Past Performances / Residencies
August 2022: Flotsam River Circus Tour, San Joaquin Delta to Oakland
July 2022: sound design for “7 Excavations / at the edge of the shore and the edge of the world”, a dance work commissioned for Fort Mason Center from Sara Shelton Mann, an acclaimed dancer, choreographer, and teacher.
Sara Shelton Mann7 Excavations / at the edge of the shore and the edge of the world
August 2020 – July 2021: Built Chaicycle.
February 2020: New Orleans Scatterjazz Improvised Music festival
November 2019: Residency for fall Fashion show at Material Institute, New Orleans. Runway design choreographer, mask-making, sound installation and live violin+electronics performance.
October 2019: New Orleans Masterclass: “Fusing World Music and New Orleanian Jazz” for NOCCA school of creative arts.
June-August 2019: Portland OR, Clown performance and music with FLOTSAM floating circus.
October 2018: Contact Improv dance concert at Earthdance, MA Delicious Movement workshop with Eiko Otake
June 2018: Maaltuin Botanical Garden Utrecht Improvised Jazz performances, Utrecht, Netherlands.
April 2018: Performance at Snug Harbor, New Orleans, with James Singleton Quintet
JAZZFEST 2018 New Orleans
March 2018: Cosmic String Looping Panoply with Martin Masakowski at VisionFest benefiting Louisiana Himalayan Association in New Orleans, LA.
January 2018: Violin for Russell Welch Hot Quintet during Marigny Opera Ballet Jazz Ballet Series in New Orleans.
February – April 2018: Host and Creator of Sound Seekers Salon Intimate Concert Series at Art Klub in New Orleans.
October 2017: Violin for Zoppé Italian Family Circus in Fort Bragg, CA
August 2017: Artist and Performer in Residence at l’espace des possibles Tantra & Arts colony outside Meschers sur Gironde, FR. Facilitated workshops on improvisation and unlocking the inner child creator. Performed marimba and violin for Contact dance.
July 2017: Sea Clown Sailing Circus tour of the Ionian Sea with Smoking Time Jazz Club searching for a sustainable way of circus life and promoting positive social change!
August 2015: Piano and Drum for physical theatre duo The Incredible Incredible at Edmonton Fringe Festival.
March – May 2015: Tour of Southern China with Gypsy Jazz Guitarist Adrien Tarraga. Children’s music instructor in Dali China.
July 2012: 3 week Transylvanian folk music workshop in Kalotaszentkiralyi music camp, Sâncraiu, ROU
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