Upcoming performances and exhibitions:March 1, 2013: Premiere of
Steal into the World, Litanies for solo for voice
Steal Into the World will premiere with a print and sound installation of the same title. The installation was created by artist
Paul Mitchell as part of his solo show
Is This Darkness in You Too?Opening reception Friday, March 1 from 6:30 to 8:30pm with an Artist lecture at 5:30pm; Solo exhibition dates: February 27–April 6
The Artist Proof Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
March 2, 2013: Presentation of my composition
Cowboy Mouth as part of California State University-Fullerton's
New Music Festival: Voice in the 21st Century, presented during their
Composer-Performer Symposium as part of the
World Electroacoustic Listening room Project.
Recital Hall, California State University-Fullerton, Fullerton, CA, 3pm
March 14-16, 2013:
Luscious performing as a guest vocal artist with Debra Loewen's Wild Space dance company
Milwaukee Rep's Stiemke Studio, Milwaukee, WI
March 24, 2013:
Studies in Space is featured on the
California International Shorts Festival, having won best experimental short.
The Complex Theater, 6476 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90038
April 5, 2013:
Great Lakes Improvisation Orchestra, dir.
Hal Rammel,
and
MiLO - Milwaukee Laptop Orchestra performs at Unruly Music Festival
Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, Vogel Hall, Milwaukee, WI, 7:30pm
April 17, 2013:
MiLO - Milwaukee Laptop OrchestraPeck School of the Arts, UW-Milwaukee, Fine Arts Recital Hall, 7:30pm
April 20, 2013:
MiLO - Milwaukee Laptop Orchestra featured as part of
Peck School of the Arts Open House, Kenilworth Building,
Kenilworth Square East, 1925 E. Kenilworth Pl. Milwaukee, WI (KSE620) 11am
April 28, 2013: Free improvisation trio with
Steve Nelson-Raney and
Christopher BurnsWoodland Pattern, 720 E. Locust St., Milwaukee, WI, 2 pm
Past performances and exhibitions:2013: January 11, 2013:
Luscious Layers/Fevered Sleep performing as a guest vocal artist with Debra Loewen's Wild Space dance company
Lawrence University, Stansbury Theatre, Appleton, WI
2012: December 20, 2012:
Milwaukee Laptop Orchestra presents a
Very MILO Christmas SpecialSugar Maple, Milwaukee, WI, 8pm
December 16, 2012:
Great Lakes Improvisation Orchestra, dir.
Hal RammelWoodland Pattern, Milwaukee, 2pm
November 19, 2012: Free Improvisation–
Trevor Saint/
Jeff Herriott, and Trevor Saint/
Christopher Burns/Amanda Schoofs
Sugar Maple, Milwaukee, WI, 7:30pm
November 12, 2012: Minor Vices performs Christopher Burns'
Alligator Char on a concert featuring solo performances by extended
range glockenspiel percussionist
Trevor Saint Peck School of the Arts, UW-Milwaukee, Recital Hall, 7:30pm
October 28, 2012: Vocal performance of John Cage's
Aria w/Fontana Mix as part of Woodland Pattern's
John Cage Centennial CelebrationWoodland Pattern, Milwaukee, WI, 2pm
October 25–November 17, 2012: Select images from my series
Xerographic Variations will be exhibited in the group installation
10-22-38 Astoria 2 at The Lab, San Francisco, CA.
October 4, 2012: Studies in Space film premiere. I perform vocally in Tate Bunker's short, and I collaborated on the film score with
Seth Warren-CrowMilwaukee Film Festival, Oriental Theater, Milwaukee
August 29, 2012: Minor Vices performs the music of
Christopher Burns , including my solo vocal performance of
Fieldwork The Borg Ward, Milwaukee, 8pm
August 24, 2012:
Milwaukee Noise Fest I will be live processing my voice with
Christopher Burns (electric guitar) and
Steve Nelson-Raney (tenor sax).
The Borg Ward, Milwaukee, 9pm (show begins at 6pm)
August 16, 2012: Vocal Performance of John Cage's
62 Mesostics re Merce Cunningham as part of Woodland Patterns'
John Cage Literary MusicircusThe Urban Ecology Center, Milwaukee, WI, 2pm
August 2, 2012: Free improvisation trio with
Ben Willis (bass) and
Devin Drobka (drum kit). This will be our first time meeting one another.
