Hi! I hope your 2020 is off to a lovely beginning. I didn’t used to think much about the Gregorian year changing, but this year I’ve felt very impacted by the digit transition social consciousness. I am writing to announce some solo cello dates, which are coming up soon. I’ll be performing some very cool… Read More solo cello tour 2020
Hello! Here is a little update on what I have been and will be up to. Summer was densely scheduled with a New Hermitage tour through central and Eastern Canada; performing at Scotia Festival as a member of their Fellowship Ensemble in Residence; working with some stellar musicians and younger people at the Green Lake… Read More november news
Greetings! I write to you from Quebec City. Although they are quite soon, there are a few upcoming performances that I’d like to promote! For the past eight days, I’ve been on tour with New Hermitage. It has been wildly fun to play for unfamiliar audiences, catch up with old friends, and sell tapes to… Read More spring news
This summer has been full of exciting musical developments. In May, New Hermitage toured for ten days—we presented two sound walks at the Canadian New Music Network Forum and then performed our way Eastward to Halifax’s OBEY convention. We are sitting on some recordings, some of which may be released in the coming months…… Read More castle/glass/vaso
New Hermitage is going on tour! I’m very much looking forward to making mellow chamber jazz sax/harp/guitar/cello sounds across Canada. We’ll be presenting two sound walks at the Canadian New Music Network forum in Victoriaville and Montréal, outdoor experimental interaction with the environment and participants of the forum. Then we’ll perform our way eastward… Read More one tour
The air in Nova Scotia has been rather festive as of late, so festive as to knock down a few trees. On Christmas day, a leaf blew into my face so hard that I thought I might be bleeding. But nay, no scars, just an echoing fragment from one of Chögyam Trungpa’s poems… “…watching the… Read More open waters
Today, LUCID is officially released into the universe, now available on the internet in digital and physical forms. There will also be CDs available at my performances, at Obsolete Records in Halifax, and the Box of Delights Bookstore in Wolfville. The album comes with a booklet with some literature about the music and composers. I… Read More lucid album release
This past summer I recorded a cello album, and it’ll be released in a month! The album is called Lucid and is a collection of dream world cello sounds, some that I heard and played, and some that other people wrote down for me to play. It is the result of collaboration with several wonderful… Read More official album announcement
Back on an August afternoon, Anna Wedlock and I had the privilege of recording some of our favourite fiddle tunes at Echo Chamber Audio with Charles Austin in Halifax. We’d spent some time busking together at farmer’s markets, jamming out our own arrangements of some traditional tunes from Cape Breton, Scotland, and Ireland. It was… Read More the swallowtails ep, ear camera
Well, this summer has been quite eventful, especially in the recording sector. This is about 5 blog posts condensed into one, oh my goodness. In July, both New Hermitage and Bonsai had the opportunity to perform amongst the rocks and ferns in the dreamy greenhouse at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. It was… Read More inside outside sounds everywhere
