November 2023: Iteration, Variation

Hi everybody,

Today I’m celebrating events upcoming and media past.

I took part in Stefan Prins’s Workshop for Creatives in Darmstadt this summer–an intense week of passing our works around to be touched by many hands: adding/subtracting and building/destroying. New iterations of each work appeared daily, so intermediate generations became quickly forgotten. I published some of my favorite mid-process iterations, which you can see below.

I also have a couple of concerts coming up that rely on the variation of past works–both in a similar way but with very different ensembles. In this case, Nadar Ensemble shows my video treatment of Bach, and the Residentie Orkest premieres my irreverent summarization of Mozart. Read on!

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New recordings:

Workshop for Creatives

A 3rd generation work from Darmstadt–

live performance | Regan Bowering
additional audio and sound design | Philipp C. Mayer
video remix | Niko Schroeder

A 5th generation work from Darmstadt–

audio | Elena Ghigas
remixing | An Laurence, Regan Bowering, Katharina Schmidt
video | Niko Schroeder

coming soon: new concert recordings for barrel organ (Het Orgelpark), chamber ensemble (Musica Sacra Maastricht), etc etc etc

Upcoming shows:

BeNeLux:

Dec 8 The Hague’s Residentie Orkest premieres my new work: Mozart’s Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K. 385, “Haffner” [edited for brevity and clarity]. It was written in response to an interview with local journalist Lot van Bree, as a part of the orchestra’s one minute symphony project.

Dec 1 Nadar Ensemble gives the concert premiere of the first movement of my Bach Acceleration Studies in Antwerp, as a part of their new concert program, I’ll be Back.

Nov 20 POSTPONED I premiere Zeynep Oktar’s new piece, 10,000 tonne flying machine, for augmented euphonium and electronics at Korzo Theater.

USA:

Dec 21-22 Bierkeller Boys holiday shows at the Grand Rapids Christmas Market and Coopersville Brewing Co.

May 17 to Jan 28 Khemia Ensemble’s performance of moves STILL installed at the World Chess Hall of Fame.

And in personal updates:

– Julia and I confirmed the Rhine is still there
– My folks and I confirmed Brugge is still there
– Maastricht and Aachen also still in place, don’t worry
– I earned an Artist Certificate at The Royal Conservatory of The Hague, and moved into a shared workspace/studio (first time!)