The Project Lounge, Madison, WI
July 25, 2012: Free improvisation duo with
Seth Warren-CrowThe Project Lounge, Madison, WI
July 20, 2012: Premiere of My Lipstick is the color of Your Heart with movement artist
Laura Murphypart of "Nucleus Show" at Studio Lounge, Milwaukee
July 13, 2012: I will be live-processing my voice with the electroacoustic collective
MiLO - Milwaukee Laptop OrchestraSugar Maple, Milwaukee, 8pm
May 15, 2012: Experimental Improvisation Ensemble (dir. by Amanda Schoofs)
Peck School of the Arts music improvisation students' end of the semester performance.
UWM-PSoA, Music Building B60, 7:30pm
May 6, 2012:
Christopher Burns, Steve Nelson-Raney, Amanda Schoofs
Trio Improvisations for electric guitar, tenor saxophone, and voice.
Woodland Pattern, 2pm
April 21, 2012: MiLO (Milwaukee Laptop Orchestra) electro-acoustic improvisations, Peck School of the Arts-UWM, Kenilworth Open Studios, Milwaukee, WI
March 10, 2012: Premiere of my new painted composition
This is called breathing, Unruly Music Festival, The Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, Milwaukee, WI
March 9, 2012: vocal performance of Songbooks: Aria 2 (John Cage), Unruly Music Festival, The Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, Milwaukee, WI
March 3, 2012: premiere of my new work Acedia, commissioned by Present Music for their Around 30 concert, Turner Hall, Milwaukee, WI
February 17, 2012: UWM Faculty Recital, Trio improvisations–vocal performance with Christopher Burns (electric guitar) and Steve Nelson-Raney (tenor saxophone), UWM Fine Arts Recital Hall, Milwaukee, WI
(UPDATING EARLIER CALENDAR IN PROGRESS)
2011:December 18, 2011: Great Lakes Improvisation Orchestra, dir. Hal Rammel, Woodland Pattern, Milwaukee, WI
December 9, 2011: Dance Craft, vocal improvisation with modern dancer Laura Murphy, Kunzelmann-Esser Gallery, Millwaukee, WI
October 27, 2011: Fieldwork (C. Burns) vocal performance with Christopher Burns, Unruly Music Festival, The Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, Milwaukee, WI,
September 15-17, 2011: Fragments in the Space Between as a guest composer/vocal artist for Wild Space Dance Company’s interdisciplinary performance In the Space Between, The Pritzlaff Building, Milwaukee, WI
April 16, 2011: Collision (K. Schlei), vocal performance with Kevin Schlei and Adam Murphy, Inova Art Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
February 18, 2011: MiLO–Milwaukee Laptop Orchestra electro-acoustic improvisations as part of
(zerospace), UWM Fine Arts Recital Hall, Milwaukee, WI
February 11, 2011: The Console Project (trio improvisations with Christopher Burns and Greg Surges), The Sugar Maple, Milwaukee, WI
2010:October 7, 2010: Cowboy Mouth premiered by MiLO–Milwaukee Laptop Orchestra, Unruly Music Festival, Milwaukee, WI
2009:November 2009: Brazen+Bruised premiered at Equilibrium SF: Sensorium, Langton Labs, San Francisco CA
April 19, 2009: Fragility of Permanence premiered of as part of Jason Hoopes-improvised music and dance, Mills College, Oakland, CA
2008:May 9, 2008: Three Portraits for Andy Strain, premiered by Andy Strain on his interdisciplinary concert Resonant Migration, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA
March 8, 2008: Say Somethings, premiere of my masters thesis work as part of Signal Flow, Mills College, Oakland, CA
2007:December 6, 2007: Mills Improvisation Ensemble, directed by Zeena Parkins; I performed in a vocal trio with Kiyomitsu Odai and Ryan Gregory Tallman; also in ensemble pieces including John Zorn’s
Cobra, conducted by William Winant
Mills College, Lisser Hall, Oakland, CA
November 19, 2007:
Something Old, Something New, Mills Gamelan Ensemble, directed by Daniel Schmidt; I performed sarong on several pieces, including the premiere of my composition
Patet is a feeling is a pateT at Mills College, Oakland CA
