On May 18th, speak softly and carry a big stick

The Tribeca New Music Festival line-up was announced recently and while there are many wonderful performances you should check out, there is one that is of special significance to the humble host: violinist Ana Milosavljevic's The Red Viper project on May 18th, 2012 at The Cell Theatre (338 W. 28th Street (between 8th & 9th Ave.) in NYC).

Among a number of works Ana will be performing on her viper, she will be premiering a work she commissioned from me called Red Mamba. While I will have a post about my piece as we get closer to the premiere, let's just say it has something to do with the movie Kill Bill...

Tickets go on sale March 20th.

Coming soon...

Stay tuned for some exciting Numinous news...

Sold out 321 Band Concert

Sold out! If you didn't get tickets to our 321 Band concert this afternoon Sunday February 12 at 2:30pm at P.S. 321 (180 7th Avenue in Park Slope, Brooklyn) there's always next year...

Lin-sanity!

Jeremy Lin from AP

"The talent’s there, but sometimes the opportunity isn’t. It takes the right circumstances and timing..."

I like this quote because it can be true about many of those, whether in athletics, music, or society, who are often overlooked or "invisible" to the gatekeepers of influence and power.

Black Glass

Photo by Steve Kyle, from Village Voice

Here is an interesting Q&A in the Village Voice with Philip Glass on "Black Music and African-American History." It's part of a series that's going on about Glass: "Life as an East Village Voice."

3-2-1 Band back in the Saddle

Last year our 321 Band played a incredible benefit concert with Dan Zanes.

321 Band with Dan Zanes, February 12, 2011

Well, we are rockin' it again for the kids, this time (sadly) without Dan. Sunday February 12 at 2:30pm at P.S. 321 (180 7th Avenue in Park Slope, Brooklyn) our 321 Band will perform a concert to help raise funds for programs at our school. Come hear me and other teachers at the school: Bill Fulbrecht, Elizabeth Heisner, Adam Lane, Frank McGarry and some special guests! Tickets are $15 and can be purchased here. It's a sing a-long, so come with kids (yours or others) and have a great afternoon!

Something Almost Being Said: Simone Dinnerstein returns to Neighborhood Classics

Tuesday January 31st, 2012 7 pm brings Simone Dinnerstein back performing at my school, PS 321, for her wonderful Neighborhood Classics series that helps fund programs at our school. The concert is in support of her January 31th US release of a new Sony Classics recording Something Almost Being Said. The album combines J. S. Bach's Partitas Nos. 1 and 2, with Franz Schubert's Four Impromptus, Op. 90, and was recorded at the Academy of Arts and Letters in New York by Grammy-winning producer Adam Abeshouse. 

You can buy tickets here (they will sell out!).

Here's a nice preview of Simone's album.