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Upcoming Performances
Sept 9: Detroit Composers Project, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit
Sept 10: Quintet w/ Dave Hurley, Kenn Thomas, Molly Jones, Rafael Statin @ Fire Music Mondays, Trixie's, Hamtramck
Sept 13: saajtak @ Blind Pig, Ann Arbor w/ MC Kadence
Sept 14: James Cornish Light Opera @ Strange Beautiful Music
Sept 15: Betsy Soukup Band @ Strange Beautiful Music
Sept 15: Detroit Composers Project @ Strange Beautiful Music
Sept 15: saajtak @ Strange Beautiful Music
Sept 20: Betsy Soukup Album Release Show @ Trinosophes, Detroit
Sept 29: Jon Taylor Group @ Ann Arbor Jazz Festival
Sept 29: saajtak @ Trumbullplex, Detroit
Oct. 18: Kirsten Carey's Uruboros Sextet @ Edgefest, Kerrytown Concert House, Ann Arbor, MI
saajtak fall tour
Oct. 24: Rhizome D.C.
Oct. 25: The Parlour, Providence, RI: Alec K. Redfearn and the Eyesores album release show
Oct. 26: Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NYC
Oct. 27: Bourbon & Branch, Philadelphia, PA
Oct. 29: 3577 Space, Pittsburgh, PA
Oct. 30: Masterclass at Carnegie Mellon University
Oct. 31: House show in Detroit
Nov 7: Jon Taylor Trio @ Old Town Tavern, Ann Arbor, MI
Nov 9: Scoring Kathe Koja's River St. @ Berkley Common, Berkley, MI
Performance Archive
2018
Jan 11: saajtak @ PJ's Lager House, Detroit
Jan 25: saajtak @ Trixie's, Hamtramck
Jan 26: saajtak @ University of Michigan SMTD
Feb 9: saajtak @ Ghost Light, Hamtramck
Feb 10: Betsy Soukup w/ band @ Outer Limits Lounge, Hamtramck
Feb 23: saajtak @ Ziggy's, Ypsilanti, MI
Feb 22: w/ Adam Shead @ Ziggy's, Ypsilanti, MI
Feb 25: saajtak @ Howlers, Pittsburgh
Feb 27: Betsy Soukup Band @ Spread Art, Detroit
March 2: Success and Opportunity Band Premiere at Ziggy's, Ypsilanti, MI
March 5: Great Collapsing Hrung @ Fire Music Mondays, Trixie's, Hamtramck
March 6: saajtak @ Rick's, Ann Arbor
March 11: saajtak @ Threads All-Arts Festival, Ypsilanti
March 16: w/ Nick Zoulek and Alex Koi, Ziggy's, Ypsilanti
March 20: w/ John Sinclair and David Hurley, Ziggy's, Ypsilanti
March 25: saajtak @ Ann Arbor Film Fest 2018 final afterparty
March 28: Throwaway @ The Loving Touch, Ferndale
March 29: saajtak @ House Show, Detroit
April 5: Quartet w/ Alex Koi, Kirsten Carey, Phil Sudderberg @ Comfort Station, Chicago
April 7: saajtak @ Slate Arts, Chicago
April 20: Quintet w/ John Sinclair, David Hurley, Kenn Thomas, Baptiste Joalland @ Trixies, Hamtramck
April 23: solo @ Spread Art, Detroit w/ Molly Jones, Kirsten Cary, Matt Blair
April 24: Quartet w/ Peter Formanek, Cory Tripathy, Josh Harlow @ Ziggy's, Ypsilanti
April 28: Piotr Michalowski Ensemble @ Ziggy's, Ypsilanti
May 1: solo @ Trinosophes, Detroit w/ Anteloper
May 8: Battleshags @ Spread Art
May 10: Great Collapsing Hrung @ Ziggy's, Ypsilanti
May 17: Ensemble with Eli Namay @Ziggy's, Ypsilanti
May 19: saajtak tour kickoff @ Ghostlight, Hamtramck, MI
May 20: Betsy Soukup Band @ Dolores, Ypsilanti
May 29: saajtak @ Washington DC
May 30: saajtak @ Black Iris, Richmond, VA
May 31: saajtak @ The Crown, Baltimore
June 2: saajtak @ Secret Project Robot, NYC
June 3: saajtak @ Alchemy, Providence
June 6: saajtak at The Sanctuary, Hamtramck
June 7-10: Solo @ Re:Sound Festival, Cleveland
June 19: w/ Michael Malis @ Spread Art, Detroit
June 20: saajtak @ Top of the Park, Ann Arbor, MI
June 24: Terry Riley's In C @ Trinosophes, Detroit
June 28: saajtak Hectic EP release show @ El Club, Detroit
July 5: Oluyemi Quartet @ Ziggy's, Ypsilanti
July 6: Oluyemi Quartet @ Trinosophes, Detroit
July 14: saajtak @ Loving Touch, Ferndale w/Bent Knee, Summer Like the Season
Matt Endahl Doomsday Philharmonic Tour
July 22: Outskirts Music Series, Brooklyn, NY
July 23: Unitarian Universalist Church, Buffalo, NY
July 24: Elastic Arts, Chicago
July 25: Mexicains Sans Frontières, Grand Rapids, MI
July 26: Trinosophes, Detroit
July 27: Kirsten Carey's Uruboros Sextet @ Ziggy's, Ypsilanti
Aug 2: saajtak @ Blind Pig, Ann Arbor
Aug 6: trio w/ Joo Won Park, Derek Worthington @ Fire Music Mondays, Trixies, Hamtramck
2017
Dec 22: Solo @ Slate Arts, Chicago
Dec 18: duo w/ Nicole Patrick @ Fire Music Mondays, Trixie's, Hamtramck
Dec 21: Great Collapsing Hrung @ Trinosophes, Detroit
Dec 15: saajtak @ Korner Bar, Hamtramck, MI
Dec 9: Betsy Soukup and band at Trinosophes, Detroit
Nov 12: saajtak @ Art In, Madison, WI
Nov 11: saajtak @ Cactus Club, Milwaukee, WI
Nov 6: Solo performance at House Show, Ann Arbor
Nov 3: Lovely Socialite at UW-Madison Fredrick March Play Circle
Nov 1: Improvisation workshop at UW-Whitewater
Oct 31: Solo Performance at UW-Whitewater
Oct 30: Fire Music Monday at Trixie's Bar, Hamtramck
Oct 14: Dave Hurley's Outer Nebula Quartet, Trinosophes, Detroit
Oct 13: saajtak @ Encore Records, Ann Arbor
Sept 28: James Cornish Ensemble, Psy Jazz @ Trixie's Bar, Hamtramck, MI
Sept 24: Strange Beautiful Music @ MOCAD: Saajtak plays closing set
Sept 23: Strange Beautiful Music @ DSO Cube: Solo set and duo with Clem Fortuna
Sept 22-23: DLectricity Festival, presenting live score for a film by Pope.L
Sept 20: Lovely Socialite @ Shitty Barn w/ Dosh
Sept 17: saajtak @ Sonic Circuits Festival, Washington DC
Sept 14: Quartet with Dave Hurley, Dave Shettler, Rafael Statin: Solace Sessions @ Light Box, Detroit
Aug 21: Saajtak @ Trixie's Bar, Hamtramck, MI
Aug 13: Duo with Jon Taylor, w/ Asumaya @ Bottom Line Coffee, Detroit
Aug 12: Solo, opening for Jon Taylor's Mover @ Trinosophes, Detroit
Aug 5: With James Cornish Ensemble and Lisa Lamarr Dancers, Sidewalk Performing Arts Festival, Detroit
Aug 1: Saajtak @ Trumbullplex, Detroit, MI
July 28: Freedom House Benefit Concert, premiere of quartet written in dedication to Freedom House. @ Light Box, Detroit
July 24: Solo @ Lightbox, Detroit: Strange Music Cagematch
July 15: Lovely Socialite @ Art-In, Madison, WI: DoubleShark EP Release
July 13: Solo @ Alchemy, Madison, WI
July 12: Sies/Willis Duo @ Jazz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
July 11: Sies/Willis Duo @ Slate Arts, Chicago
July 8: Saajtak @ Trinosophes, Detroit
July 7: Saajtak @ UFO Factory, Detroit
June 30: Fallow Land @ Blind Pig, Ann Arbor, MI
June 17: Nerve @ Private Event, Ann Arbor, MI
June 16: Saajtak @ Ann Arbor Distilling, Ann Arbor, MI
June 13: Saajtak @ Kelly's, Hamtramck, MI
June 11: Saajtak @ Brillobox, Pittsburgh
June 8: Saajtak @ Blind Pig, Ann Arbor, MI
June 3: Saajtak @ UFO Factory, Detroit
May 21: Leo Johnson and the New Shoes Twin Peaks Party
Riverwest Public House, Milwaukee, WI
May 20: Saajtak presented by Detroit Bureau of Sound
May 13: Saajtak @ Marble Bar, Detroit
May 6: Saajtak @ Spread Art, Detroit
April 21: Legs (w/ Rachael Ahn Harbert and Jon Taylor) @Light Box, Detroit
April 15: Dance/Film with Alex Koi, James Cornish, Jon Taylor, Grand Rapids, MI
April 12: Solo at Trinosophes, Detroit, w/ Eric Arn
April 8: Solo at Secret Show in Ann Arbor (Inquire for details)
March 30: Saajtak @ El Club w/ Xiu Xiu, Detroit, MI
March 24: James Cornish's Drone @ Ann Arbor Distillery
March 23: Solo and w/ Rachel McIntosh, Solace Sessions, Detroit Bureau of Sound
DROBKA/WILLIS SOFT ALARM TOUR
March 15: Milwaukee, WI, West End Conservatory
March 16: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Improvisation Workshop
March 17: Lafayette, IN, The Spot
March 19: Cincinatti, OH, Golden Mean Arts
March 20: Chicago, IL, Elastic Arts
SAAJTAK SPOKES TOUR
Feb 23: Ann Arbor, Blind Pig
Feb 24: Cincinatti, OH, Golden Mean Arts
Feb 25: Washington D.C., Sonic Circuit
Feb 26: Fredericksburg, VA, UMW
Feb 27: Charlottesville, VA, Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar
Feb 28: Baltimore, MD, The Bun Shop
March 1: Brooklyn, NY, The Glove
March 2: Brooklyn, NY, ShapeShifter Lab
March 3: Pawtucket, RI, Machines With Magnets
March 4: Philadelphia, PA, Kung Fu Necktie
March 5: Pittsburgh, PA, Howlers
Feb 17: Saajtak @ WCBN Fundraiser, B-Side, Ann Arbor
Feb 9: Battleshags (duo with Jon Taylor), Spread Art@Detroit Contemporary
January 21: Nerve's Night School at Jam Handy, Detroit
2016
Oct. 29: Megan McDevitt DMA recital: bass quartet
Oct. 15: Premiering my composition for bass quartet, opening for Battle Trance at Trinosophes, Detroit
Sept 8, 11, 12, 13, 14: Wild Space Dance, Milwaukee
Sept 2: Saajtak at (freek jazz mini-fest), Spread Art @ Detroit Contemporary
Aug 24: Artist in Residence performance, Spread Art @ Detroit Contemporary:
presenting new compositions for Sextet, alongside fellow AIR, Molly Jones
Aug 11: Alex Koi Ensemble @ Harmony Park, Presented by Carr Center, Detroit
Aug 8: Anna Vogelzang @ Shitty Barn
Aug 7: Solo/duo w/ BC Grimm @ Bos Meadery, Madison, WI
Aug 6: Anna Vogelzang @ Mile of Music, Appleton, WI
Aug 5: Lovely Socialite @ High Noon Saloon, Madison, WI
Aug 4: Molly Jones Ensemble @ Harmony Park, Presented by Carr Center, Detroit
July 29: Ben Willis Quintet @ Spread Art@Detroit Contemporary
July 30: Saajtak @ Lutherfest, Ann Arbor
July 27: Lovely Socialite @ Shitty Barn
July 17: Saajtak @ Trumbullplex, Detroit
July 9: Saajtak @ Detroit Bureau of Sound, with Milwaukee's Tontine Ensemble
June 26-July 2: Lovely Socialite Midwest Tour:
June 26: Frequency, Madison
June 27: Anagram Series @ Elastic Arts, Chicago
June 28: TBA, Indianapolis
June 29: Space Bar, Columbus, OH
June 30: MOTR Pub, Cincinatti, OH
July 1: Kerrytown Concert House, Ann Arbor, MI
July 2: Trinosophes, Detroit
June 8: Trio w/ Jonathan Taylor, Derek Worthingon @ Canterbury House, Ann Arbor
w/ chamber ensemble Girlnoise
June 4: Thomas Bell performance, Spread Art@Detroit Contemporary
May 29: Chris Sies performs my piece 'moved by ambition, but also by and obscure loyalty' @ Constellation, Chicago
May 28: Duo w/ Nicole Patrick @ Canterbury House, Ann Arbor
w/ Carate Urio Orchestra
May 13: James Cornish Drone Opera @ MOCAD, Detroit
May 12: Saajtak @ Blind Pig, Ann Arbor
April 30: Saajtak @ Kelly's, Hamtramck
April 29: Solo performance, Detroit Bureau of Sound, Detroit
April 24: Trio with James Cornish/Yuri Papowycz @ Detroit Contemporary
April 22: Arbor Composers Collective @ Kerrytown Concert House
April 15: Detroit Free Arts Festival @ Detroit Contemporary
James Cornish Ensemble with Eric Schweizer, John Olson, Jordan Schrantz, and Lisa Lamarr-Wilmott, 8:00 PM
