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Welcome to my new website! I am a pianist, improviser and composer, currently splitting my time between Toronto and the San Francisco Bay Area. Happy Browsing!
News: January 2012
Happy New Year! 2012 began with a fantastic trio concert with Jim Wall and Ron Coulter in Carbondale, Illinois. Now back in Toronto where thankfully, for the time being, winter seems to still be in a slumber and looking forward to my upcoming performance January 11th at The Trane Studio with Trevor Hogg, Daniel Fortin and Fabio Ragnelli. January will also be a busy month of composing as I will be completing a new piece for a March 17th world premiere by the University of Toronto’s gamUT ensemble.
December 2011
December brings with it a short visit back to the Bay Area that includes several Northern California performances as well as an opportunity to visit dear friends and enjoy some sunshine!
November 2011
Now back in Toronto after a wonderful summer in California. As composer-in-residence in 2011-2012 for the University of Toronto Contemporary Music Ensemble, gamUT, I have recently completed my first composition for the ensemble. Titled, “The Nagila Mayster”, (this invented English-Hebrew-Yiddish title translates to the “Master of Joyfulness”) and dedicated to percussionist George Marsh, it will be premiered at Walter Hall, at the University of Toronto, on November 30th, 7:30pm by gamUT. This 12 minute composition is scored for 2 sopranos, woodwinds, brass, marimba, percussion, piano, double bass and drum-set and will feature Greg Harrison on drums and myself on piano.
August 2011
After being away from California for two years (a year teaching music in Bhutan and a year of Graduate Studies in Toronto) I am back in the Bay Area for the summer. It’s been wonderful to visit friends and play music with so many of my favorite musicians.
It was a great delight to perform my original music on opening night at the Healdsburg Jazz Festival, June 3rd, 2011. The band featured Matthew Rothstein, Jason Carr and Alex Aspinall. Among other pieces, we premiered my original, Bhutanese inspired, multi-movement suite “The People’s King” in its jazz arrangement. You can learn more about “The People’s King” HERE and listen to a track from the Healdsburg festival concert HERE. I hope to have some video clips from this concert up on the website soon.
One of my exciting projects this summer involves composing a score for the short documentary film, “Shirt Out, Game Over!”. A film about Bhutan, directed by Eric Paternot.
I still have several more performances coming up this summer before I head back to Toronto to complete my Masters studies in Music Composition at the University of Toronto. Visit my calendar for concert listings.
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