Presented by Arts Nova Workshop in partnership with the Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia Go: Organic Orchestra & Brooklyn Raga Massive World premiere of RAGMALA: A Garland of Ragas Composed and spontaneously conducted by Adam Rudolph This project brings together two innovative groups—Adam Rudolph’s Go: Organic Orchestra and Brooklyn Raga Massive—for an exploration into new dimensions, based around India’s raga and tala traditions. The longtime percussionist and bandle

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

After many months of rehearsal, the Marlboro Slipstream Group spent a day recording an EP at the legendary Guilford Sound Studio. This ensemble has been in residence at Marlboro College since the beginning of the 2018/19 academic year and is focused on new and improvised music, employing several different modalities of improvisation from our varied backgrounds as musicians. We recorded works by both Ned Rothenberg and Matan Rubinstein as well as improvisations. Matan's pie

I was honored to perform with Nakshatra at the Lyric Chamber Society in New York. Led by violinists Trina Basu and Arun Ramamurthy, Nakshatra reimagines the potential of string Chamber Music for our global times. The group explores beauty found at the intersections of their musical paths, where original compositions weave together threads of South Indian classical, Western chamber music, jazz and creative improvisation. We were joined by Rich Stein on percussion for a divers

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

This year I had the opportunity to be a featured guest artist at the 23rd Annual New Directions Cello Festival in Ithaca, NY. Cellists gather to explore innovations in cello playing with a focus on all things non-classical. I presented a program of Indian classical music with tabla wizard Devesh Chandra and gave workshops in Hindustani cello playing. It was remarkable to witness some of the cellists' first exposure to the genre. I learned so much meeting the other fantastic