A double bill at DROM with Kinan Azmeh. Layale Chaker and Sarafand will be on stage playing our new album Inner Rhyme, and Kinan will be presenting a new trio with John Hadfield and Erdem Helvacioglu. #LayaleChakerSarafand #LayaleChaker #Sarafand #KinanAzmeh #DROM #NYCMusic #Violin #Clarinet #Cello #Piano #Percussion #ZiyaTabassian #JakeCharkey #CelloJake #PhillipGolub #NickDunston #AdamMaalouf #Jazz #InnerRhyme #jazz

Finally performed our first show with Marlboro Slipstream Group at Marlboro College after months of rehearsal. We presented some work by Ned Rothenberg as well as Matan Rubinstein's tone poem Terraplane. Challenging music, with some tricky electronics mixed in. It was a blast to work on and enriching to expand my improvisational palette, stretching the limits of sounds that can be made on a cello. Join us for the inaugural event for Marlboro’s new ensemble in residence, fe

I'm very excited to be joining the Slipstream Ensemble, a new composer/improviser ensemble in residence at Marlboro College. The group was organized by Matan Rubinstein, professor of music at Marlboro a great friend, collaborator, and all around brilliant musician. We are joined by Ned Rothenberg on single reed instruments and shakuhachi, and Andrew Greenwald, percussion. We'll be working on original music and group improvisation as well as teaching classes at Marlboro. P