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 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

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

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