New Projects:

I'm working on a collaborative project with the talented musically inclined poet and artist Kayt Hoch. We'll be doing our first performance at Gallery 1412 on July 19th, 2008.

I've also been busy writing music for a new quartet featuring an all-star cast of Seattle players: Tom Baker, guitar; Chris Stover, trombone; and Lori Goldston, cello. We'll be doing our first gig at the Good Shepherd Chapel on June 13th.

Concerts in May:

Monday, May 5, at Gallery 1412. I'll do some improvising with a great couple of musicians, Greg Campbell and Christian Asplund. This is a reprise of a beautiful trio set we did almost two years ago.

Thursday, May 8-10: the Tom Baker Quartet on a short tour of Oregon, including workshops and a concert at Western Oregon University in Monmouth.

Wednesday, May 20: I'll be playing bass clarinet on Stockhausen's Kreuzspiel, with the University of Washington Contemporary Group. The concert will be at Meany Hall at UW, at 7:30 pm.

Saturday, May 24: the Nate Wooley large ensemble project, at Gallery 1412.

Thursday, May 29th: I'll perform a piece by Donald Stewart for sax quartet and ensemble, as part of the Transport series hosted by the Washington Composers' Forum. The concert will be at the Good Shepherd Chapel.

Recordings:

New release! I'm on Tom Baker's latest release The Gospel of the Red-hot Stars, on Present Sounds Recordings.

My album with William O. Smith is available. More info