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Dance, Verse, Music

The University of Alabama Department of Theatre and Dance presents Alabama Repertory Dance Theatre: Verse this week. Three of my musical compositions are included in the show which also features poetry and choreography by guest artists. Percussionist Jennifer Caputo will also perform.

Tuesday, October 22 – Friday, October 25, 2024
Alabama Repertory Dance – Verse
University of Alabama
Dance Theatre
428 Colonial Drive
Tuscaloosa, AL 35401

Poets

  • Kwoya Fagin Maples
  • Earnest Ohia
  • Halak Pandya
  • Madeline Simms

Choregraphers

  • Sarah Barry
  • Kirven Douthit-Boyd
  • Daphne Marcelle Lee
  • Jamorris Rivers
  • Marcus Williams
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Taking Wilbur Home

I’m headed to Florence, Alabama, today for a performance with poet Hank Lazer. We’ll perform sections from his newest book, As We Vanish from Public View and a variety of other material with banjo and electronics.

I’ll also play a few tunes on acoustic banjo using Wilbur, my Dobson-style banjo. Wilbur was my very first banjo–it was a gift from Margaret Darby. She had kept it for many years in the attic or garage of her beautiful Victorian home in Florence. I named the banjo after her late husband, Wilbur, who she claimed was a friendly ghost in the house.

Friday, October 4, 2024 6-8pm
As We Vanish from Public View
Abraham Rowe Photography
204 Cypress Mill Road
Florence, Alabama 35630

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As We Vanish From Public View

I’m excited to provide ambient music for Hank Lazer‘s poetry reading tomorrow at the launch of his latest collection of poems, As We Vanish From Public View. The reading will be at Ernest & Hadley, my favorite local book store.

Saturday, August 3, 2024 11am
As We Vanish from Public View
Ernest & Hadley Booksellers
Tuscaloosa AL 35401

For this event I’ve built some generative music devices in Cycling ’74’s Max to create melodies and harmonies on the fly. I’ve also chosen a selection of my field recordings.

Speaking of field recordings, one of our recent projects was field recordings of mind in morning.

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Brush Mind: Begin To – Screening and Performance

The University of Alabama Art and Art History Department will present Hank Lazer and me in a poetry and music performance along with a screening of our latest collaborative video Brush Mind: Begin To.

Holland Hopson (L) and Hank Lazer (R) at the Blue Ridge Art Center, Seneca South Carolina

Wednesday February 7, 2024 at 12pm
Brush Mind: Begin To – Hank Lazer and Holland Hopson
Sarah Moody Gallery of Art
Tuscaloosa AL
part of the 2024 Biennial Faculty Exhibit

Hank and I have collaborated over the last four years on a variety of projects including three installments of the Brush Mind series, the book with accompanying album field recordings     of mind     in morning, and recent performances at the New Orleans Poetry Festival and Blue Ridge Arts Center.