Duo with BC Grimm, 11:15 PM
April 14: Solo performance @ Trinosophes, Detroit w/ Jack Wright & Bob Marsh
April 8: Legs @ Detroit Contemporary
April 1-2: Threads All Arts Festival @ Yellow Barn, Ann Arbor
Solo Performance
Legs, trio w/ Jonathan Taylor and Rachael Ahn Harbert
Arbor Composers Collective
Improvising quartet, Stringreed
March 30: Sies/Willis Duo @ Kerrytown Concert House, Ann Arbor, MI w/ Piotr Michalowski's HBNY Ensemble
March 28: Saajtak @ Canterbury House, Ann Arbor
March 26: Lovely Socialite @ The Frequency, Madison, WI
March 25: Lovely Socialite @ Linneman's, Milwaukee
Feb. 27: Lovely Socialite @ An Evening at Maria's, Madison WI
Feb. 22: Eddie Goodman DMA recital: Milton Babbitt's All Set and John Zorn's Cobra
Feb. 14: Chris Sies premieres my solo percussion piece @ Trinosophes, Detroit
Feb. 13: Arbor Composers Collective @ Detroit Contemporary
Jan. 30: Saajtak @ Luther Co-op, Ann Arbor
Jan. 22: Colin Tucker's Maps of Disintegration and Forgetfulness, performed by bass quintet @ Trinosophes, Detroit
Jan. 9: bell monks EP release @ Audio for the Arts, Madison, WI
joining bell monks for their performance, as well as playing duo with Brian
Grimm
2015
Dec. 30: Creative Incubator @ Detroit Contemporary
Dec. 29: Duo with Derek Worthington, along with Thomas Bell+Valerie Kuehne @ Canterbury House
Dec. 4: Sies/Willis Duo @ Transistor, Chicago
Nov. 22: Peter Formanek Quartet @ Canterbury House, Ann Arbor
Nov. 14: Trio w/ Tim Haldeman, Jonathan Taylor @ Canterbury House, Ann Arbor
Nov. 13: Duo w/ Derek Worthington @ Canterbury House, Ann Arbor
Nov. 11: Solo performance @ Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, w/ Hero of Warchester
Nov. 10: Solo performance @ Trinosophes, Detroit, w/ Sapropelic Pycnic
Nov. 7: Battleshags @ Detroit Contemporary, w/ The Hero of Warchester, Mike Malis
Nov. 3: Trio w/ Rachael Ahn Harbert, movement, and Jonathan Taylor, percussion,
@Detroit Contemporary
Oct. 24: Saajtak @ POP X event, Liberty Square Plaza, Ann Arbor
Oct. 21: Arbor Composers Collective @ Edgefest, Kerrytown Concert House, Ann Arbor
Oct. 10: Lovely Socialite: Toxic Consonance Release Show! @ Bright Red Studios, Madison
Oct. 9: Lovely Socialite: Toxic Consonance Release Show! @ Company Brewing, MKE
Sept. 18: Saajtak @ Vail House w/ Throwaway
Sept. 14: Battleshags @ Trinosophes, Detroit
Sept. 12: Great Collapsing Hrung @ Canterbury House, Ann Arbor
Sept. 9: Battleshags @ The Blind Pig, opening for Throwaway album release
Sept. 5: Solo Performance @ Vail House, Ann Arbor
Sept. 3: Solo Performance, w/Taylor/Levine duo, Canterbury House, Ann Arbor
Aug. 30: Haldeman/Taylor/Willis Trio @ Jolly Pumpkin, Ann Arbor
Aug. 29: Playing the bass chair with rock band SAAJTAK @ Blind Pig, Ann Arbor
Aug. 22: Performing w/ Phillip Greenlief @ Detroit Contemporary, Detroit
Aug. 19: Campau St. Improvisers @ Lo and Behold! Records and Books
Aug. 12: Duo w/ Rachael Ahn Harbert, Trinosophes, Detroit
w/ Julian Lynch
Aug 1: Sidewalk Arts Festival, Detroit
July 19: Lovely Socialite @ Jazz Estate, Milwaukee
July 14: Solo performance @ Detroit Contemporary
July 10: Great Collapsing Hrung @ Contemporary Art Institute Detroit, with Buffalo-based ensemble null point
July 3: Lovely Socialite @ Johnson Public House, Madison, WI
June 14: Sies/Willis duo @ Canterbury House, opening for Rent Romus
June 3: Solo Performance @ International Society of Bassists Convention
Fort Collins, CO
June 2: Gloom in the Womb @ International Society of Bassists Convention
Fort Collins, CO
May 2: Great Collapsing Hrung @ Canterbury House, Ann Arbor
April 26: Solo Performance + duo w/ Chris Sies at Living Room Music salon series
April 25/26: Canterbury House Music Festival
12:00PM: Jonathan Taylor's Rocket to the Moon
5:00PM: James Cornish Ensemble
1:00AM: Great Collapsing Hrung
April 24 (Morning of April 25): Battleshags (duo with Jonathan Taylor) @ Dreamland Theater, Ypsilanti, for Totally Awesome Fest -- 1:30 AM
April 23: Zan Berry recital @ Yellow Barn, Ann Arbor
April 11: Motherfish @ Luther Co-op, Ann Arbor
April 9-11: Hillary Kooistra dance recital, University of Michigan
April 3: Great Collapsing Hrung @ Oz's Music, Ann Arbor, 8pm
April 1: Performance of improvisational opera in conjunction with Kelsey Museum's "Death Dogs" exhibit, @ Kelsey Museum, University of Michigan
March 27: Quartet with Eric Schweizer, Anthony Poretti, and Michael Malis
@ Radical Sounds Detroit, Detroit Contemporary
March 6: Trio w/ Jonathan Taylor and Tim Haldeman @ Rush St., Ann Arbor
7:30-10PM
ULYSSES TOUR:
March 9: Kirsten Carey's Ulysses Project in Lexington, KY
March 10: Kirsten Carey's Ulysses Project in Nashville, TN
March 11: Kirsten Carey's Ulysses Project in Oak Park, IL
Feb. 7: With James Cornish Ensemble @ Trinosophes, Detroit 7:00
Over The Pavement Music Festival
Jan. 30: Gloom in the Womb performs in dance piece @ Contemporary Art Institute Detroit, 8:00
Jan. 23: With James Cornish Ensemble @ Trinosophes, Detroit 8:00
Jan. 3: Lovely Socialite, w/ Netmoire trio and Tontine Ensemble
Mickey's Tavern, Madison 10:00
Jan. 2: Solo Performance, and improvisations with Amanda Schoofs, Brian Grimm
Good Style Shop, Madison 8:00
2014
Dec. 30: Lovely Socialite, w/ Mark Hetzler/Todd Hammes, Nude Human
The Frequency, Madison 8:00
Dec. 19: Great Collapsing Hrung @ Radical Sounds Detroit series
Contemporary Art Institute, Detroit 9:00PM
Dec. 13: Wet/Dry Mix Series --collaborative electroacoustic improvisations
Contemporary Art Institute, Detroit 8:00PM
Dec. 5: Premiere of Michael Malis's Binaries of Injustice
Contemporary Art Institute, Detroit 8:00PM
Nov. 19: Arbor Composers Collective
Canterbury House, 9:00PM
Nov. 5: Improvised set with James Cornish Group
Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, 9:00PM
October 29: Debut Performance of Kirsten Carey's Motherfish
Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, 9:30PM
October 25: Trio w/ Matt Daher & Kirsten Carey, Detroit, 8PM
Naming Ceremony for new venue in Detroit (Light Box)
October 24: Trio w/ Jonathan Taylor & Rachel Mazer
Elks Club, Ann Arbor, 7-10PM
October 18: Guest w/ University of Michigan Creative Arts Orchestra
Edgefest, Ann Arbor, 8:00PM
October 17: Battleshags @ Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, 8:00PM
w/ Bad Luck (Seattle)
October 16: Gloom in the Womb @ Edgefest
Kerrytown Concert House, 7:00PM
October 16: Premiere of Andrew Bishop's Low Life @ Edgefest
Kerrytown Concert House, 8:00PM
October 3: Solo Performance at Living Room Music Salon series, Ann Arbor
October 3: w/ Kirsten Carey @ Elks Club, Ann Arbor 7-10PM
Sept. 23: Trio with Jonathan Taylor and Luke Polipnick
House Show, Ann Arbor
Sept. 22: Trio with Jonathan Taylor and Luke Polipnick,
@ Detroit Contemporary
Sept. 19: Solo performance @ Canterbury House, Ann Arbor
w/Tatsuya Nakatani and Shells
Sept 6: Lords and Ladies (Trio with Eric Schweizer and Derek Worthington)
@ Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, w/ Throwaway
August 28: Dietrich Gosser @ High Noon Saloon, Madison, WI
August 27: Lovely Socialite @ Mickey's Tavern, Madison, WI
August 23: Dietrich Gosser @ Rock County Folk Symposium
August 16: Trio w/ Mike Malis and Jonathan Taylor
@ We Are All Gaza: Benefit and Fundraiser @ Arab American National Museum, Dearborn, MI 5:00PM
July 28: Great Collapsing Hrung @ Canterbury House, Ann Arbor
w/ Team Players (NYC) and Liver Quiver (Columbus)
July 25: Jonathan Taylor Quartet, with Andrew Bishop and Tim Haldeman, Elks Club, Ann Arbor
June 11: Trio with Roman Stolyar and Dave Haughey, Cliff Bells, Detroit
June 7: ISIM Conference at New School, NYC, w/ Gloom in the Womb (duo with Betsy Soukup)
April 26: Betsy Soukup DMA recital, Ann Arbor
March 29: Chris Sies Recital, Macintosh Theater, Ann Arbor, 2PM
March 27: Arbor Composers Collective @ 412 N. Thayer, Ann Arbor
w/ Mark Snyder
March 19: Eric Schweizer Recital, Canterbury House, Ann Arbor
March 15: Kirsten Carey Recital, Canterbury House, Ann Arbor
Feb. 22: Betsy Soukup's DMA Recital, playing Scodanibbio's Alisei,
BAM Organ Hall, University of Michigan
Feb. 8: U-Michigan Creative Arts Orchestra @ UM Jazz Fest
Feb. 6-8: Performing Matti Kovler's Unbearable Lightness for bass septet,
along with Bill DeYoung's choreography
@ Power Center, Ann Arbor
Feb. 27: !i.ii!!i.!!ii!!i.i!!i!!i.iii!.!i!i!i!i, improvisation structure for doom
ensemble, my MM Improvisation recital. UM Rehearsal Hall, Moore Building, 10PM
Jan. 26: Kong Must Dead @ Constellation, Chicago, w/ Elliot Cole
Jan. 1: Solo Performance @ Shockrasonica, Madison, w/ Stray Passage
2013
Dec. 13: Arbor Composers Collective and Cicadas of the Sea @ Canterbury House, 8:00PM
Nov. 16: Solos/Duos/Trios with Nick Zoulek, saxophone and Kirsten Carey, guitar. Kerrytown Concert House, 5:00 PM
Nov. 15: University of Michigan Contemporary Directions Ensemble, McIntosh Theater, 8:00PM
Nov. 13: WCBN Local Music Show Ann Arbor, 9:00PM (88.7FM, www.wcbn.org)
Nov. 9: Lovely Socialite @ Mickey's Tavern, Madison w/ Us, Today 9:00PM
Nov. 8: Lovely Socialite @ Yield Bar in Milwaukee w/ Us, Today 9:00PM
Oct. 27: Lords and Ladies, w/Howdy Neighbor! @ Canterbury House, Ann rbor, 9:00PM
Oct. 27: Betsy Soukup's DMA bass recital, Britton Hall, 4:00 PM
Oct.. 24/25: Corey Smith's A a a A abacus at the Duderstadt Video Studio, Ann Arbor
Oct. 5: Ulysses Project album release concert, Kerrytown Concert House, Ann Arbor
Sept. 14: Solo Set @ House Show, Ypsilanti, MI w/ Freeman/Borden/Cain trio
Aug 19: Great Collapsing Hrung @ Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, w/ Dietrich Gosser
Aug 12: Trio w/ Zane Merritt/TJ Borden (Buffalo, NY) @ Canterbury House, Ann Arbor
Aug 8-10: LOST CITY MUSIC FESTIVAL, Madison, WI
Aug: 8: 8:00, High Noon Saloon, bell monks
Aug. 8 9:00, High Noon Saloon, Lovely Socialite Mrs. Thomas W. Phipps
Aug 10 7:15, Bright Red Studios, John Praw and the North American Council for a Moonless Tomorrow
Aug 10 8:30, Bright Red Studios, Watercourse Quartet w/ DB Pedersen
Aug 10 9:30, Bright Red Studios, Weather Duo
Aug 4: Trophies for Trying (trio w/ Kirsten Carey, Jonathan Taylor) @ Somethin' Jazz Club, NYC 9PM $10
July 15-Aug 3: BANG ON A CAN SUMMER FESTIVAL @ MASS MoCA!
