july 1, 2009 (wednesday) 8:00 pm
d.c. sonic circuits performance series

i'll be playing solo alto saxophone, along with the following assortment of performers:

Liz Meredith (baltimore)
vsls (sf)
canid (dc)

at the Pyramid Atlantic Art Center
silver spring, md

dc-soniccircuits.org
pyramidatlanticartcenter.org

july 7, 2009 (tuesday) 8:00 pm
Hz collective presents:

trio, with
jonathan zorn (double bass)
rachel thompson (viola)
me (alto sax)

plus, Pinko Communoids (charlottesville)

at The Bridge Progressive Arts Initiative
charlottesville, va

thebridgepai.com
hzcollective.blogspot.com

july 12, 2009 (sunday) 7:00 pm
d.c. electric possible series

i'll be playing another solo set
along with some other tba's

at dc arts center
washington, dc

panicresearch.com/electric_poss.html

july 15, 2009 (wednesday)

ben bennet (percussion)
ryan jewell (perussion, electronics)
me (alto sax)

maybe some others...

at skylab gallery
columbus, oh

myspace.com/skylabgallery

july 16, 2009 (thursday)

i'll be playing saxophone along with members of the kbd sonic cooperative

other acts include...
Peter J. Woods; Instinct Control; Birth Refusal; Hive Mind; Uneven Universe; Evenings

at robinwood concert house
toledo, oh

toledobellows.wordpress.com

july-august, 2009
harold arts residency, chesterhill, oh

here's some info about a residency i'll be participating in this summer out in ohio.  run by good folks from the ol' windy city.

haroldarts.org

stay tuned for info about seattle shows in august with Bonnie Jones, Brian Eubanks, Chris Cogburn, Vic Rawlings...

i am an improvising musician, poet, photographer, activist, etc. living in seattle, washington, usa.  my principal instrument is the alto saxophone, which i often disassemble and/or augment with everyday items and junk. i also practice friction based percussion with found instruments.  

in my music i emphasize texture, chance and exploration.  i try to avoid music that communicates primarily by referencing preexisting structures of meaning (forms, hooks, progressions, gestures, quotes, etc.).  at the same time, i'm not interested in creating 'new music' in the the sense of overcoming history or proving that i'm unique.  

to me, the obsession with creating unique art is horribly misinformed by capitalism and other hierarchies.  how is 'new music' fundamentally different from the new Ford or the new dishwasher on the market?  rather than something new or unique, i search for something personal, and something that communicates what i need to get across.

i am interested in the actualization through art of feminist and libertarian ethics, the interplay between artistic freedom and freedom at large.  i see improvisation as a model of interaction that can inform diverse situations and relationships.
   
i currently perform solo, as well as with the Gust Burns Ensemble, Wilson/Phillips, and in various ad hoc and piece-oriented collaborations.

some musicians i have collaborated with: Gust Burns, Nate Wooley, Bob Marsh, Gino Robair, Tyler Wilcox, Greg Kelley, Jaimie Branch, Joshua Manchester, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Jonathan Zorn, Michael Thieke, Robert Blatt, Tom Swafford, Jonathan Sielaff, Mark Collins, Tom Yoder, Teri Nelson-Zagar, Dave Knott,  Seattle Improvisers' Orchestra, many others...

i am also the director of gallery 1412 
and part of the Seattle Improvised Music board of directors.
 

here is a more concise press blurb

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short/suite 2008

this is a series of brief solo improvisations recorded in spring, 2008

instruments include alto sax, plastic packaging, and paper cup