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More Abundance

Decorative flyer depicting a small barn in a misty rural landscape

Hank Lazer and I are returning to our recent performance celebrating the release of Lazer’s poetry collection Abundant Life. Hank will read selections from the book. I’ll provide some ambient field recording sounds, play my electric clawhammer guitar, and deploy some voice-responsive electronics.

“[Art is] a craft-based tool for the study of consciousness.” — Caroll Dunham

I think this description fits what Lazer and I do together.

Friday, February 13, 2025 5:30pm
Abundant Life
Lorrie Lane Studio
2420 Gary Fitts Street
Tuscaloosa, 35401
Reading and performance with Hank Lazer

We’re happy to be performing in Lorrie Lane’s recently expanded studio on an evening’s program that includes some hands-on art marking, too!

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Bowles Fouse Duo Revisit Cypher, A Circle

An excerpt of the musical score for Cypher, a Circle depicting a circle divided into four quadrants with note names on the outside and numbers on the inside

Tomorrow pianists Kathryn Fouse and Adam Bowles kick off a six city tour of Alabama presented by the Birmingham Art Music Alliance. They’ll perform a program of new compositions for piano duo, including my piece Cypher, A Circle. Bowles and Fouse premiered the work in 2013.

The piece is a series of guided improvisations using the puzzle-like diagram above to determine pitches, durations, number of notes, etc.

Other composers on the program include Ron Clemmons, Michael Coleman, Monroe Golden, Gavin Green, Michael Huebner, Mark Lackey, and Emily Zhang. Not every program includes every piece; the ones that include my work are in bold below.

  • Tuesday 2/10 1pm – Shelton State Community College, Terrific Tuesday Series, Tuscaloosa AL
  • Tuesday 2/10 7:30pm – Samford University, Birmingham AL
  • Wednesday 2/11 11am – Wallace State Community College, Hanceville AL
  • Thursday 2/12 1pm – Thompson High School Performing Arts Center, Alabaster AL
  • Friday 2/13 1:30pm – Alabama School for the Blind, Talladega AL
  • Sunday 3/1 6pm – University of Alabama in Huntsville, 13th Annual UAH Keyboard Festival, Huntsville AL

These concerts are supported in part by the Alabama State Council on the Arts.