Portfolio of Performances

My work as a performer is characterized by long-term collaborations, intensive dialogue, and experimentation. Interests include vocal performance, body art, durational work, and avant-garde practices.

Intensive Projects

Videos and links to more information for some collaborative projects.


Beavan Flanagan’s No sweeter sound than my own name
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Charlie Sdraulig’s few
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Luke Nickel’s [factory]
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Improvisation

On occasion I record improvisations. These improvisations are typically initiated because I am trying to bring to the surface and work through musical ideas. They are sometimes used as foundational material for my composed work. In some instances, they are commentary on something I have read or experienced.


Repertoire

  • Baldwin, Michael (2014): urtext – [live vocals]*
  • Baldwin, Michael (2014): a kind of nostalgia – [guitarist]*
  • Baldwin, Michael (2013): whistles whittle – [whistler]*
  • Baldwin, Michael (2013): 3 things people told me in private [l.l./f.d./j.s.] – [orator]*
  • Barrett, G Douglas (2010): A Few Marlenes (Where Have All the Flowers Gone?) – [face imitator]
  • Blatt, Robert (2016): Living in the Memory of Everything, America
  • Blatt, Robert (2015): All Together Now – [mover]*
  • Blatt, Robert (2015): Igneous – [stone rubber]*†
  • Brecht, George (1962): Symphony No.1, Fluxversion 1 – [bucket distributer]†
  • Chen, Carolyn (2009): Adagio – [listener and face-mover]
  • Chase, Stephen (2004/05): Scissors, Paper, Stone – [scissors, papers, stones]*†
  • Dorokhov, Georgy (2012): counter-exposition-I – [CD bower]
  • Feely, Kara: NEW NAMES NOT NEW THINGS
  • Feely, Kara: Map Piece
  • Flanagan, Beavan (2015): No sweeter sound than my own name – [vocalist]*
  • d’Huedieres, Louis (2015): Laughter Studies 2 – [vocalist]
  • d’Huedieres, Louis (2015): for Michael, Peyee and Rodrigo on 19/04/2015 – [vocalist]*
  • Ingamells, Andy (2014): Postman – [whistler]
  • Ingamells, Andy (2014): tea-towel – [whistler]
  • Kosugi, Takehisa (1961): Micro 1 – [microphone wrapper]†
  • Kudirka, Joseph (2013): untitled – [papers]†
  • Lough, Alex (2015): thriving on irreparable separation – [tape player head and disembodied tape]*†
  • Marino, Jessie (2011): Commitment :: Ritual I :: BiiM – [snare drum and lights]
  • Nickel, Luke (2014): [factory] – [memory-based fragment of a living score]
  • Oliveros, Pauline (1979): Rock Piece – [rock actuator]†
  • Pocknee, David (2015): Nothing is Surprising  – [actor]*†
  • Pocknee, David (2014): Match Piece (Health and Safety Version) – [whistler]
  • Pocknee, David (2012): Conditioned – [musically conditioned performer]
  • Saunders, James (2012): instruments with recordings – [tuba]
  • Saunders, James (2006/08, 2009-): with paper – [papers]†
  • Sdraulig, Charlie (2013): few – [vocalist]
  • So, Mark (2008): sitting on a stone [readings 25] – [reader]
  • Van Eck, Cathy (2011): Music Stands: the sound behind the score – [music stand manipulator]
  • Wolff, Christian (1969): stones – [stone actuator]†
  • Zucker, Ben (2016): neither / n / nor / n – [reader]*

*world premiere
† recordings available at the ROCK PAPER SCISSORS website