October, 2021 ‘Mujer o Bruja?’
(Tiptons Sax Quartet & Correo Aereo)
Premiere: The Chapel Performance Space, Good Shepherd Center, Seattle WA.
Produced by Spoot Music and Nonsequitur for the 2021 Earshot Jazz Festival.
A multimedia performance with live music, video and story telling based on the role of women in culture from Paleolithic times to the Present, looking at goddess cultures, the advent of Dominator Systems, and Partnership Society through the lens of Latin American culture. Composed by the all-women Tiptons Sax Quartet and multi-instrumental Latin American duo Correo Aereo in collaboration with creative technologist Jude Dai.
This performance was made possible with the support of Jazz Road, a national initiative of South Arts, which is funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation with additional support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Funded in part by 4Culture.
October, 2019 / November, 2017 ‘Truth Is Up For Grabs’
(Orkestra Istina)
Funded in part by 4Culture, Seattle Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture and Nonsequitur. Presented by Seattle Composers Alliance.
Recording and performance of suite of music compositions for 21-piece chamber orchestra and projected video, based on current events and the political economy of war.
Premiere: Chapel Performance Space in the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA
in 2017. Revised and presented at the Chapel Performance Space in 2019
2013 ‘Mythunderstandings’
(Tiptons Sax Quartet)
Funded in part by by 4Culture and Nonsequitur
Multimedia production with Tiptons Sax Quartet, Saanich Tribe musician and story teller Paul ‘Che oke ten’ Wagner and videographer Adam Sekuler.
Premiere at the Chapel Performance Space, Seattle WA
2008-2009-2010-2011 ‘Sonic Bench’
Funded in part by 4Culture, Seattle Major’s Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, King County Parks Department
Project Director & composer in collaboration with metal artist Kim David Hall
One-year exhibition at Seattle Center Monorail Station (December 2009 – December 2010)
Permanent Installation on Vashon Island, WA starting June, 2011.
2006 ‘Shop of Wild Dreams’
(Tiptons Sax Quartet)
Funded in part by Seattle Arts Commission and the King County Arts Commission
Collaborative performance with video, music for Tiptons Sax Quartet, and live painting
Premiere: CONWORKS, Seattle WA
June 2002 ‘Against Ending’
(Choreographer Victoria Marks)
Funded in part by Seattle Arts Commission Artists Program and King County Arts Commission
Compose music for choreographer Victoria Marks and produce Seattle performance
Premiere: Bradley Theater, Los Angeles, California
1998 ‘Non Lo So, Polo’
(Die Knödel)
Funded in part by King County Arts Commission and Seattle Arts Commission Artists Program
Compose music for Austrian chamber octet; produce concerts, produce audio CD
Premiere: Nippon Kan Theater, Seattle.
1996 ‘Non Lo So, Polo’
(Young Composers Collective)
Funded in part by Artist Trust Artist Fellowship Seattle Arts Commission Artists Program
Compose song cycle about Marco Polo & Kublai Khan for the Young Composers Collective, conducted by Joshua Kohl.
Premiere: Nippon Kan Theater, Seattle
1995 ‘False Prophets or Just Dang Good Guessers’
(Shaking Ray Levi Society with Jessica Lurie and Amy Denio)
Funded in part by King County Arts Commission
Create a full-evening performance of story telling, visual images and music.
Premiere: On The Boards, Seattle; performed at The Orange Show, Houston TX
1994-1995 ‘BTMSQ: Music To Dance To’
(Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone Quartet)
Funded by Washington State Cultural Enrichment Program
20 concerts in schools statewide with BTMSQ & dancers featuring international music & dance
1992 ‘BTMSQ: Bus Horn Concerto / Hurry Up And Wait’
Funded in part by Seattle METRO Artists Regional Transportation Project
Compose and perform sax quartet with 3 city busses / Composer sax quartet with rapper Shomari Shanks
Premiere: Westlake Mall, Seattle; performed daily at Bumbershoot Festival (Seattle) in 1994.
1990 ‘Duo, TRI-O and Tiptons’
Funded in part by National Endowment for the Arts.
Produce two concerts for Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone Quartet (BTMSQ) in collaboration with Russian jazz musicians for the Goodwill Arts Festival, Seattle
Premiere: Broadway Performance Hall
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