October 24, 2007: Evander Music Presents an Evening of Improvised Music I performed vocally with Phillip Greenlief, performing some of his graphic scores and performing two scores from my
Impressions Series1510, West Oakland, CA
October 20th, 2007:
Arc Minute, vocal improvisations with Ryan Gregory Tallman, Troy Johnson, Jason Hoopes, and Alee Karim
Mama Buzz, Oakland CA
October 2, 2007: Performance of my compositions from
Impressions Series, I performed vocally with Michael Dale (Alto Saxophone), and Liz Sexe (dance)
Temescal Arts Center, Oakland, CA
September 13, 2007: Trio improvisation with Mike Dale and Jason Hoopes
Thursday Night Special at Mills College, Oakland, CA
Spring 2007: multiple performances of John Zorn’s
Cobra, conducted by Jaime Moore as part of Thrillpedler’s Hypnodrome HEAD TRIPS, opening for Eddie Muller’s Gran Guignol theater production
Orgy in the LighthouseHypnodrome theater, San Francisco, CA
May 1, 2007:
Mayday, vocal improvisations with Mills Music Improvisation Ensemble, directed by Fred Frith
Mills College, Littlefield Concert Hall, Mills College, Oakland, CA
April 5, 2007:
If Volition Then, vocal improvisations with Mike Dale, Jordan Glenn, Jason Hoopes, and Andy Strain
21 Grand, Oakland CA
March 2007:
17 Friendly Gestures for M.I.E., Mills Music Improvisation Ensemble, directed by Fred Frith
Mills College, Littlefield Concert Hall, Mills College, Oakland, CA
February 24, 2007: I performed vocally in
for mie by Ayako Kataoka, with the Mills Improvisation Ensemble, directed by Fred Frith
Signal Flow, Mills College, Littlefield Concert Hall, Mills College, Oakland, CA
2006:December 2, 2006: Free Improvisation concert featuring Maggie Nichols with George Lewis, Joelle Leandre and Mills Improvisation Ensemble, directed by Maggie Nichols; I performed vocally with Andrew Strain/Jason Hoopes, and in the compositions Sustained and Click/Fish in the Sea, by John Stevens, and Fragments by Maggie Nichols
Mills College, Littlefield Concert Hall, Mills College, Oakland, CA
November 30, 2006: Premiere of my composition
(un)focus, directed by Joelle Leandre
Mills College, Littlefield Concert Hall, Mills College, Oakland, CA
November 27, 2006: Gamelan Music, directed by Daniel Schmidt, I performed sarong in traditional and contemporary gamelan pieces on the aluminum Mills Gamelan built by Lou Harrison and Bill Colvig
Mills College, Oakland, CA
November 18, 2006: Vocal Performance in the premiere of Jason Hoopes' For Carly
Mills College, Littlefield Concert Hall, Mills College, Oakland, CA
November 4, 2006: Vocal and Wood throwing percussion performance in Olivia Block's
Squall and
Biome (world premiere) with the Mills Contemporary Performance Ensemble and Mills Improvisation Ensemble
Mills College, Littlefield Concert Hall, Mills college, Oakland, CA
October 24, 2006: Vocal performance (as Irma) in Tom Phillips'
IRMA, west coast premiere, directed by Gino Robair, with the Mills Improvisation Ensemble
Mills College, Littlefield Concert Hall, Mills college, Oakland, CA
October 5, 2006: Free Improvisation duo with Jason Hoopes
Thursday Night Special, Mills College, Oakland, CA
September 15, 2006: I performed on Sarong with the Mills College Gamelan, directed by Daniel Schmidt
Mills College, Oakland, CA
July 28, 29, 2006:
Hyphenasian on Dancemakers/Critical Perspective, a vocal collaboration/tape piece with composer Steve Schlei and choreographers Dana Hash-Campbell and Ray Tadio
Peck School of the Arts, Main stage Theater, Milwaukee, WI
2005:November 10, 2005: Premiere of my composition
Genesee Lake for solo piano, by pianist Lorna Krier
UWM Fine Arts Recital Hall, Milwaukee, WI
August 19-21, 2005: Premiere of my stereo fixed media work
Bound.struggle.release. composed as part of an interdisciplinary collaboration with choreographer Liz Hildebrandt, for her dance piece of the same title.
Art to Art, Danceworks, Milwaukee, WI