July 22: Improvisation with David Sanchez, 1:30PM
July 24: Amanda Schoofs' Fragility of Permanence for solo bass, 1:30PM
July 25: Original Composition, touch, with ensemble of fellows and faculty, 1:30PM
July 25: Yo Shakespeare in Michael Gordon composition recital, 4:30PM
July 26: Cheating,Lying,Stealing in David Lang composition recital, 4:30PM
July 30: Heat Death Ensemble (trio w/ Adrianne Pope and Ted Babcock) 1:30PM
July 30: Bass Quartet with Gregg August, 4:30PM
July 31: Exquisite Corpse premiere, 1:30PM
Aug 1: Debut of Compartment Building, a new band @ Chalet Concert, 8:00PM
Aug 2: Set of Middle Eastern tunes
Aug 3: BOAC Marathon Concert 4-10PM
July 7: Watercourse Quartet Moonish Lodestar Album Release at Dobra Tea, Madison, WI
July 6: w/ Amanda Schoofs @ Sugar Maple, Milwaukee, WI
July 5: Lovely Socialite, Milwaukee, WI
July 4: Lovely Socialite @ The Frequency, Madison WI
May 30: Solo Set w/ Horner/Haughey/Worthington trio @ Canterbury House, Ann Arbor
May 21: Men of the Cloth @ Le Dog w/ John Horner, Ann Arbor
May 9: w/ Ian Finkelstein Trio @ Cliff Bell's, Detroit
May 4: Duo with guitarist Zane Merritt @ Unity Church, Buffalo, NY
April 27: Dave Haughey Master's of Improvisation recital, Kerrytown Concert House, Ann Arbor, 5:00PM
April 25: Great Collapsing Hrung @ Encore Records, Ann Arbor 7:00PM
April 14: University of Michigan Jazz Showcase Concert, Stamps Auditorium, Ann Arbor
April 13: 8:00pm, Jon Taylor senior jazz recital, Canterbury House, Ann Arbor
April 13: 2:00pm, Eddie Goodman, Master's Jazz saxophone recital, Kerrytown Concert House, Ann Arbor
April 11: Great Collapsing Hrung @ Canterbury House, Ann Arbor (w/ CJ Boyd)
April 9: University of Michigan Digital Music Ensemble, w/ guests Elliott Sharp and Henry Grimes, Duderstadt Center
April 5-6: 24-Hour Improvisation Concert, Canterbury House, Ann Arbor
APPEARANCES:
11:00PM, w/ Diana Sussman
12:00AM w/Midnight Swords (Dave Haughey, vcl; Jon Taylor, dr. feat. Nawal Singh, tabla)
2:00AM Arbor Composers' Collective
3:00AM Men of the Cloth
5:00AM Nawal Singh, tabla
12:00PM Kirsten Carey's Ulysses Project
1:00PM Lords and Ladies (trio w/ Derek Worthington, trpt; Eric Schweizer, cl.)
April 2: UM Digital Music Ensemble -- Premiering my composition, We Are What We Eat (and we're eating ourselves) w/ Anna Weisling
April 5: Demetrius Nabors Master's Jazz piano recital, University of Michigan
March 30: University of Michigan Creative Arts Orchestra, featuring Thollem McDonas, Kerrytown Concert House, Ann Arbor
March 29: Billy D. Scott Master's Jazz Piano recital, McIntosh Theater, University of Michigan
March 23: UM Performing Arts Technology showcase concert, w/ Digital Music Ensemble
March 21st: UM Creative Arts Orchestra, McIntosh Theater, University of Michigan
March 17th: Sympathy Swimmers at Electronic Music Midwest, Kalamazoo
March 16th: Sympathy Swimmers at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor
Feb. 3: Arbor Composers Collective at Kerrytown Concert House, Ann Arbor
Jan. 21st: Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration Concert, Power Center Auditorium, Ann Arbor
Jan. 18th: Stone Lillies (trio w/ Pat Booth, sax, Jon Taylor, drums) at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor
2012
Dec. 6: Performing in the Premiere of a piece by Ed Sarath, UM Hill Auditorium
November 18th: Quartet w/ Mark Kirschenmann (tpt), Matt Endahl (pno), Jon Taylor (dr) @ Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI w/ Tatsuya Nakatani
November 15: University of Michigan Creative Arts Orchestra @ McIntosh Theater, UM Campus
November 9: Performing with Anna Weisling and Eric Sheffield @ Electroacoustic Barn Dance, Fredericksburg, VA
November 3: Creative Arts Orchestra w/ Wadada Leo Smith @ Edge Fest, Ann Arbor, MI
October 26: Great Collapsing Hrung at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI
October 13: Watercourse Quartet @ Dobra Tea, Madison WI
September 20: Joining the Woody Plants in performance @ Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI
September 10: Trio w/ Pat Booth, Jon Taylor @ LeDog, Ann Arbor, MI, w/ Sons of Daughters
August 11: Lovely Socialite @ Project Lodge -- Goodbye for now show!
August 9: Watercourse Quartet @ Dobra Tea, w/ Thollem McDonas, Brothers Grimm
August 2: Soft Alarm: Trio w/ Devin Drobka and Amanda Schoofs @ Project Lodge
August 1: Lovely Socialite @ Memorial Union Terrace w/ Control
July 31: Dietrich Gosser at Mickey's Tavern, 10:30pm
July 29: Solo show at the Anna Lee, Madison
July 25: Weather Duo @ Project Lodge w/ Five Dollar Ferrari! (Surrounded by Reality)
July 20th: Anna Vogelzang at Project Lodge, w/ Count This Penny, Robby Hecht
July 17th: Siblings and Dietrich Gosser at Mickey's Tavern, 10pm
July 10th: Dietrich Gosser at Mickey's Tavern, 10pm
LOST CITY MUSIC FEST APPEARANCES:
July 6: Weather Duo Improv Seminar at Project Lodge
July 6: Siblings @ Audio for the Arts
July 6: Watercourse Quartet @ Audio for the Arts
July 6: Glacier @ Audio for the Arts
July 7: Lovely Socialite @ Project Lodge
July 5: w/ Jeremiah Nelson and Dan Kuemmel @ Memorial Union Terrace
June 22: Weather Duo @ Redamte w/ Shana Falana
June 16: Siblings @ Project Lodge, w/ Anna Vogelzang, Dietrich Gosser, River Whyless (Asheville, NC)
June 9: Glacier @ Project Lodge, w/ Tony Barba Trio (CHI)
June 5: Watercourse Quartet @ Gates of Heaven, w/ Anonymous Choir
June 4: Weather Duo @ Project Lodge, w/ C.J. Boyd and Asumaya
May 27: Lovely Socialite @ Root Note, La Crosse, WI
May 26: Lovely Socialite @ Acadia Cafe, Minneapolis
May 23: Weather Duo @ Shitty Barn, Spring Green, w/ Anna Vogelzang
ANNA VOGELZANG TOUR! (heading east leg)
April 15: Subterranean, Chicago
April 16: The Pour House, Bloomington, IN
April 17: The Fire House, North Manchester, IN
April 18: The Brass Rail, Fort Wayne, IN
April 23: O'Shea's, Louisville, KY
April 24: Preservation Pub, Knoxville, TN
April 25: Harmony House, Knoxville, TN
April 26: The Bywater, Asheville, NC
April 27: The Root Bar, Asheville, NC
April 28: The Green Bean, Greensboro, NC
April 29: Fairgrounds, Norfolk, VA
April 30: Random Row Books, Charlottesville, VA
May 2: Stone Room House Concert, Falls Church, VA
May 3: Burlap and Bean, Philadelphia, PA
May 4: SUNY Binghamton
May 5: The Living Room, NYC
May 10: Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
May 11: House Concert, Providence, RI
May 12: The Hive, Kennebunk, ME
May 16: Garfield Artworks, Pittsburgh, PA
May 17: Stone Tavern, Kent, OH
May 18: Woodruff's, Ypsilanti, MI
April 21: Anna Vogelzang @ Union Theater, Madison w/ Sara Bareilles
April 14: Anna Vogelzang at High Noon Saloon, Madison
April 13: Watercourse Quartet at Flexuous--Interactive art exhibit at the Commonwealth Gallery, Madison
April 12: Anna Vogelzang @ Linneman's, Milwaukee
April 7: Weather Duo at Redamte Coffee Shop
April 5: Polipnick/Willis Duo at Audio for the Arts, w/ Kirk Knuffke and Deric Dickens Duo
April 4: Glacial Wednesday, featuring Louka Patenoude
April 3: Siblings (w/ Page Foster) at Mickey's Tavern
March 30: Lovely Socialite Album release show at Dragonfly Lounge
March 28: Glacial Wednesday at Dragonfly Lounge, Featuring Todd Hammes
March 27: Watercourse Quartet @ Dobrá Tea House w/ Timbre, Samuel Lockridge
March 25: Lovely Socialite @ High Noon Saloon, 7pm
March 24: Jazz Sports! @ Bourbon Street Grille, w/ Universe Contest
March 21: Glacial Wednesday at Dragonfly Lounge
March 17: Weather Duo at Audio for the Arts, w/ Jaap Blonk, 8pm
March 14: Glacial Wednesday at Dragonfly Lounge, featuring Yid Vicious
March 13: Lovely Socialite @ Mickey's Tavern, 10pm
March 8: Watercourse Quartet @ Dobra Tea, Madison, 6-9pm
March 7: Anna Vogelzang @ Frequency, w/ Laura Gibson and Ava Luna
March 3: Watercourse at Gates of Heaven Synagogue, w/ Ephemeral Art Dance
ANNA VOGELZANG TOUR! (midwest leg)
Feb 8: Marquette, MI @ Up Front and Company
Feb 9: Eau Claire, WI @ Acoustic Cafe
Feb 10: Minneapolis, MN @ Bryant Lake Bowl
Feb 11: La Crosse, WI @ The Root Note
Feb 12: Winona, MN @ Acoustic Cafe
Feb 16: Dubuque, IA @ Monks Kaffee Pub
Feb 17: Iowa City, IA @ The Mill
Feb 18: Rock Island, IL @ Rozz Tox
Feb 22-25: Memphis, TN @ Folk Alliance International
January 31st, Page Foster at Mickey's Tavern
January 21st, Anna Vogelzang at Majestic Theater - Project Lodge Benefit Show!
