I try to be diligent and research the cultural and historical performance contexts of the pieces I present to audiences. But, beyond the critical investigative work of a performer, I pursue various strains of intellectual inquiry. My current work focuses on these areas:
Music & the Moving Image: Exploring the relationships between music and moving images in film and intermedial arts, particularly animated notational practices, foley artistry, audio-visual compositions, and visual music
Music & Configurable Culture: Investigating the theoretical complexity of listener-generated works (mashups, collage, etc.) in the context of configurable cultural practices
Music & Place: Building on the work of philosophers Edward Casey and Jean-Luc Nancy to explore musical works as a medium for attending to the social forces that connect us as social beings in the formation of place; to contemplate (and complicate) the ways sonic material constructs and structures our experience of place and the relationships that emerge therein
Ethnographic: Exploring cultural beliefs that shape the music and dance of traditional West African Ewe drumming repertoires. Investigating Foley artists as an understudied group of sonic artists with culture and beliefs that inform their practices
Music & the Moving Image: Exploring the relationships between music and moving images in film and intermedial arts, particularly animated notational practices, foley artistry, audio-visual compositions, and visual music
Music & Configurable Culture: Investigating the theoretical complexity of listener-generated works (mashups, collage, etc.) in the context of configurable cultural practices
Music & Place: Building on the work of philosophers Edward Casey and Jean-Luc Nancy to explore musical works as a medium for attending to the social forces that connect us as social beings in the formation of place; to contemplate (and complicate) the ways sonic material constructs and structures our experience of place and the relationships that emerge therein
Ethnographic: Exploring cultural beliefs that shape the music and dance of traditional West African Ewe drumming repertoires. Investigating Foley artists as an understudied group of sonic artists with culture and beliefs that inform their practices
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