SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED THIS WEEK

No, not an election, I mean a concert I did as part of the Vanguard New Music series. Got to play some work by other composers and also debut two of my own pieces. Everything felt timely, vital, interesting, and much of it a bit avant garde (my pieces maybe less so). You can go see video on YouTube as I cannot get the embedding to work.

FIDDLE TUNES

June 2024: recorded and posted 5 solo fiddle tunes, discovering new approaches and ideas as I went, experimenting and finding my own way. I also had enough takes for some alternate versions of everything. All 10 pieces are available only on my Patreon, which you can join in any amount from $1 per month. It would take about 1 million streams to earn that dollar from the streaming platforms.

FAR CRY UPDATE

The concert with A Far Cry featuring Poem for My Grandparents is postponed. Check back later, about that.

TEACHING

Fiddle “technique jams” or some other group opportunity will return soon. Otherwise, if you are interested in private lessons I have openings for online lessons and some in person as well. Email for more information or see the teaching page.

PERFORMANCE

Playing at some local fish events with students. Next one is Lutefisk Dinner at Emmanuel Lutheran in St Paul. Farther on the horizon is the debut a fiddle tune arrangement for students in the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphony this spring.