January 19th, Weather Duo at Dragonfly Lounge w/ Pillars and Tongues
January 18th, Glacier Wednesday at Dragonfly Lounge
January 11th, Glacier Wednesday at Dragonfly Lounge
January 16th, Watercourse Quartet at Dobra Tea
January 15th, Weather Duo at Broom Street Theater
January 13th, Page Foster at Wild Hog in the Woods
January 5th, Lovely Socialite at Dragonfly Lounge
January 3rd, Lovely Socialite and Jazz Sports! at Mickey's Tavern
2011
December 20th, Weather Duo on Mad Toast Live, Brink Lounge, Madison
December 19th, Watercourse 4tet at Project Lodge with Ephemeral Art
December 17th, Lovely Socialite at Dragonfly Lounge
December 16th, Glacier at Audio for the Arts w/ Friction Brothers
December 5th, Weather Duo at High Noon Saloon, w/ Fort Wilson Riot, Asumaya
December 1-4, Knotcracker at the Overture Center
November 18th, Weather Duo at the University of Wisconsin, Whitewater w/bell monks
November 14th, Glacier at the Skylark, Chicago
November 11th, Glacier at Redamte with Asumaya, Chants
November 8th, Lovely Socialite at Mickey's Tavern with Control
October 30th, Weather Duo at the CD Cellar, Arlington, VA
October 28th, Weather Duo at Electroacoustic Barn Dance in Fredericksburg, VA
:::Playing an after hours concert at EyeClops Gallery festival hosted by composer Mark Snyder
October 22nd, Glacier at Buraka, with Arp of the Covenant, 9pm
October 15th, Page Foster at Mother Fool's
October 14th, Buraka Late Night with Weather Duo, Brothers Grimm
October 12th, Lovely Socialite at High Noon Saloon, opening for DESSA
October 8th, Glacier at the Frequency, with Todd Clouser's Love Electric, Carla Bozulich
September 28th, electroacousmatica!
:::A house salon-type electroacoustic concert, featuring Mark Snyder, Jeff Herriott, Trevor Saint, Gregory Taylor, and the Weather Duo!
September 26th, Watercourse Quartet at Project Lodge, with Perpetual Dusk at Curtsy Caverns, Pushmi-Pullyu, Tom Teslik
September 16th, Glacier at the Sett, opening for A Hawk and A Hacksaw, 9pm
September 11th, Weather Duo and Crane Your Swan Neck, with David Dondero and Pioneer
:::Potluck acoustic living room show at 13 S. Hancock St.
September 8th, Weather Duo at Audio for the Arts with Slow Skate, bell monks
:::Anna's going away show! The last Weather Duo performance before Anna goes to Ireland.
September 5th, Weather Duo at Dobra Tea House with Brothers Grimm, Madison
August 28th, Lovely Socialite and Watercourse Quartet playing a party at Dobra Tea House
August 25th and 26th, Weather Duo with Cycropia Aerial Dance, Orton Park Festival, Madison
:::We're playing music for some stilt-walking transitions throughout the show, as well as a couple of live pieces!
August 20th, Watercourse Quartet, private event, Minneapolis
August 12th, Crane Your Swan Neck at High Noon Saloon
August 9th, Glacier at Jerry's, Chicago
August 4th, Weather Duo at Monk's Kaffee Pub, Dubuque
August 3rd, Crane Your Swan Neck at Memorial Union Terrace, 8pm
July 22nd, Lovely Socialite at Memorial Union Terrace, 5-7pm
:::Playing for the Behind the Beat series
July 17th, Weather Duo at Dobra Tea House, with Brothers Grimm 6-9pm
July 15th, Socialite Quartet at Union South, 4:30 - 6:30
July 13th, Weather Duo, Project Lodge, Madison
:::With the really cool Indianapolis band Slothpop
July 9th, Weather Duo @ THORPS, 8pm
Weather Duo and Chants present a benefit concert for the Underground Kitchen
July 9th, Weather Duo and Classical Revolution, Grace Church, 11:30AM
:::Classical Revolution presents a program of "Sound Painting" during Madison's Art Fair on the Square
July 2nd, Weather Duo ProjectFest, The General Store, Spring Green
:::Arts festival in Spring Green, WI
June 30th, Lovely Socialite Mrs. Thomas W. Phipps at Lothlorien, 8p
w/ bell monks and a special appearance by John Praw
June 24th, Weather Duo at Project Lodge
With awesome composer/instrument builder Jazari from Mpls, and Asumaya
June 20th, Crane Your Swan Neck at Project Lodge
w/ Portland's Southerly
June 19th, Crane Your Swan Neck at High Noon
Rockin it for Vegan Fest afterparty.
June 18th, Crane Your Swan Neck at Project Lodge
w/ David Dondero, Anna Vogelzang
June 11th, Glacier (Polipnick/Willis/Brady trio) at Frederic March Play Circle, 10pm
With the awesome sounds of NYC's Zodiac Ensemble
June 10th, Weather Duo at Lothlorien Co-op, Madison
Returning to our old stomping ground! Also playing will be Croaker and Jimmy Murn and the Heymakers
June 9th, Shtetlblasters at High Noon Saloon
Quirky show with progsters Kitty Rhombus and weirdos Dharmonic Deluxe
June 5th, Project Lodge, Madison-- Weather Duo
With our friends bell monks, and awesome Virginia band Nash Smith and Ganges
June 4th, Just Coffee Co-op, Madison, afternoon festival
Playing sets with Thistle and Thorns and Page Foster
June 3rd, Lovely Socialite at The Root Note, La Crosse
Lovely Socialite Mrs. Thomas W. Phipps makes a jag to blow some minds in La Crosse.
May 26th, Glacier at Audio for the Arts, Madison, 7:30pm
Debuting a new trio with guitarist Luke Polipnick and drummer Geoff Brady--opening for the awesome band Father Figures from NYC. Presented by Surrounded by Reality.
May 22nd, Shtetlblasters at WORT Block party, Madison
Killing one of the most popular street festivals in Madison
May 15th, Weather Duo at Project Lodge, Madison, 9:00pm
w/ the free jazz group Great Architect, guitarist Luke Polipnick
May 11th, Lovely Socialite at Frequency, Madison 8:30pm start
May 5th, Shtetlblasters at Argus, Madison 10pm
April 30th, Weather Duo at Plan B, Madison, 8p
In a vaudeville lineup coordinated by New Muse - wild and crazy night!
April 29th, Sympathy Swimmers, Project Lodge, Madison
We Can and We Must joins our quartet for a show in Madison. This is going to be killer.
April 28, Sympathy Swimmers, Minneapolis, MN, Bryant Lake Bowl
Performing electroacoustic music with Jeff Herriott, Eric Sheffield, Anna Weisling, with the really exciting duo We Can And We Must details
April 26th, Lovely Socialite, Mickey's Tavern, 10:00PM
Lovely Socialite Mrs. Thomas W. Phipps is playing Honky Tonk Tuesdays with Jeremiah Nelson
April 26, Mills Hall, University of Wisconsin Madison, 11:00AM
Performing Stravinsky's L'Histoire du Soldat on Douglas Lindsey's DMA trumpet recital. Intense!
THISTLE AND THORNS EARTH DAY TOUR!
April 22nd, IMC, Urbana, IL
April 21st, Donnie's Homespun, Decatur, IL
April 20th, Just Coffee Co-op, Madison, WI
April 20th, State Capitol, Madison WI, North Public hearing room
April 19th, River West Public House, Milwaukee, WI
April 18th, Cranky Pat's, Neenah, WI
April 17th, Kitty Cat Klub, Minneapolis
April 16th, University of Minnesota
April 15th, The Root Note, LaCrosse, WI
April 14th, Driftless Books, Viroqua, WI
April 13, Weather Duo at the Project Lodge, Madison
With Seattle band Slow Skate. Check them out! Also, our friend Asumaya, who is great.
March 28, House Concert
Weather Duo coordinated a house concert for traveling string metal band Judgement Day. Manmouth played a killer set as well.
March 23, Morphy Hall, University of Wisconsin Madison, 8:30pm
Performing Piazzola's Milonga del Angel on Matthew Mireles' DMA Euphonium Recital. Hot!
SHTETLBLASTERS TOUR!
March 12, Madison, WI @Project Lodge
March 13, Milwaukee, WI @Circle A Cafe
March 16, Boston, MA @PA's Lounge
March 17th, New York City @Mehanata
March 18th, Oberlin, OH @Slow Train Cafe
March 19th, Chicago @Reggie's
March 9, The Project Lodge, Madison; Weather Duo
Playing with experimental artist DREKKA and saxophonist Patrick Breiner as Vartan Mamigonian
March 3-5, Wisconsin Union Theater, Rocky Horror Picture Show
Playing in the pit for University Theater's revival of the stage production. This will be great.
Feb. 15, The Brink Lounge, Madison : Thistle and the Thorns & Shtetlblasters 6pm
Playing for Mad Toast Live, a live music podcast--I'll be playing with both bands that night!
Feb. 11, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art; New Muse 6:30pm
I'll be performing Tom Johnson's piece, "Failing, a Very Difficult Piece for Solo String Bass"
Jan. 11: Project Lodge, Madison; Lovely Socialite Mrs. Thomas W. Phipps
Debut performance in a new arrangement! We worked up some tunes for this one. Also playing: Asumaya
2010
Dec. 29th: Glass Nickel Pizza, Weather Duo and Shtetlblasters
A me double header! Both groups I play with doing a joint show.
Dec. 17th: Cole's Bar, Chicago; The Shtetlblasters
Makin' more people dance in another big Midwestern city!
Dec. 16: The Medusa, Minneapolis; The Shtetlblasters with Kitty Rhombus
Returning to good old MN a week later to what is presumably a rock club. Should be interesting.
Dec. 10-23: A Wonderful Life @ the Capital Theater with Children's Theater of Madison
Playin' in the pit! The musical adaption of that heartwarming holiday classic about suicide and bankruptcy.
Dec. 8: The Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis; Weather Duo with Dark Dark Dark, Brute Heart
Weather Duo's been invited to play in Minneapolis! This is a really exciting show for us.
Dec. 7: UW Whitewater; exit crafting
Performing for a few classes with Anna Weisling and Eric Sheffield the piece we premiered at EAJJ.
Dec. 6: Live Stream from WYOU: The Weather Duo, 7:20pm
Madison's finest community TV station is holding a fundraiser. Please support the station! It will be streamed live HERE.
Dec. 4-5: The Overture Center, Li Chiao-Ping's The Knotcracker
Along with Matan Rubinstein and Pat Reinholz I'm contributing music. This is crazy!
Nov. 19-20: Wisconsin Union Theater, Weather Duo and students of Li Chiao-Ping
The Weather Duo is doing original music for a piece choreographed by Li Chiao-Ping at the UW Dance Faculty Recital
Nov. 12: University of North Alabama with Eric Sheffield, Anna Weisling
We will be premiering the collaborative piece exit crafting at the Electroacoustic Juke Joint festival.
Nov. 7: The Frequency, as Lovely Socialite Mrs. Thomas W. Phipps
Getting our skronk out. Also playing: Pushmi-Pullyu, El-Tin Fun
Nov. 6: The Project Lodge; Weather Duo with Fort Wilson Riot, Town Monster, and Asumaya
Another great show at the ProLo with some great bands! 7:30, $6
Tuesday, Oct. 26: Steve Lewis composition recital, Morphy Hall, Humanities Building, UW-Madison, 7:30p
New music ensemble Downbeat Means Attack will premiering Steve Lewis's "Preludes."
