Every now and then people ask me if I’m playing “in town.” Well, I finally have a few performances in SoCal in April: 4/17 – Vibrato w/Jamie Shew 4/20 – Fullerton College Jazz Festival (vocal) closing concert 4/21 – Fullerton...
View the lecture notes for my workshop at the Music Teachers National Association 2018 Conference in Orlando (Four Skills for Improvisation: Hands, Brain, Ear, and Heart) by clicking one of the links below: Siskind Presentation Four Skills for Improv (with Visuals)...
I think comparing these two videos is the best way to understand why I love working with this group so much. We’re able to play the song wildly differently depending on the setting, but I think both performances are effective and powerful. For me, “Bye Bye...
“Hymn of Thanks” was the result of my study of Bach Chorales. One of my best experiences in college was doing an “independent study” course with Dariusz Terefenko that was focused on improvising fugues and other Bach-ian styles. As part of the...
I wrote “The Inevitable Letdown” in New York City in 2009. I had two things on my mind: The stock market crash that led to the 2009 recession: As reports came out regarding the short-sighted greed of the financial industry, it reminded me of the same ravenous...
