A sample of a recent work composed and produced for the Arts and Business Council of Greater Phoenix. Four Scenes from the Urban Southwest (composed by Robert Esler and Lisa Tolentino)
Taken from radiohealer.com “Radio Healer is an art project facilitated through patient and respectful cross-cultural partnerships between artists of Native American, Chicano, Ilocano, European, and Euro-American backgrounds. These partnerships form dialogues where artists mentor each other to create ritual performances that demonstrate respectful, accountable, and co-intentional collaboration. Radio Healer contributes to the health and vitality …
This past summer, 2011, Lisa Tolentino and I taught a group of approximately 20 students in the Philippines how to play and perform music and use a variety of open source software to create digital media. We focused on teaching the students abstract concepts that directly relate to computational thinking. Music was perfect for this. …
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.