Thursday, Oct. 21: W/ Thistle at Ambrosia Co-op
Radical times with folk singer Thistle. http://www.thistlespace.org/
Thursday, Oct. 7: Dylan Chmura-Moore's DMA recital, Morphy Recital Hall, Humanities Building, UW-Madison
I'll be joining Dylan for a performance of FITTINGinSIDE by Stefan Prins. This will be wild!
Sunday, Oct. 3: Weather Duo at the Project Lodge, Madison, w/ Dark Dark Dark!
The Project Lodge wanted to look 'outside the box' for openers for Dark Dark Dark, and they found it. Dark Dark Dark is a favorite band of mine, so I'm pretty psyched.
Friday, Oct. 1: The Weather Duo at the Sugar Maple in Milwaukee, 8pm
The Weather Duo's Milwaukee premiere--free!
2018
Jan 11: saajtak @ PJ's Lager House, Detroit
Jan 25: saajtak @ Trixie's, Hamtramck
Jan 26: saajtak @ University of Michigan SMTD
Feb 9: saajtak @ Ghost Light, Hamtramck
Feb 10: Betsy Soukup w/ band @ Outer Limits Lounge, Hamtramck
Feb 23: saajtak @ Ziggy's, Ypsilanti, MI
Feb 22: w/ Adam Shead @ Ziggy's, Ypsilanti, MI
Feb 25: saajtak @ Howlers, Pittsburgh
Feb 27: Betsy Soukup Band @ Spread Art, Detroit
March 2: Success and Opportunity Band Premiere at Ziggy's, Ypsilanti, MI
March 5: Great Collapsing Hrung @ Fire Music Mondays, Trixie's, Hamtramck
March 6: saajtak @ Rick's, Ann Arbor
March 11: saajtak @ Threads All-Arts Festival, Ypsilanti
March 16: w/ Nick Zoulek and Alex Koi, Ziggy's, Ypsilanti
March 20: w/ John Sinclair and David Hurley, Ziggy's, Ypsilanti
March 25: saajtak @ Ann Arbor Film Fest 2018 final afterparty
March 28: Throwaway @ The Loving Touch, Ferndale
March 29: saajtak @ House Show, Detroit
April 5: Quartet w/ Alex Koi, Kirsten Carey, Phil Sudderberg @ Comfort Station, Chicago
April 7: saajtak @ Slate Arts, Chicago
April 20: Quintet w/ John Sinclair, David Hurley, Kenn Thomas, Baptiste Joalland @ Trixies, Hamtramck
April 23: solo @ Spread Art, Detroit w/ Molly Jones, Kirsten Cary, Matt Blair
April 24: Quartet w/ Peter Formanek, Cory Tripathy, Josh Harlow @ Ziggy's, Ypsilanti
April 28: Piotr Michalowski Ensemble @ Ziggy's, Ypsilanti
May 1: solo @ Trinosophes, Detroit w/ Anteloper
May 8: Battleshags @ Spread Art
May 10: Great Collapsing Hrung @ Ziggy's, Ypsilanti
May 17: Ensemble with Eli Namay @Ziggy's, Ypsilanti
May 19: saajtak tour kickoff @ Ghostlight, Hamtramck, MI
May 20: Betsy Soukup Band @ Dolores, Ypsilanti
May 29: saajtak @ Washington DC
May 30: saajtak @ Black Iris, Richmond, VA
May 31: saajtak @ The Crown, Baltimore
June 2: saajtak @ Secret Project Robot, NYC
June 3: saajtak @ Alchemy, Providence
June 6: saajtak at The Sanctuary, Hamtramck
June 7-10: Solo @ Re:Sound Festival, Cleveland
June 19: w/ Michael Malis @ Spread Art, Detroit
June 20: saajtak @ Top of the Park, Ann Arbor, MI
June 24: Terry Riley's In C @ Trinosophes, Detroit
June 28: saajtak Hectic EP release show @ El Club, Detroit
July 5: Oluyemi Quartet @ Ziggy's, Ypsilanti
July 6: Oluyemi Quartet @ Trinosophes, Detroit
July 14: saajtak @ Loving Touch, Ferndale w/Bent Knee, Summer Like the Season
Matt Endahl Doomsday Philharmonic Tour
July 22: Outskirts Music Series, Brooklyn, NY
July 23: Unitarian Universalist Church, Buffalo, NY
July 24: Elastic Arts, Chicago
July 25: Mexicains Sans Frontières, Grand Rapids, MI
July 26: Trinosophes, Detroit
July 27: Kirsten Carey's Uruboros Sextet @ Ziggy's, Ypsilanti
Aug 2: saajtak @ Blind Pig, Ann Arbor
Aug 6: trio w/ Joo Won Park, Derek Worthington @ Fire Music Mondays, Trixies, Hamtramck
2017
Dec 22: Solo @ Slate Arts, Chicago
Dec 18: duo w/ Nicole Patrick @ Fire Music Mondays, Trixie's, Hamtramck
Dec 21: Great Collapsing Hrung @ Trinosophes, Detroit
Dec 15: saajtak @ Korner Bar, Hamtramck, MI
Dec 9: Betsy Soukup and band at Trinosophes, Detroit
Nov 12: saajtak @ Art In, Madison, WI
Nov 11: saajtak @ Cactus Club, Milwaukee, WI
Nov 6: Solo performance at House Show, Ann Arbor
Nov 3: Lovely Socialite at UW-Madison Fredrick March Play Circle
Nov 1: Improvisation workshop at UW-Whitewater
Oct 31: Solo Performance at UW-Whitewater
Oct 30: Fire Music Monday at Trixie's Bar, Hamtramck
Oct 14: Dave Hurley's Outer Nebula Quartet, Trinosophes, Detroit
Oct 13: saajtak @ Encore Records, Ann Arbor
Sept 28: James Cornish Ensemble, Psy Jazz @ Trixie's Bar, Hamtramck, MI
Sept 24: Strange Beautiful Music @ MOCAD: Saajtak plays closing set
Sept 23: Strange Beautiful Music @ DSO Cube: Solo set and duo with Clem Fortuna
Sept 22-23: DLectricity Festival, presenting live score for a film by Pope.L
Sept 20: Lovely Socialite @ Shitty Barn w/ Dosh
Sept 17: saajtak @ Sonic Circuits Festival, Washington DC
Sept 14: Quartet with Dave Hurley, Dave Shettler, Rafael Statin: Solace Sessions @ Light Box, Detroit
Aug 21: Saajtak @ Trixie's Bar, Hamtramck, MI
Aug 13: Duo with Jon Taylor, w/ Asumaya @ Bottom Line Coffee, Detroit
Aug 12: Solo, opening for Jon Taylor's Mover @ Trinosophes, Detroit
Aug 5: With James Cornish Ensemble and Lisa Lamarr Dancers, Sidewalk Performing Arts Festival, Detroit
Aug 1: Saajtak @ Trumbullplex, Detroit, MI
July 28: Freedom House Benefit Concert, premiere of quartet written in dedication to Freedom House. @ Light Box, Detroit
July 24: Solo @ Lightbox, Detroit: Strange Music Cagematch
July 15: Lovely Socialite @ Art-In, Madison, WI: DoubleShark EP Release
July 13: Solo @ Alchemy, Madison, WI
July 12: Sies/Willis Duo @ Jazz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
July 11: Sies/Willis Duo @ Slate Arts, Chicago
July 8: Saajtak @ Trinosophes, Detroit
July 7: Saajtak @ UFO Factory, Detroit
June 30: Fallow Land @ Blind Pig, Ann Arbor, MI
June 17: Nerve @ Private Event, Ann Arbor, MI
June 16: Saajtak @ Ann Arbor Distilling, Ann Arbor, MI
June 13: Saajtak @ Kelly's, Hamtramck, MI
June 11: Saajtak @ Brillobox, Pittsburgh
June 8: Saajtak @ Blind Pig, Ann Arbor, MI
June 3: Saajtak @ UFO Factory, Detroit
May 21: Leo Johnson and the New Shoes Twin Peaks Party
Riverwest Public House, Milwaukee, WI
May 20: Saajtak presented by Detroit Bureau of Sound
May 13: Saajtak @ Marble Bar, Detroit
May 6: Saajtak @ Spread Art, Detroit
April 21: Legs (w/ Rachael Ahn Harbert and Jon Taylor) @Light Box, Detroit
April 15: Dance/Film with Alex Koi, James Cornish, Jon Taylor, Grand Rapids, MI
April 12: Solo at Trinosophes, Detroit, w/ Eric Arn
April 8: Solo at Secret Show in Ann Arbor (Inquire for details)
March 30: Saajtak @ El Club w/ Xiu Xiu, Detroit, MI
March 24: James Cornish's Drone @ Ann Arbor Distillery
March 23: Solo and w/ Rachel McIntosh, Solace Sessions, Detroit Bureau of Sound
DROBKA/WILLIS SOFT ALARM TOUR
March 15: Milwaukee, WI, West End Conservatory
March 16: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Improvisation Workshop
March 17: Lafayette, IN, The Spot
March 19: Cincinatti, OH, Golden Mean Arts
March 20: Chicago, IL, Elastic Arts
SAAJTAK SPOKES TOUR
Feb 23: Ann Arbor, Blind Pig
Feb 24: Cincinatti, OH, Golden Mean Arts
Feb 25: Washington D.C., Sonic Circuit
Feb 26: Fredericksburg, VA, UMW
Feb 27: Charlottesville, VA, Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar
Feb 28: Baltimore, MD, The Bun Shop
March 1: Brooklyn, NY, The Glove
March 2: Brooklyn, NY, ShapeShifter Lab
March 3: Pawtucket, RI, Machines With Magnets
March 4: Philadelphia, PA, Kung Fu Necktie
March 5: Pittsburgh, PA, Howlers
Feb 17: Saajtak @ WCBN Fundraiser, B-Side, Ann Arbor
Feb 9: Battleshags (duo with Jon Taylor), Spread Art@Detroit Contemporary
January 21: Nerve's Night School at Jam Handy, Detroit
2016
Oct. 29: Megan McDevitt DMA recital: bass quartet
Oct. 15: Premiering my composition for bass quartet, opening for Battle Trance at Trinosophes, Detroit
Sept 8, 11, 12, 13, 14: Wild Space Dance, Milwaukee
Sept 2: Saajtak at (freek jazz mini-fest), Spread Art @ Detroit Contemporary
Aug 24: Artist in Residence performance, Spread Art @ Detroit Contemporary:
presenting new compositions for Sextet, alongside fellow AIR, Molly Jones
Aug 11: Alex Koi Ensemble @ Harmony Park, Presented by Carr Center, Detroit
Aug 8: Anna Vogelzang @ Shitty Barn
Aug 7: Solo/duo w/ BC Grimm @ Bos Meadery, Madison, WI
Aug 6: Anna Vogelzang @ Mile of Music, Appleton, WI
Aug 5: Lovely Socialite @ High Noon Saloon, Madison, WI
Aug 4: Molly Jones Ensemble @ Harmony Park, Presented by Carr Center, Detroit
July 29: Ben Willis Quintet @ Spread Art@Detroit Contemporary
July 30: Saajtak @ Lutherfest, Ann Arbor
July 27: Lovely Socialite @ Shitty Barn
July 17: Saajtak @ Trumbullplex, Detroit
July 9: Saajtak @ Detroit Bureau of Sound, with Milwaukee's Tontine Ensemble
June 26-July 2: Lovely Socialite Midwest Tour:
June 26: Frequency, Madison
June 27: Anagram Series @ Elastic Arts, Chicago
June 28: TBA, Indianapolis
June 29: Space Bar, Columbus, OH
June 30: MOTR Pub, Cincinatti, OH
July 1: Kerrytown Concert House, Ann Arbor, MI
July 2: Trinosophes, Detroit
June 8: Trio w/ Jonathan Taylor, Derek Worthingon @ Canterbury House, Ann Arbor
w/ chamber ensemble Girlnoise
June 4: Thomas Bell performance, Spread Art@Detroit Contemporary
May 29: Chris Sies performs my piece 'moved by ambition, but also by and obscure loyalty' @ Constellation, Chicago
May 28: Duo w/ Nicole Patrick @ Canterbury House, Ann Arbor
w/ Carate Urio Orchestra
May 13: James Cornish Drone Opera @ MOCAD, Detroit
May 12: Saajtak @ Blind Pig, Ann Arbor
April 30: Saajtak @ Kelly's, Hamtramck
April 29: Solo performance, Detroit Bureau of Sound, Detroit
April 24: Trio with James Cornish/Yuri Papowycz @ Detroit Contemporary
April 22: Arbor Composers Collective @ Kerrytown Concert House
April 15: Detroit Free Arts Festival @ Detroit Contemporary
James Cornish Ensemble with Eric Schweizer, John Olson, Jordan Schrantz, and Lisa Lamarr-Wilmott, 8:00 PM
Duo with BC Grimm, 11:15 PM
April 14: Solo performance @ Trinosophes, Detroit w/ Jack Wright & Bob Marsh
April 8: Legs @ Detroit Contemporary
April 1-2: Threads All Arts Festival @ Yellow Barn, Ann Arbor
Solo Performance
Legs, trio w/ Jonathan Taylor and Rachael Ahn Harbert
