Sonoluminescence

Here's some pics from our recent Sonoluminescence series in Ashland at the Black Swan Theatre. We hope to have some video up on the sono web site soon - check back!

Percussion Ensemble Concert

Tuesday, Dec. 2 we presented "Incantations. The highlight of the evening was the performance of André Jolivet's "Suite en Concert" for flute and percussion featuring flutist Tessa Brinckman with the ensemble. Tessa played beautifully and the ensemble sounded great. Here are some pictures of some of the highlights:

Fly Fishing the Klamath

Saturday after Thanksgiving I fished the Klamath River in Northern California for the first time with Maddy and David.

David is my father-in-law to whom I owe the immeasurable thanks for introducing me to fly fishing. It has become an addiction. The river was beautiful and I caught my first steelhead on my new spey rod. OK, it was a little half-pounder, but at least the skunk is off the rod!




Maddy scouted out a nice little hole and caught several smolts on dry flies. We saw some beautiful stretches of this river and I can't wait to go back!

Party for the Parkway

On November 15, I performed with Matt Darling, Associate Professor of Music and Director of Percussion Studies at California State University Fresno, for a benefit party for the San Joaquin River Parkway Trust in Fresno, CA.

The party was at the beautiful home of the Hallowells in the foothills outside Fresno. The sold-out party was great fun with wonderful food and a great crowd. It was fun to see some old friends and to perform with Matt. We played one time many years ago in the Sacramento Philharmonic together, but this was the first time we really played "together".

We performed Nagoya Marimbas by Steve Reich, Duet for Vibraphone and Marimba by Daniel Levitan, Just a Bunch of Notes... by Stephen Whittington, and Saint Agnes and the Burning Train by Sting. We also each performed two solos.

Thanks to the James and Coke Hallowell, David and Linda Grubbs, and to all the enthusiastic people at the concert and party. It was great fun!