composer, bandleader, performer, video artist (?)
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 … Continue reading November 2023: Iteration, Variation
Hi everybody, It was my birthday this month. And my brother's. Nice. I've been working gobs and gobs, which isn't very birthday-like, but one could argue that finding work is indeed a great birthday gift. I'm also enjoying new socks -- thanks Mom. As another fine birthday gift, my works are being installed on two … Continue reading May 2023: Birthdays, Installations
Hi everybody, 2023 has been a fruits-of-my-labor type situation so far, or perhaps chicken-comes-home-to-roost, or even cow-returns-from-pasture. In less words, I wrote a lot of music and joined a lot of projects, and now things are happening. Nice! The last two months included concerts and engagements in The Hague (Conservatoire Analog Ensemble, Hague/Brno Exchange, Ricardo … Continue reading March 2023: Fruits of Labor
Hi everybody, New years resolutions? I'm not really into them. But if I had to choose one goal: intentionality. And maybe I'll go back to the gym. Next week. The weather here has been typically Dutch and I have a few deadlines to meet, so it's been nice to look back during these weeks at … Continue reading December 2022: Happy Hibernation Week
Hi everyone, Just writing to share a small life update: that I now live in the Netherlands--in The Hague aka Den Haag aka 's-Gravenhage aka the International City of Peace and Justice. I have a home address and phone plan to prove it, though registering with the government here appears to take a long, long … Continue reading August 2022: Ik ben geen robot.
Hi everyone, I'm happy to be playing a bit and to be being played a bit following the slow year we collectively agreed to last year (we agreed, right? Right?!). The coming weeks are mixed bag, but it's my busiest week in a long time. I hope you'll tune in from Michigan, Missouri, or online … Continue reading December 2021: Them Post-Octoberfest Blues
Hi everyone, Let's all think back to Valentine's Day... a time for love, a time for chocolates, flowers, loneliness, and also the day the bathroom of our rental burnt down. This necessitated a few tasks: finding a new place, relocating to a hotel and then the new place, negotiating with our insurers, hiring recovery crews, … Continue reading 2021 Q1 Update (& Videos!)
Hi everyone, More backdated content! Woo! I was exuberant to receive this recording from the guys at invoke, which was recorded some months ago at the Fox Cabaret in Vancouver. That's possibly the furthest north my music has ever been played. Grab some the details about The Ballad of the Young King Gambrinus or check … Continue reading October/November News
Hi everyone,In lieu of professional, in-person events, I'm uploading new-to-you, backdated content (content!). The first, moves, was my Masters thesis here at Mizzou, and was recently featured on the university's inaugural episode of the Monday Mashup Series. The piece's elements--chess, animations, and music--each take the lead at various moments, and I hope the video demonstrates … Continue reading September News
Hi everyone, Finishing school really took the wind out of this site's sails. Then covid and finding work.And much more importantly, I've been spending time in the past month engaging with the Black Lives Matter movement, considering my own biases, and supporting changes to the institutions that I engage with. It wasn't a time for … Continue reading July/August News
Niko D. Schroeder 