Oct. 25
8-11pm
La Cubana Restaurant
408 W. 15th Street, NYC
646.869.8873
Dinner and dancing Reservations a good idea, if you want a table. 

I’ve just confirmed that internationally acclaimed Camerata Romeu will be premiering the string orchestra version of my piece, Dance Dance Dance, in Havana Cuba on Saturday, July 18! They are the first all women’s string orchestra in Latin America and fabulous group of musicians. I’m very excited and honored to have them playing my music! If anyone happens to be in Havana that night, plan on coming to the concert at the Basilica in Habana Vieja at the corner of Oficios and Amargura streets. It should be a great show! (Not sure of the exact time. When I find out, I’ll post it here.)

http://www.camerataromeu.com/en

I’ll be playing accordion on the annual American Accordionist Association workshops and concerts with Bill Schimmel at the Tenri Cultural Institute on W. 13th Street in NYC.  In addition to playing some Bach with Bill, I’ll be performing a Scott Joplin rag and the world premiere of the all-accordion version of my piece, Halfway. 

Check back for more details shortly.

Things are starting to ramp up for a number of different projects. Upcoming activites include:

• July 18, evening – World premiere of my string orchestra composition, Dance Dance Dance by the Camerata Romeu in Havana, Cuba!!!
• July 22, 6-8pm – I’ll be playing solo accordion in Bryant Park as part of their Accordions Around The World festival. My friends in the Bachtopus Accordion Quartet may drop by to play a few tunes with me as well.
• August 7-8 – I’ll be playing accordion on the annual American Accordionist Association workshops and concerts with Bill Schimmel at the Tenri Cultural Institute on W. 13th Street in NYC.  In addition to playing some Bach with Bill, I’ll be performing a Scott Joplin rag and the world premiere of the all-accordion version of my piece, Halfway. 
• A new group, yet to be named, featuring a lot of new music I’ve been writing, inspired by my recent study of Afro-Cuban rhythms. It will include accordion, percussion, flute, cello, and like bass as a core with perhaps others added later. We’ll be doing preliminary read-throughs of the material this summer and planning to starting to play out in the fall of 2015
• Performances with the Bachtopus Accordion Quartet. We’re a group of four NYC accordionists playing both classical and contemporary repertoire. We’ll be playing in Bryant Park in July with dates and other details to be announced.
• I’ll be recording and releasing some of my accordion music, including The Waning Moments of Raphus Cucullatus for accordion and guitar, and Halfway for four accordions. Links here when they’re ready.
• My piece for piano and electronics, Electrosonata:Spontaneous Combustion, performed by incomperable Thomas Rosenkranz, has just been released on the Oberlin Music record label. It’s a magnificent recording in both stereo and BluRay surround sound, and includes music by a number of really great Oberlin Conservatory alumni composers. You can find it on Naxos Direct here or on Amazon here.

On July 22 from 6-8pm, I’ll be playing solo accordion in Bryant Park, NYC as part of their annual Accordions Around the World festival. I’ll be mainly playing jazz and classical pieces. My friends in the Bachtopus Accordion Quartet may drop by to help out and play some of our contemporary classical repertoire with me as well.

It’s always a fun casual evening with lots of really great accordionist playing all sorts of styles. Come spend the night wandering around the park and hearing us all play!