than this.

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New band
August 30, 2020 

Jonathan Miron, violin; Jordan Dodson, guitar; & Louis Levitt, double bass (of Sybarite5). The Weeklies Is a creative outlet born of need to expand and experiment with new combinations of sounds and forms. 

Angela by Sergio Assad

El Cimarrón
December 16, 2019

On December 13, AMOC brought Hans Werner Henze's El Cimarrón to Harvard, our second run of this production. This music is dense and complicated and I've found that there is so much to discover beneath the surface.

Henze really leans into the uncomfortable, the awkward, and the counterintuitive with this one, while occasionally indulging in rich harmonies and tight grooves.

I couldn't have asked for a better team of musicians than Davóne Tines, Jonny Allen, and Emi Ferguson.

The Boston Globe reviews.