Solo Projects (2014-present)

densing

My second solo CD, released in April 2021.  "densing" is a collection of improvisations for tuba with electronics effects pedals, reflecting on the relationship to the space in which the music was made — during the course of the improvisations, the room collects and resonates frequencies, which in turn influence the electronics, continuing in a gentle cycle of feedback and unexpected aural circumstances.

To describe this phenomenon, and its textile analogue, the fake verb ”densing” was coined:

densing (v.)
1. the process of felting wool through heat, pressure, and moisture
2. the building up of reverberant sounds in a small room

See photos below of each felt edition, followed by a set of process photos.

Wool Felt Editions

First Edition of 4

# 1

# 2

# 3

# 4

Second edition of 4 (+2)

# 1

# 2

# 3

# 4

# C

# E

Example of felt layering

example layering for the front cover

Miscellaneous Process photos

see captions for context/details

Still

My first solo CD, released in May 2014, "Still" highlights collaborations between the tuba and electronic instruments (plus a few acoustic ones). 
Included are:

• Three compositions from Ariane Miyasaki, Neal Markowski, and Vanessa Wheeler. 

• Three improvisations between Z Park, Neal Markowski, and myself. 

• This CD's eponymous work, written by the late Jonathan Harvey, which is receiving its first commercial recording.