Duet with Olivier Besson and Liz Roncka from the Winter Contact Improv Festival in Boston February 2010

Every now and then you see a piece that you made that is sweetly satisfying. This duet is one of them for me. Olivier Besson and I have been working together for about a decade now. To me, this duet shows the ease and depth that results from long term collaboration. The first clip gets a nice picture of the whole piece. The second clip shows more details. It is nice to appreciate both aspects. This piece was performed at Boston's Winter Contact Improv Festival.

Trio with Haggai Cohen Milo, Amir Milstein and Liz Roncka from Spring 2009

I am thrilled to be performing with Haggai Cohen Milo, Amir Milstein, Olivier Besson and Ellen Godena on Tuesday, April 27 at Mobius, 725 Harrison Avenue, Boston at 8pm.

Here is a rehearsal clip with Haggai, Amir and me.

Forbes Graham and Liz Roncka

Three things come to mind with this clip: 1. An old phrase my sister and I used to scream repeatedly while laughing hysterically: "There is art in repetition." 2. Extended technique 3. An good ending is worth more than 50% of the piece. I believe Forbes and I nailed the ending here. This is a great thing to discover when u rehearse for the first time: that u sense endings at the exact same time (particularly satisfying because it is all improvised).

Another Excerpt with Forbes Graham

Another rehearsal excerpt with Forbes for our Jazz Week performance on 4/29/10.

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Duet with Forbes Graham on trumpet and Liz Roncka moving. We are preparing for a gig at Hyde Park Library on Thursday April 29 as part of Jazz Week.

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