Adriano Lanzi, Roberto Fega and I played a trio concert in Rome in December. Max Costa recorded and mixed it, and now it’s out as a co-production between Right Brain Records and my label Spoot Music.

We decided to call the group Gli Autopiloti, since improvising is similar to being on autopilot ~ plus I was inspired by the fact that our recording engineer Max was a pilot for Alitalia for many years.

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Enjoy this lovely Italian review of Gli Autopiloti: AVANTI!

Gli Autopiloti – Avanti!

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SATURDAY, JUNE 3 ~ 6-8pm

CORREO AEREO Trio @ Finn River Cidery, Chimacum WA

Abel Rocha: Venezuelan harp, guitar, cuatro, glass, voice / Madeleine Sosin: violín, bombo, maracas, percussion / Amy Denio: accordion, clarinet, guitar, voice

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SUNDAY, JUNE 4 ~ 2-4pm

HELL’S BELLOWS! Accordion Quartet @ Genesee Park, Seattle WA

Marchette DuBois / Scott Adams / Eli Kaufman / Amy Denio: accordion, voice

Seattle Composers Alliance SPARKS series, sponsored in part by the Seattle Mayor’s Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, in cooperation with the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation

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SATURDAY, JUNE 10 ~ 8pm

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SUNDAY, JUNE 18 ~ 8pm

SAWT OUT featuring Mazen Kerbaj (Beirut)

An evening of sound exploration from masters of improvisation!

@ Royal Room, Columbia City (Seattle)

Presented by Royal Room and Spoot Music

SEATTLE COMPOSERS ALLIANCE
SPARKS SERIES
CALL FOR SCORES

The Seattle Composers Alliance’s SPARKS summer series features four family-friendly, free
concerts in Seattle Parks! SPARKS is supported by Seattle Parks and Recreation in collaboration with the City of Seattle Office of Arts and Culture.

Four elemental ensembles will perform a mix of their traditional repertoire and jury-selected
new music composed by members of the Seattle Composers Alliance.
Submit scores to board@seattlecomposers.org.

Sunday June 4, 2023 @ 2pm
HELL’S BELLOWS! (Accordion trio)
Marchette Dubois / Scott Adams / Amy Denio
Genessee Park, Seattle
Score submission deadline: Saturday, May 20.

Sunday August 6, 2023 @ 2pm
ELENI GOVETAS ENSEMBLE (Balkan Original)
Ravenna Park, Seattle
Eleni Govetas / Bobby Gobetas / Mik Bewsky / Niko Sophia
Score submission deadline: Saturday, July 15.

Sunday September 3 @ 2pm
AMA TRIO (Denio/Correo Aereo)
Aki Beach, Seattle
Abel Rocha / Madeleine Sosin / Amy Denio
Score submission deadline: Saturday, August 20.

Sunday October 1 @ 2pm
BAMBOO AND BRASS, LTD (Sax Quartet)
Gasworks Park, Seattle
Score submission deadline: Saturday, September 17

On Saturday 20 May I’ll be accompanying veteran butoh master Joan Laage at the Chapel Performance Space in the Good Shepherd Center . Please join us.

This evening, directed by Joan Laage/Kogut Butoh and composer Amy Denio, and co-created with the performers, celebrates the wayward girls who lived in the Good Shepherd Center, their lives real and imaginary. 

While attending a performance at the Chapel, which we do frequently, my husband exclaimed, “the house of the pregnant girls,” and I suddenly decided to create a piece inspired by the center’s history and occupants. The Sisters of the Good Shepherd order started in France, spread to the US and in 1890, a train brought five nuns through the forest and mountains to Seattle. The center provided shelter, education, and guidance to young girls so they could become caring, responsible, and moral young women. An emphasis on morality was most likely strongly linked to sexuality. Today’s increasing restrictions on sex education coupled with the denial of fluid gender identity are also burdened by what might be called the “moral imperative.” There is great political pressure on women concerning their rights as sexual beings, potential mothers, etc., with the self-determination of women’s bodies being eroded.  

~ Choreographer/Director/Dancer Joan Laage

Amy Denio: voice, clarinet, accordion
Randy Shay: guitar, piano
Greg Campbell: French horn, percussion
Joey Largent: accordion
Sheri Brown & Robyn Bjornson: butoh dance

TICKETS

NEW MUSIC!

KULTUR SHOCK is moving forward with new releases to incinerate the old world.

King Country Mohammed 7″ vinyl single on Alternative Tentacles.

SNIJEG and TOMORROW IS A BETTER DAY out on Bandcamp this week.

See you soon. Vidimo se.

2/24 INDIANOLA WA ~ The Goat (7:30)
https://www.eventbrite.com/…/tiptons-sax-quartet-drums…

2/25 CHIMACUM WA ~ Finn River Cidery (5:30-7:30)

2/26 CENTRALIA WA ~ The Juice Box (7:30)

3/1 PALO ALTO CA ~ Palo Alto Art Center Auditorium (8pm)

3/2 CHICO CA ~ The Butte Bible Fellowship w/ the Chico Swing Band (7PM)

3/3-4 ARCATA CA ~ The Arcata Playhouse (8pm)
https://www.playhousearts.org/events/the-tiptons-march-3-4/

3/8 INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY!
~ RICHLAND WA ~ Emerald of Siam (Two seatings: 6pm / 8pm)
TIX: https://www.eventbrite.com/…/the-tiptons-sax-quartet…
FB Event invite: https://fb.me/e/3gReWwABo

3/9 EUGENE OR ~ Jazz Station (7:30pm)
https://thejazzstation.org/get-tickets/calendar/…

3/10 CORVALLIS OR ~ OSU Lunchtime Music a la Carte, Memorial Union Lounge (12:00 pm)

3/10 ASTORIA OR ~ KALA (7:30pm)`

3/11 SEATTLE WA ~ Royal Room (7:30pm)
https://www.strangertickets.com/…/the-tiptons-sax-quartet

3/12 PORTLAND OR ~ Al’s Den (McMenamin’s) (doors at 6 / 7-9pm)
https://www.etix.com/…/tiptons-sax-quartet-with-drums21…

https://townhallseattle.org/event/global-rhythms-kultur-shock/

Just composed my new creation for string quartet. Diabolical Thing is based on a simple melody I co-wrote with my 9-year old piano student Simon Englehardt. It’s always fun creating music with him. Our piece will premiere on Thursday, February 16 at the Chapel Performance Space in Wallingford for the next Seattle Composers Alliance Live Sessions.

Thanks to the folks supporting my projects on Patreon and my music on Bandcamp, I recently invested in a nice MacBookPro to start making short videos again. It was like getting on a bicycle after a long hiatus. I was enthralled, and would laugh hysterically.

The first short film, Hansville with Grits is made with love for my fiance. A year ago we moved into a rustic twin peak chalet on the edge of a wildlife sanctuary in north Kitsap Peninsula. It’s what we both needed.

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HÍSW̱ḴE SIAM (pronounced HAISH-ka see-EM) is a respectful Coastal Salish greeting. I made it with reverence for all of the ancestors, on whose dust we walk.

Greetings!

My fiance Grispapi and I started a new life in Hansville WA about nine months ago. There are few things better than living on the edge of a wildlife sanctuary.

Enjoy the new video I made for Grits and his son. Our daily walks are stupendous.
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