For over a decade and half, I’ve focused on collaborating with dance. I’ve played music for more than one thousand dance classes, composed and designed sound for new dances, and been the music director at UC Riverside.
I’ve played drums and percussion in orchestras, musical theater pits, steel bands, and West African drum and dance groups. My long-term projects include Droneyard, Faster Forward, and Piedmont.
As an audio engineer, I’ve mixed sound reinforcment for world class artists at Stanford Live, and recorded a wide variety of music, from rock bands to world music and professional orchestras. I taught music technology and audio engineering at Eastern Illinois University.
You can read my resume to learn more.
THINGS I’VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT
Dance musicians should lead the way to the future of dance/music collaboration.
Playing with others is different than playing solo!
The day-to-day activities I do as a dance musician.
Making music with dance has different goals and demands than other types of music making.
Simplicity lends itself to clarity of intent, structure, and effective music/dance textures.
Different music connects and inspires different parts of us.