Garth Paine and me performing his work 33.42N -111.94E

PLAY! Festival

With urbanSTEW and Crossing 32nd Street on March 23-24 performed three concerts laced with interactive art installations and games.  We brought in the composer Cristyn Magnus and premiered her new piece, “Percussion vs. Percussion” a two player game piece where each player uses a battery of instruments to control a simple game space. The festival …

Crossing 32nd Street at Chabot College

X32ST at Chabot College

On January 26th, 2012 Crossing 32nd Street performing at Chabot College in Hayward, CA.  We played: Music for Pieces of Wood by Steven Reich Temezcal by Javier Alvarez Fireflies by Eric Schultz Credo in US by John Cage Boom! by Terry Longshore and Brett Reed Drumming part 1 by Steven Reich This picture was taken …

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X32ST 10th Anniversary

An avant-garde buffet of intensity and grace.  We played the following: For a Large Open Space by James Tenney Three Songs from Mad Coyote by Peter Garland Critical Band by James Tenney Workers’ Union by Louis Andriessen Fireflies by Eric Schultz (X32ST band member) In C by Terry Riley This photo includes Simone Mancuso, Myself, …

Persephassa at Arizona State, photo by J. Drum

Xenakis Festival

Arizona State University Xenakis Festival performing Iannis Xenakis” “Persephassa” with Crossing 32nd Street.  Other events included Glendale Community College and Civic Space in Central Phoenix.

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Make Music New York

Make Music New York, performing “Persephassa” with Greg Beyer, Nathan Davis, Doug Perkins, Brett Reed and Steven Schick in Central Park, NYC.