
Marlboro Slipstream at Soapbox Gallery
Marlboro Slipstream Group (Matan Rubinstein – piano/electronics, Andrew Greenwald – drums/percussion, Ned Rothenberg – winds and myself) was conceived as a musical meeting of four performers/composers/improvisers of wildly different musical backgrounds, to make music that is betwixt and between. MSG is Ensemble In Residence at Marlboro College. Among the music performed, the program featured the New York premiere of Terraplane, an irreverent reconfiguration of the Romantic er

JP Schlegelmilch at Happy Lucky No1
Myk Freedman Presents : JP Schlegelmilch - Piano, Compositions
Dana Lyn - Violin,
Jake Charkey - Cello,
Satoshi Takeishi - Percussion.
JP Schlegelmilch presents new music written for the classical piano trio instrumentation (piano, violin and cello) plus percussion. Inspiration was taken from American modernist composers Charles Ives, Henry Cowell, and Lou Harrison, and their multi-faceted musical worlds. The music has a chamber music atmosphere but leaves room for the e

Marlboro Slipstream Group Performance
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

Sarafand Record Release
I'm so happy to announce the upcoming release of Inner Rhyme, the debut album of Sarafand, our band led by my extremely talented friend Layale Chaker on Jan. 22 at the Stone in New York. This album celebrates Arabic poetry, unveiling musical threads woven by the rhythmical cycles of the twelve classical Arabic poetic meters, the physical contour of verse, and the percussive potential of words. Layale’s composition process aims to capture the shape and essence of epic testimo

Solo Recital at Marlboro College
I presented a solo cello recital at Marlboro college featuring a new work by Matan Rubinstein, composer and professor of music at Marboro, with whom I play regularly in the Slipstream Ensemble. The piece consists of 5 inserts which are intended to be played in between the 6 movements of the 4th Suite for Unaccompanied cello by JS Bach. Matan described the piece as follows: "The best way to explain my thinking of Five Inserts involves architecture; I think of the piece, in a

Stan Charkey retrospective concert
I had the privilege of performing my father's music at Marlboro College in honor of his retirement this year. I played his string quartet, a short piano trio, and his devilishly challenging work for solo cello, Open which is perhaps the most difficult piece I've ever played. Thanks dad! #StanCharkey #JakeCharkey #Cello #Contemporarymusic #MarlboroMusic #MarlboroCollege #Marlboro #StringQuartet #SoloCello #Open #OriginalMusic #Piano #PianoTrio #CelloJake #Cellosseries #cello