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Selected Projects 2016-18
Rehearsal at the College of Visual and Performing Arts’s main auditorium. Photograph courtesy of Dan Waterman
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Perhaps the best place to start describing my individual
contribution, is the work I put in practicing my
instrument. I also practiced particular material for
this recital and this ranged from different grooves
and time feels to soloing ideas. I had been thinking
about the general idea of the recital in my practicing
for some time, but there were still many concrete
steps that I had to take.
Many of these steps taken have occurred in no
particular order (in fact, they were often simultaneous).
But I have compiled and listed them here in a
fashion that makes sense in a chronological order.
The first step I took was figuring out which musicians
I wanted to work with. I knew right away that I
wanted to have both Miles Fisher and Caitlin Walsh
on the program, as they are two of my closest friends
and collaborators. I also knew, pretty early on, that
I wanted to have my professor and project advisor,
Jim Robitaille. Professor Robitaille is a master musician
who has worked with many talented musicians,
in addition to being an excellent player and composer
himself. I wanted to use this opportunity to
collaborate and perform with him. Finally, I decided
to hire Sean Farias to round out the group because
he has an excellent reputation in the Boston area as
a musician.
I also put a great deal of effort into writing and
arranging some of the pieces. In this concert four of
the nine tunes are my own compositions, including
two new pieces I had written over the summer. I also