Here’s a video of the Bowles Fouse piano duo performing my work Cypher, A Circle from their recent concert as part of the University of Alabama in Huntsville Keyboard Festival.
Read more about Cypher, A Circle and the UAH Festival here.
Bryant and Hopson and Marcus and Beatty
I’m happy to share a bill with Matt Bryant for a First Friday Tuscaloosa event at Marcus & Beatty. Matt and I will alternate solo sets during the night–Matt on ukulele and me on fretless banjo. We’ll both bring the electronics.
Friday, March 6, 2026
Matt Bryant / Holland Hopson
Marcus & Beatty
2124 9th St.
Tuscaloosa AL 35401
I’m a regular at Marcus & Beatty for haircuts, gifts and clothing. It’s so good to have them supporting music in the neighborhood! You’ll know you’re in the right place when you see the mural on the east side of their building.
Bowles Fouse Duo Bring Cypher to Huntsville
Pianists Kathryn Fouse and Adam Bowles wrap up their recent Alabama tour presented by the Birmingham Art Music Alliance with a concert at the University of Alabama in Huntsville on Sunday, March 1. They’ll perform their program of new compositions for piano, including my piece Cypher, A Circle for two pianos. Other composers on the program include Ron Clemmons, Michael Coleman, Monroe Golden, Gavin Green, Michael Huebner, Mark Lackey, and Emily Zhang.
Sunday, March 1, 2026 6pm
Bowles-Fouse Piano Duo
12th Annual Keyboard Festival
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Huntsville AL 35209
Cypher, A Circle is a series of guided improvisations using the puzzle-like diagram above to determine pitches, durations, number of notes, etc.
The concert is part of the 12th Annual UAH Keyboard Festival which will feature works by CNSNC (Consonance), a New Jersey-based collective of six contemporary composers on Monday, March 2.
These concerts are supported in part by the Alabama State Council on the Arts.
More Abundance
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!
Bowles Fouse Duo Revisit Cypher, A Circle
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.