Arbor Composers Collective
Improvising quartet, Stringreed
March 30: Sies/Willis Duo @ Kerrytown Concert House, Ann Arbor, MI w/ Piotr Michalowski's HBNY Ensemble
March 28: Saajtak @ Canterbury House, Ann Arbor
March 26: Lovely Socialite @ The Frequency, Madison, WI
March 25: Lovely Socialite @ Linneman's, Milwaukee
Feb. 27: Lovely Socialite @ An Evening at Maria's, Madison WI
Feb. 22: Eddie Goodman DMA recital: Milton Babbitt's All Set and John Zorn's Cobra
Feb. 14: Chris Sies premieres my solo percussion piece @ Trinosophes, Detroit
Feb. 13: Arbor Composers Collective @ Detroit Contemporary
Jan. 30: Saajtak @ Luther Co-op, Ann Arbor
Jan. 22: Colin Tucker's Maps of Disintegration and Forgetfulness, performed by bass quintet @ Trinosophes, Detroit
Jan. 9: bell monks EP release @ Audio for the Arts, Madison, WI
joining bell monks for their performance, as well as playing duo with Brian
Grimm
2015
Dec. 30: Creative Incubator @ Detroit Contemporary
Dec. 29: Duo with Derek Worthington, along with Thomas Bell+Valerie Kuehne @ Canterbury House
Dec. 4: Sies/Willis Duo @ Transistor, Chicago
Nov. 22: Peter Formanek Quartet @ Canterbury House, Ann Arbor
Nov. 14: Trio w/ Tim Haldeman, Jonathan Taylor @ Canterbury House, Ann Arbor
Nov. 13: Duo w/ Derek Worthington @ Canterbury House, Ann Arbor
Nov. 11: Solo performance @ Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, w/ Hero of Warchester
Nov. 10: Solo performance @ Trinosophes, Detroit, w/ Sapropelic Pycnic
Nov. 7: Battleshags @ Detroit Contemporary, w/ The Hero of Warchester, Mike Malis
Nov. 3: Trio w/ Rachael Ahn Harbert, movement, and Jonathan Taylor, percussion,
@Detroit Contemporary
Oct. 24: Saajtak @ POP X event, Liberty Square Plaza, Ann Arbor
Oct. 21: Arbor Composers Collective @ Edgefest, Kerrytown Concert House, Ann Arbor
Oct. 10: Lovely Socialite: Toxic Consonance Release Show! @ Bright Red Studios, Madison
Oct. 9: Lovely Socialite: Toxic Consonance Release Show! @ Company Brewing, MKE
Sept. 18: Saajtak @ Vail House w/ Throwaway
Sept. 14: Battleshags @ Trinosophes, Detroit
Sept. 12: Great Collapsing Hrung @ Canterbury House, Ann Arbor
Sept. 9: Battleshags @ The Blind Pig, opening for Throwaway album release
Sept. 5: Solo Performance @ Vail House, Ann Arbor
Sept. 3: Solo Performance, w/Taylor/Levine duo, Canterbury House, Ann Arbor
Aug. 30: Haldeman/Taylor/Willis Trio @ Jolly Pumpkin, Ann Arbor
Aug. 29: Playing the bass chair with rock band SAAJTAK @ Blind Pig, Ann Arbor
Aug. 22: Performing w/ Phillip Greenlief @ Detroit Contemporary, Detroit
Aug. 19: Campau St. Improvisers @ Lo and Behold! Records and Books
Aug. 12: Duo w/ Rachael Ahn Harbert, Trinosophes, Detroit
w/ Julian Lynch
Aug 1: Sidewalk Arts Festival, Detroit
July 19: Lovely Socialite @ Jazz Estate, Milwaukee
July 14: Solo performance @ Detroit Contemporary
July 10: Great Collapsing Hrung @ Contemporary Art Institute Detroit, with Buffalo-based ensemble null point
July 3: Lovely Socialite @ Johnson Public House, Madison, WI
June 14: Sies/Willis duo @ Canterbury House, opening for Rent Romus
June 3: Solo Performance @ International Society of Bassists Convention
Fort Collins, CO
June 2: Gloom in the Womb @ International Society of Bassists Convention
Fort Collins, CO
May 2: Great Collapsing Hrung @ Canterbury House, Ann Arbor
April 26: Solo Performance + duo w/ Chris Sies at Living Room Music salon series
April 25/26: Canterbury House Music Festival
12:00PM: Jonathan Taylor's Rocket to the Moon
5:00PM: James Cornish Ensemble
1:00AM: Great Collapsing Hrung
April 24 (Morning of April 25): Battleshags (duo with Jonathan Taylor) @ Dreamland Theater, Ypsilanti, for Totally Awesome Fest -- 1:30 AM
April 23: Zan Berry recital @ Yellow Barn, Ann Arbor
April 11: Motherfish @ Luther Co-op, Ann Arbor
April 9-11: Hillary Kooistra dance recital, University of Michigan
April 3: Great Collapsing Hrung @ Oz's Music, Ann Arbor, 8pm
April 1: Performance of improvisational opera in conjunction with Kelsey Museum's "Death Dogs" exhibit, @ Kelsey Museum, University of Michigan
March 27: Quartet with Eric Schweizer, Anthony Poretti, and Michael Malis
@ Radical Sounds Detroit, Detroit Contemporary
March 6: Trio w/ Jonathan Taylor and Tim Haldeman @ Rush St., Ann Arbor
7:30-10PM
ULYSSES TOUR:
March 9: Kirsten Carey's Ulysses Project in Lexington, KY
March 10: Kirsten Carey's Ulysses Project in Nashville, TN
March 11: Kirsten Carey's Ulysses Project in Oak Park, IL
Feb. 7: With James Cornish Ensemble @ Trinosophes, Detroit 7:00
Over The Pavement Music Festival
Jan. 30: Gloom in the Womb performs in dance piece @ Contemporary Art Institute Detroit, 8:00
Jan. 23: With James Cornish Ensemble @ Trinosophes, Detroit 8:00
Jan. 3: Lovely Socialite, w/ Netmoire trio and Tontine Ensemble
Mickey's Tavern, Madison 10:00
Jan. 2: Solo Performance, and improvisations with Amanda Schoofs, Brian Grimm
Good Style Shop, Madison 8:00
2014
Dec. 30: Lovely Socialite, w/ Mark Hetzler/Todd Hammes, Nude Human
The Frequency, Madison 8:00
Dec. 19: Great Collapsing Hrung @ Radical Sounds Detroit series
Contemporary Art Institute, Detroit 9:00PM
Dec. 13: Wet/Dry Mix Series --collaborative electroacoustic improvisations
Contemporary Art Institute, Detroit 8:00PM
Dec. 5: Premiere of Michael Malis's Binaries of Injustice
Contemporary Art Institute, Detroit 8:00PM
Nov. 19: Arbor Composers Collective
Canterbury House, 9:00PM
Nov. 5: Improvised set with James Cornish Group
Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, 9:00PM
October 29: Debut Performance of Kirsten Carey's Motherfish
Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, 9:30PM
October 25: Trio w/ Matt Daher & Kirsten Carey, Detroit, 8PM
Naming Ceremony for new venue in Detroit (Light Box)
October 24: Trio w/ Jonathan Taylor & Rachel Mazer
Elks Club, Ann Arbor, 7-10PM
October 18: Guest w/ University of Michigan Creative Arts Orchestra
Edgefest, Ann Arbor, 8:00PM
October 17: Battleshags @ Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, 8:00PM
w/ Bad Luck (Seattle)
October 16: Gloom in the Womb @ Edgefest
Kerrytown Concert House, 7:00PM
October 16: Premiere of Andrew Bishop's Low Life @ Edgefest
Kerrytown Concert House, 8:00PM
October 3: Solo Performance at Living Room Music Salon series, Ann Arbor
October 3: w/ Kirsten Carey @ Elks Club, Ann Arbor 7-10PM
Sept. 23: Trio with Jonathan Taylor and Luke Polipnick
House Show, Ann Arbor
Sept. 22: Trio with Jonathan Taylor and Luke Polipnick,
@ Detroit Contemporary
Sept. 19: Solo performance @ Canterbury House, Ann Arbor
w/Tatsuya Nakatani and Shells
Sept 6: Lords and Ladies (Trio with Eric Schweizer and Derek Worthington)
@ Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, w/ Throwaway
August 28: Dietrich Gosser @ High Noon Saloon, Madison, WI
August 27: Lovely Socialite @ Mickey's Tavern, Madison, WI
August 23: Dietrich Gosser @ Rock County Folk Symposium
August 16: Trio w/ Mike Malis and Jonathan Taylor
@ We Are All Gaza: Benefit and Fundraiser @ Arab American National Museum, Dearborn, MI 5:00PM
July 28: Great Collapsing Hrung @ Canterbury House, Ann Arbor
w/ Team Players (NYC) and Liver Quiver (Columbus)
July 25: Jonathan Taylor Quartet, with Andrew Bishop and Tim Haldeman, Elks Club, Ann Arbor
June 11: Trio with Roman Stolyar and Dave Haughey, Cliff Bells, Detroit
June 7: ISIM Conference at New School, NYC, w/ Gloom in the Womb (duo with Betsy Soukup)
April 26: Betsy Soukup DMA recital, Ann Arbor
March 29: Chris Sies Recital, Macintosh Theater, Ann Arbor, 2PM
March 27: Arbor Composers Collective @ 412 N. Thayer, Ann Arbor
w/ Mark Snyder
March 19: Eric Schweizer Recital, Canterbury House, Ann Arbor
March 15: Kirsten Carey Recital, Canterbury House, Ann Arbor
Feb. 22: Betsy Soukup's DMA Recital, playing Scodanibbio's Alisei,
BAM Organ Hall, University of Michigan
Feb. 8: U-Michigan Creative Arts Orchestra @ UM Jazz Fest
Feb. 6-8: Performing Matti Kovler's Unbearable Lightness for bass septet,
along with Bill DeYoung's choreography
@ Power Center, Ann Arbor
Feb. 27: !i.ii!!i.!!ii!!i.i!!i!!i.iii!.!i!i!i!i, improvisation structure for doom
ensemble, my MM Improvisation recital. UM Rehearsal Hall, Moore Building, 10PM
Jan. 26: Kong Must Dead @ Constellation, Chicago, w/ Elliot Cole
Jan. 1: Solo Performance @ Shockrasonica, Madison, w/ Stray Passage
2013
Dec. 13: Arbor Composers Collective and Cicadas of the Sea @ Canterbury House, 8:00PM
Nov. 16: Solos/Duos/Trios with Nick Zoulek, saxophone and Kirsten Carey, guitar. Kerrytown Concert House, 5:00 PM
Nov. 15: University of Michigan Contemporary Directions Ensemble, McIntosh Theater, 8:00PM
Nov. 13: WCBN Local Music Show Ann Arbor, 9:00PM (88.7FM, www.wcbn.org)
Nov. 9: Lovely Socialite @ Mickey's Tavern, Madison w/ Us, Today 9:00PM
Nov. 8: Lovely Socialite @ Yield Bar in Milwaukee w/ Us, Today 9:00PM
Oct. 27: Lords and Ladies, w/Howdy Neighbor! @ Canterbury House, Ann rbor, 9:00PM
Oct. 27: Betsy Soukup's DMA bass recital, Britton Hall, 4:00 PM
Oct.. 24/25: Corey Smith's A a a A abacus at the Duderstadt Video Studio, Ann Arbor
Oct. 5: Ulysses Project album release concert, Kerrytown Concert House, Ann Arbor
Sept. 14: Solo Set @ House Show, Ypsilanti, MI w/ Freeman/Borden/Cain trio
Aug 19: Great Collapsing Hrung @ Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, w/ Dietrich Gosser
Aug 12: Trio w/ Zane Merritt/TJ Borden (Buffalo, NY) @ Canterbury House, Ann Arbor
Aug 8-10: LOST CITY MUSIC FESTIVAL, Madison, WI
Aug: 8: 8:00, High Noon Saloon, bell monks
Aug. 8 9:00, High Noon Saloon, Lovely Socialite Mrs. Thomas W. Phipps
Aug 10 7:15, Bright Red Studios, John Praw and the North American Council for a Moonless Tomorrow
Aug 10 8:30, Bright Red Studios, Watercourse Quartet w/ DB Pedersen
Aug 10 9:30, Bright Red Studios, Weather Duo
Aug 4: Trophies for Trying (trio w/ Kirsten Carey, Jonathan Taylor) @ Somethin' Jazz Club, NYC 9PM $10
July 15-Aug 3: BANG ON A CAN SUMMER FESTIVAL @ MASS MoCA!
