Sky Sparrow Snow

I’m thrilled to announce my latest solo recording, Sky Sparrow Snow. This release is a return to song forms for banjo, voice and electronics. Sky Sparrow Snow is a collection of seven original songs merging old-time Appalachian banjo with ambient electronics. The tunes touch on folk (“Laurel Cove“) and gospel (“Over Yonder’s Ocean“) with adventures into hybrid genres like raga blues (“Alap Catfish Impala“) or Steve Reich-meets-Dock Boggs (“No Mule“).

The record is available at Bandcamp, Apple Music, Spotify and other streaming services.

Though these recordings may sound like studio creations, they’re largely documents of live performances, with only minimal edits and overdubs. All of the electronic treatments happen in real-time; I play the banjo and sing while custom Max patches respond to the audio signals and data from my sensor-equipped instruments.

Infobahn 2023

My plotter drawing seedscape 19 is included in the Infobahn exhibit at the Atlantic Center for the Arts (ACA) in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. The exhibit runs from February 11 to May 13.

ACA is such a special place. I had a great experience there in 2011 as an artist-in-residence working with composer David Behrman.

Composer’s Voice Feature

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A recent episode of Composer’s Voice featured my music played by Miolina and Craig Hultgren. The half-hour show was produced by Rob Voisey and aired this weekend on Manhattan Neightborhood Network’s Lifestyle channel. If you missed the broadcast you can see the episode on YouTube or Facebook.

The video includes an excerpt from A Long Line of Clouds Just Above the Trees (2022) for violin duo and live electronics performed by Miolina: Lynn Bechtold (violin) and Mioi Takeda (violin). We received support for the project from the Collaborative Arts Research Initiative (CARI) at the University of Alabama. We workshopped the piece during a Summer 2021 residency at the Avaloch Farm Music Institute in New Hampshire.

The episode concludes with a complete performance of Snakeskin (Verso) (2019) for solo cello and live electronics performed by Craig Hultgren (ecello).

Half at Bradley

Half Premonitions of the Moon, the collaborative piece Sarah Bryant and I created, is included in the 38th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition opening tomorrow in Peoria, Illinois. The exhibit is the second-longest running juried print and drawing competition in the US. Tyanna J. Buie juried this year’s exhibition which runs until March 31, 2023.

Hultgren in Tuscaloosa

I’m so pleased to have Craig Hultgren visit Tuscaloosa during his southern tour. He’ll be working with Moises Molina‘s cello students, meeting with New College students, and performing a concert that includes my piece Snakeskin (verso) for e-cello and electronics.

February 1 7pm
Craig Hultgren – Cello: Acoustic + Electronic
Moody Recital Hall

University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa AL