Music + Technology
Performance, composition, and live systems work. Current project is TechTet.
Live TechTet trio performance at The Medium, funded by CACHE Mix Tape grant
Background
I spent nearly a decade performing in New York and Los Angeles, playing Birdland, Dizzy's Club Lincoln Center, Broadway national tours, and venues across the U.S., Europe, and Japan. Selected credits include a double Grammy-nominated recording with Patrick Williams and performing with Foo Fighters at the Grammy Awards.
When live performance stopped in 2020, I used the time to think seriously about what I wanted to do with music. I'd been interested for years in the integration of my experience in AI/ML and live performance, but without the pressure of the performance calendar, I could work through it properly. TechTet came out of that.
Current Project: TechTet
TechTet is a live performance project built on custom technology — the name is a play on jazz ensemble naming conventions (quartet, quintet, and so on). The roots are in jazz: improvisation, live interaction between musicians, strong harmonic character. The technology was built around those same qualities.
Performed as a solo system and as an ensemble. Hymnus is the current ensemble work, composed for 5-piece. Recent performances at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and The Momentary. Covered by KUAF (NPR affiliate) and University of Arkansas News. Grant recipient, CACHE Create Exchange Fund.
Other Performance
Outside TechTet, I perform with jazz and brass ensembles around Northwest Arkansas and beyond — most recently in Switzerland as a guest artist for Polyball at ETH Zurich.
Related
- What Is 3D Music?
- Patents and Publications for machine listening and music information retrieval.