July 22: Improvisation with David Sanchez, 1:30PM
July 24: Amanda Schoofs' Fragility of Permanence for solo bass, 1:30PM
July 25: Original Composition, touch, with ensemble of fellows and faculty, 1:30PM
July 25: Yo Shakespeare in Michael Gordon composition recital, 4:30PM
July 26: Cheating,Lying,Stealing in David Lang composition recital, 4:30PM
July 30: Heat Death Ensemble (trio w/ Adrianne Pope and Ted Babcock) 1:30PM
July 30: Bass Quartet with Gregg August, 4:30PM
July 31: Exquisite Corpse premiere, 1:30PM
Aug 1: Debut of Compartment Building, a new band @ Chalet Concert, 8:00PM
Aug 2: Set of Middle Eastern tunes
Aug 3: BOAC Marathon Concert 4-10PM
July 7: Watercourse Quartet Moonish Lodestar Album Release at Dobra Tea, Madison, WI
July 6: w/ Amanda Schoofs @ Sugar Maple, Milwaukee, WI
July 5: Lovely Socialite, Milwaukee, WI
July 4: Lovely Socialite @ The Frequency, Madison WI
May 30: Solo Set w/ Horner/Haughey/Worthington trio @ Canterbury House, Ann Arbor
May 21: Men of the Cloth @ Le Dog w/ John Horner, Ann Arbor
May 9: w/ Ian Finkelstein Trio @ Cliff Bell's, Detroit
May 4: Duo with guitarist Zane Merritt @ Unity Church, Buffalo, NY
April 27: Dave Haughey Master's of Improvisation recital, Kerrytown Concert House, Ann Arbor, 5:00PM
April 25: Great Collapsing Hrung @ Encore Records, Ann Arbor 7:00PM
April 14: University of Michigan Jazz Showcase Concert, Stamps Auditorium, Ann Arbor
April 13: 8:00pm, Jon Taylor senior jazz recital, Canterbury House, Ann Arbor
April 13: 2:00pm, Eddie Goodman, Master's Jazz saxophone recital, Kerrytown Concert House, Ann Arbor
April 11: Great Collapsing Hrung @ Canterbury House, Ann Arbor (w/ CJ Boyd)
April 9: University of Michigan Digital Music Ensemble, w/ guests Elliott Sharp and Henry Grimes, Duderstadt Center
April 5-6: 24-Hour Improvisation Concert, Canterbury House, Ann Arbor
APPEARANCES:
11:00PM, w/ Diana Sussman
12:00AM w/Midnight Swords (Dave Haughey, vcl; Jon Taylor, dr. feat. Nawal Singh, tabla)
2:00AM Arbor Composers' Collective
3:00AM Men of the Cloth
5:00AM Nawal Singh, tabla
12:00PM Kirsten Carey's Ulysses Project
1:00PM Lords and Ladies (trio w/ Derek Worthington, trpt; Eric Schweizer, cl.)
April 2: UM Digital Music Ensemble -- Premiering my composition, We Are What We Eat (and we're eating ourselves) w/ Anna Weisling
April 5: Demetrius Nabors Master's Jazz piano recital, University of Michigan
March 30: University of Michigan Creative Arts Orchestra, featuring Thollem McDonas, Kerrytown Concert House, Ann Arbor
March 29: Billy D. Scott Master's Jazz Piano recital, McIntosh Theater, University of Michigan
March 23: UM Performing Arts Technology showcase concert, w/ Digital Music Ensemble
March 21st: UM Creative Arts Orchestra, McIntosh Theater, University of Michigan
March 17th: Sympathy Swimmers at Electronic Music Midwest, Kalamazoo
March 16th: Sympathy Swimmers at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor
Feb. 3: Arbor Composers Collective at Kerrytown Concert House, Ann Arbor
Jan. 21st: Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration Concert, Power Center Auditorium, Ann Arbor
Jan. 18th: Stone Lillies (trio w/ Pat Booth, sax, Jon Taylor, drums) at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor
2012
Dec. 6: Performing in the Premiere of a piece by Ed Sarath, UM Hill Auditorium
November 18th: Quartet w/ Mark Kirschenmann (tpt), Matt Endahl (pno), Jon Taylor (dr) @ Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI w/ Tatsuya Nakatani
November 15: University of Michigan Creative Arts Orchestra @ McIntosh Theater, UM Campus
November 9: Performing with Anna Weisling and Eric Sheffield @ Electroacoustic Barn Dance, Fredericksburg, VA
November 3: Creative Arts Orchestra w/ Wadada Leo Smith @ Edge Fest, Ann Arbor, MI
October 26: Great Collapsing Hrung at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI
October 13: Watercourse Quartet @ Dobra Tea, Madison WI
September 20: Joining the Woody Plants in performance @ Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI
September 10: Trio w/ Pat Booth, Jon Taylor @ LeDog, Ann Arbor, MI, w/ Sons of Daughters
August 11: Lovely Socialite @ Project Lodge -- Goodbye for now show!
August 9: Watercourse Quartet @ Dobra Tea, w/ Thollem McDonas, Brothers Grimm
August 2: Soft Alarm: Trio w/ Devin Drobka and Amanda Schoofs @ Project Lodge
August 1: Lovely Socialite @ Memorial Union Terrace w/ Control
July 31: Dietrich Gosser at Mickey's Tavern, 10:30pm
July 29: Solo show at the Anna Lee, Madison
July 25: Weather Duo @ Project Lodge w/ Five Dollar Ferrari! (Surrounded by Reality)
July 20th: Anna Vogelzang at Project Lodge, w/ Count This Penny, Robby Hecht
July 17th: Siblings and Dietrich Gosser at Mickey's Tavern, 10pm
July 10th: Dietrich Gosser at Mickey's Tavern, 10pm
LOST CITY MUSIC FEST APPEARANCES:
July 6: Weather Duo Improv Seminar at Project Lodge
July 6: Siblings @ Audio for the Arts
July 6: Watercourse Quartet @ Audio for the Arts
July 6: Glacier @ Audio for the Arts
July 7: Lovely Socialite @ Project Lodge
July 5: w/ Jeremiah Nelson and Dan Kuemmel @ Memorial Union Terrace
June 22: Weather Duo @ Redamte w/ Shana Falana
June 16: Siblings @ Project Lodge, w/ Anna Vogelzang, Dietrich Gosser, River Whyless (Asheville, NC)
June 9: Glacier @ Project Lodge, w/ Tony Barba Trio (CHI)
June 5: Watercourse Quartet @ Gates of Heaven, w/ Anonymous Choir
June 4: Weather Duo @ Project Lodge, w/ C.J. Boyd and Asumaya
May 27: Lovely Socialite @ Root Note, La Crosse, WI
May 26: Lovely Socialite @ Acadia Cafe, Minneapolis
May 23: Weather Duo @ Shitty Barn, Spring Green, w/ Anna Vogelzang
ANNA VOGELZANG TOUR! (heading east leg)
April 15: Subterranean, Chicago
April 16: The Pour House, Bloomington, IN
April 17: The Fire House, North Manchester, IN
April 18: The Brass Rail, Fort Wayne, IN
April 23: O'Shea's, Louisville, KY
April 24: Preservation Pub, Knoxville, TN
April 25: Harmony House, Knoxville, TN
April 26: The Bywater, Asheville, NC
April 27: The Root Bar, Asheville, NC
April 28: The Green Bean, Greensboro, NC
April 29: Fairgrounds, Norfolk, VA
April 30: Random Row Books, Charlottesville, VA
May 2: Stone Room House Concert, Falls Church, VA
May 3: Burlap and Bean, Philadelphia, PA
May 4: SUNY Binghamton
May 5: The Living Room, NYC
May 10: Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
May 11: House Concert, Providence, RI
May 12: The Hive, Kennebunk, ME
May 16: Garfield Artworks, Pittsburgh, PA
May 17: Stone Tavern, Kent, OH
May 18: Woodruff's, Ypsilanti, MI
April 21: Anna Vogelzang @ Union Theater, Madison w/ Sara Bareilles
April 14: Anna Vogelzang at High Noon Saloon, Madison
April 13: Watercourse Quartet at Flexuous--Interactive art exhibit at the Commonwealth Gallery, Madison
April 12: Anna Vogelzang @ Linneman's, Milwaukee
April 7: Weather Duo at Redamte Coffee Shop
April 5: Polipnick/Willis Duo at Audio for the Arts, w/ Kirk Knuffke and Deric Dickens Duo
April 4: Glacial Wednesday, featuring Louka Patenoude
April 3: Siblings (w/ Page Foster) at Mickey's Tavern
March 30: Lovely Socialite Album release show at Dragonfly Lounge
March 28: Glacial Wednesday at Dragonfly Lounge, Featuring Todd Hammes
March 27: Watercourse Quartet @ Dobrá Tea House w/ Timbre, Samuel Lockridge
March 25: Lovely Socialite @ High Noon Saloon, 7pm
March 24: Jazz Sports! @ Bourbon Street Grille, w/ Universe Contest
March 21: Glacial Wednesday at Dragonfly Lounge
March 17: Weather Duo at Audio for the Arts, w/ Jaap Blonk, 8pm
March 14: Glacial Wednesday at Dragonfly Lounge, featuring Yid Vicious
March 13: Lovely Socialite @ Mickey's Tavern, 10pm
March 8: Watercourse Quartet @ Dobra Tea, Madison, 6-9pm
March 7: Anna Vogelzang @ Frequency, w/ Laura Gibson and Ava Luna
March 3: Watercourse at Gates of Heaven Synagogue, w/ Ephemeral Art Dance
ANNA VOGELZANG TOUR! (midwest leg)
Feb 8: Marquette, MI @ Up Front and Company
Feb 9: Eau Claire, WI @ Acoustic Cafe
Feb 10: Minneapolis, MN @ Bryant Lake Bowl
Feb 11: La Crosse, WI @ The Root Note
Feb 12: Winona, MN @ Acoustic Cafe
Feb 16: Dubuque, IA @ Monks Kaffee Pub
Feb 17: Iowa City, IA @ The Mill
Feb 18: Rock Island, IL @ Rozz Tox
Feb 22-25: Memphis, TN @ Folk Alliance International
January 31st, Page Foster at Mickey's Tavern
January 21st, Anna Vogelzang at Majestic Theater - Project Lodge Benefit Show!
January 19th, Weather Duo at Dragonfly Lounge w/ Pillars and Tongues
January 18th, Glacier Wednesday at Dragonfly Lounge
January 11th, Glacier Wednesday at Dragonfly Lounge
January 16th, Watercourse Quartet at Dobra Tea
January 15th, Weather Duo at Broom Street Theater
January 13th, Page Foster at Wild Hog in the Woods
January 5th, Lovely Socialite at Dragonfly Lounge
January 3rd, Lovely Socialite and Jazz Sports! at Mickey's Tavern
2011
December 20th, Weather Duo on Mad Toast Live, Brink Lounge, Madison
December 19th, Watercourse 4tet at Project Lodge with Ephemeral Art
December 17th, Lovely Socialite at Dragonfly Lounge
December 16th, Glacier at Audio for the Arts w/ Friction Brothers
December 5th, Weather Duo at High Noon Saloon, w/ Fort Wilson Riot, Asumaya
December 1-4, Knotcracker at the Overture Center
November 18th, Weather Duo at the University of Wisconsin, Whitewater w/bell monks
November 14th, Glacier at the Skylark, Chicago
November 11th, Glacier at Redamte with Asumaya, Chants
November 8th, Lovely Socialite at Mickey's Tavern with Control
October 30th, Weather Duo at the CD Cellar, Arlington, VA
October 28th, Weather Duo at Electroacoustic Barn Dance in Fredericksburg, VA
:::Playing an after hours concert at EyeClops Gallery festival hosted by composer Mark Snyder
October 22nd, Glacier at Buraka, with Arp of the Covenant, 9pm
October 15th, Page Foster at Mother Fool's
October 14th, Buraka Late Night with Weather Duo, Brothers Grimm
October 12th, Lovely Socialite at High Noon Saloon, opening for DESSA
October 8th, Glacier at the Frequency, with Todd Clouser's Love Electric, Carla Bozulich
September 28th, electroacousmatica!
:::A house salon-type electroacoustic concert, featuring Mark Snyder, Jeff Herriott, Trevor Saint, Gregory Taylor, and the Weather Duo!
September 26th, Watercourse Quartet at Project Lodge, with Perpetual Dusk at Curtsy Caverns, Pushmi-Pullyu, Tom Teslik
September 16th, Glacier at the Sett, opening for A Hawk and A Hacksaw, 9pm
September 11th, Weather Duo and Crane Your Swan Neck, with David Dondero and Pioneer
:::Potluck acoustic living room show at 13 S. Hancock St.
September 8th, Weather Duo at Audio for the Arts with Slow Skate, bell monks
:::Anna's going away show! The last Weather Duo performance before Anna goes to Ireland.
September 5th, Weather Duo at Dobra Tea House with Brothers Grimm, Madison
August 28th, Lovely Socialite and Watercourse Quartet playing a party at Dobra Tea House
August 25th and 26th, Weather Duo with Cycropia Aerial Dance, Orton Park Festival, Madison
:::We're playing music for some stilt-walking transitions throughout the show, as well as a couple of live pieces!
August 20th, Watercourse Quartet, private event, Minneapolis
August 12th, Crane Your Swan Neck at High Noon Saloon
August 9th, Glacier at Jerry's, Chicago
August 4th, Weather Duo at Monk's Kaffee Pub, Dubuque
August 3rd, Crane Your Swan Neck at Memorial Union Terrace, 8pm
July 22nd, Lovely Socialite at Memorial Union Terrace, 5-7pm
:::Playing for the Behind the Beat series
July 17th, Weather Duo at Dobra Tea House, with Brothers Grimm 6-9pm
July 15th, Socialite Quartet at Union South, 4:30 - 6:30
July 13th, Weather Duo, Project Lodge, Madison
:::With the really cool Indianapolis band Slothpop
July 9th, Weather Duo @ THORPS, 8pm
Weather Duo and Chants present a benefit concert for the Underground Kitchen
July 9th, Weather Duo and Classical Revolution, Grace Church, 11:30AM
:::Classical Revolution presents a program of "Sound Painting" during Madison's Art Fair on the Square
July 2nd, Weather Duo ProjectFest, The General Store, Spring Green
:::Arts festival in Spring Green, WI
June 30th, Lovely Socialite Mrs. Thomas W. Phipps at Lothlorien, 8p
w/ bell monks and a special appearance by John Praw
June 24th, Weather Duo at Project Lodge
With awesome composer/instrument builder Jazari from Mpls, and Asumaya
June 20th, Crane Your Swan Neck at Project Lodge
w/ Portland's Southerly
June 19th, Crane Your Swan Neck at High Noon
Rockin it for Vegan Fest afterparty.
June 18th, Crane Your Swan Neck at Project Lodge
w/ David Dondero, Anna Vogelzang
June 11th, Glacier (Polipnick/Willis/Brady trio) at Frederic March Play Circle, 10pm
With the awesome sounds of NYC's Zodiac Ensemble
June 10th, Weather Duo at Lothlorien Co-op, Madison
Returning to our old stomping ground! Also playing will be Croaker and Jimmy Murn and the Heymakers
June 9th, Shtetlblasters at High Noon Saloon
Quirky show with progsters Kitty Rhombus and weirdos Dharmonic Deluxe
June 5th, Project Lodge, Madison-- Weather Duo
With our friends bell monks, and awesome Virginia band Nash Smith and Ganges
June 4th, Just Coffee Co-op, Madison, afternoon festival
Playing sets with Thistle and Thorns and Page Foster
June 3rd, Lovely Socialite at The Root Note, La Crosse
Lovely Socialite Mrs. Thomas W. Phipps makes a jag to blow some minds in La Crosse.
May 26th, Glacier at Audio for the Arts, Madison, 7:30pm
Debuting a new trio with guitarist Luke Polipnick and drummer Geoff Brady--opening for the awesome band Father Figures from NYC. Presented by Surrounded by Reality.
May 22nd, Shtetlblasters at WORT Block party, Madison
Killing one of the most popular street festivals in Madison
May 15th, Weather Duo at Project Lodge, Madison, 9:00pm
w/ the free jazz group Great Architect, guitarist Luke Polipnick
May 11th, Lovely Socialite at Frequency, Madison 8:30pm start
May 5th, Shtetlblasters at Argus, Madison 10pm
April 30th, Weather Duo at Plan B, Madison, 8p
In a vaudeville lineup coordinated by New Muse - wild and crazy night!
April 29th, Sympathy Swimmers, Project Lodge, Madison
We Can and We Must joins our quartet for a show in Madison. This is going to be killer.
April 28, Sympathy Swimmers, Minneapolis, MN, Bryant Lake Bowl
Performing electroacoustic music with Jeff Herriott, Eric Sheffield, Anna Weisling, with the really exciting duo We Can And We Must details
April 26th, Lovely Socialite, Mickey's Tavern, 10:00PM
Lovely Socialite Mrs. Thomas W. Phipps is playing Honky Tonk Tuesdays with Jeremiah Nelson
April 26, Mills Hall, University of Wisconsin Madison, 11:00AM
Performing Stravinsky's L'Histoire du Soldat on Douglas Lindsey's DMA trumpet recital. Intense!
THISTLE AND THORNS EARTH DAY TOUR!
April 22nd, IMC, Urbana, IL
April 21st, Donnie's Homespun, Decatur, IL
April 20th, Just Coffee Co-op, Madison, WI
April 20th, State Capitol, Madison WI, North Public hearing room
April 19th, River West Public House, Milwaukee, WI
April 18th, Cranky Pat's, Neenah, WI
April 17th, Kitty Cat Klub, Minneapolis
April 16th, University of Minnesota
April 15th, The Root Note, LaCrosse, WI
April 14th, Driftless Books, Viroqua, WI
April 13, Weather Duo at the Project Lodge, Madison
With Seattle band Slow Skate. Check them out! Also, our friend Asumaya, who is great.
March 28, House Concert
Weather Duo coordinated a house concert for traveling string metal band Judgement Day. Manmouth played a killer set as well.
March 23, Morphy Hall, University of Wisconsin Madison, 8:30pm
Performing Piazzola's Milonga del Angel on Matthew Mireles' DMA Euphonium Recital. Hot!
SHTETLBLASTERS TOUR!
March 12, Madison, WI @Project Lodge
March 13, Milwaukee, WI @Circle A Cafe
March 16, Boston, MA @PA's Lounge
March 17th, New York City @Mehanata
March 18th, Oberlin, OH @Slow Train Cafe
March 19th, Chicago @Reggie's
March 9, The Project Lodge, Madison; Weather Duo
Playing with experimental artist DREKKA and saxophonist Patrick Breiner as Vartan Mamigonian
March 3-5, Wisconsin Union Theater, Rocky Horror Picture Show
Playing in the pit for University Theater's revival of the stage production. This will be great.
Feb. 15, The Brink Lounge, Madison : Thistle and the Thorns & Shtetlblasters 6pm
Playing for Mad Toast Live, a live music podcast--I'll be playing with both bands that night!
Feb. 11, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art; New Muse 6:30pm
I'll be performing Tom Johnson's piece, "Failing, a Very Difficult Piece for Solo String Bass"
Jan. 11: Project Lodge, Madison; Lovely Socialite Mrs. Thomas W. Phipps
Debut performance in a new arrangement! We worked up some tunes for this one. Also playing: Asumaya
2010
Dec. 29th: Glass Nickel Pizza, Weather Duo and Shtetlblasters
A me double header! Both groups I play with doing a joint show.
Dec. 17th: Cole's Bar, Chicago; The Shtetlblasters
Makin' more people dance in another big Midwestern city!
Dec. 16: The Medusa, Minneapolis; The Shtetlblasters with Kitty Rhombus
Returning to good old MN a week later to what is presumably a rock club. Should be interesting.
Dec. 10-23: A Wonderful Life @ the Capital Theater with Children's Theater of Madison
Playin' in the pit! The musical adaption of that heartwarming holiday classic about suicide and bankruptcy.
Dec. 8: The Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis; Weather Duo with Dark Dark Dark, Brute Heart
Weather Duo's been invited to play in Minneapolis! This is a really exciting show for us.
Dec. 7: UW Whitewater; exit crafting
Performing for a few classes with Anna Weisling and Eric Sheffield the piece we premiered at EAJJ.
Dec. 6: Live Stream from WYOU: The Weather Duo, 7:20pm
Madison's finest community TV station is holding a fundraiser. Please support the station! It will be streamed live HERE.
Dec. 4-5: The Overture Center, Li Chiao-Ping's The Knotcracker
Along with Matan Rubinstein and Pat Reinholz I'm contributing music. This is crazy!
Nov. 19-20: Wisconsin Union Theater, Weather Duo and students of Li Chiao-Ping
The Weather Duo is doing original music for a piece choreographed by Li Chiao-Ping at the UW Dance Faculty Recital
Nov. 12: University of North Alabama with Eric Sheffield, Anna Weisling
We will be premiering the collaborative piece exit crafting at the Electroacoustic Juke Joint festival.
Nov. 7: The Frequency, as Lovely Socialite Mrs. Thomas W. Phipps
Getting our skronk out. Also playing: Pushmi-Pullyu, El-Tin Fun
Nov. 6: The Project Lodge; Weather Duo with Fort Wilson Riot, Town Monster, and Asumaya
Another great show at the ProLo with some great bands! 7:30, $6
Tuesday, Oct. 26: Steve Lewis composition recital, Morphy Hall, Humanities Building, UW-Madison, 7:30p
New music ensemble Downbeat Means Attack will premiering Steve Lewis's "Preludes."
Thursday, Oct. 21: W/ Thistle at Ambrosia Co-op
Radical times with folk singer Thistle. http://www.thistlespace.org/
Thursday, Oct. 7: Dylan Chmura-Moore's DMA recital, Morphy Recital Hall, Humanities Building, UW-Madison
I'll be joining Dylan for a performance of FITTINGinSIDE by Stefan Prins. This will be wild!
Sunday, Oct. 3: Weather Duo at the Project Lodge, Madison, w/ Dark Dark Dark!
The Project Lodge wanted to look 'outside the box' for openers for Dark Dark Dark, and they found it. Dark Dark Dark is a favorite band of mine, so I'm pretty psyched.
Friday, Oct. 1: The Weather Duo at the Sugar Maple in Milwaukee, 8pm
The Weather Duo's Milwaukee premiere--free!
