For this Yom Kippur service concert, I join violist Maria Lambros, cellist Michael Kannen, and flutist Rachel Choe for a beautifully curated program of music with ties to the sky and meditation

Looking forward to hopping in with the BSO for this incredible Bartok ballet under the baton of Matthias Pintscher, following a first half of Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite and Scriabin’s Piano Concerto with Conrad Tao

Looking forward to hopping in with the BSO for this incredible Bartok ballet under the baton of Matthias Pintscher, following a first half of Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite and Scriabin’s Piano Concerto with Conrad Tao

Looking forward to hopping in with the BSO for this incredible Bartok ballet under the baton of Matthias Pintscher, following a first half of Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite and Scriabin’s Piano Concerto with Conrad Tao

The Collective performs a recital on the Texas Performing Arts series at UT Austin with Garth Neustadter’s Seaborne and Steve Reich’s Sextet

I visit Jacob Gall’s percussion students at Glenn High School during my Austin trip to talk with them about my music and career, coach them on their All-State music, and play selections from my solo repertoire

I visit Leander High School during my stay in Austin to talk with Michael Zellers’ percussion students and perform some of my solo repertoire

iQ heads to MSMU to play an evening recital with works by Laurello, Lubman, and Lansky

My life partner becomes my musical partner for this special duo show with Zoe Fried, featuring arrangements of music by Ravel, Cage, and Maslanka for oboe and marimba

Mind on Fire, Baltimore’s contemporary music collective, is teaming up with the Pratt Library to host a summer series of recitals at their various branch locations, and I will be playing a set of my favorite marimba works, as well as Mark Applebaum’s Aphasia, a piece inspired by this condition that disassociates words from their meaning, while surrounded by a lot of words and meaning :)

I am thrilled to be coming back to Ted Hearne’s riveting piece for drum set and wine-cork-prepared cello, furtive movements, this time with cellist Lavena Johanson, recording the work for her solo album in conjunction with the Evolution Music Series

DMV is back for year two, and I am excited to present again this year as their marimba specialist, performing some of my own repertoire, coaching student performances, and presenting on general concepts and approach to the instrument

Composer/pianist Ian Power leads an experimental program of his own music, a D. Edward Davis premiere, and works by Jennie Gottschalk and Laura Steenberge, along with myself, saxophonist Andrew Bernstein, oboist Zoe Fried, and flutist Stephanie Ray

I join the BSO percussion section as an extra to perform Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 11 under the baton of maestro Peter Oundjian

I join the BSO percussion section as an extra to perform Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 11 under the baton of maestro Peter Oundjian

The Percussion Collective gives the world premiere of Alejandro Viñao’s Stress and Flow, along with Neustadter’s Seaborne, and a performance of Philip Glass by the NYU Percussion Ensemble

icarus Quartet has been chosen as one of two finalists to perform for the 34th edition of the CMYS series competition

Baltimore’s contemporary music collective Mind on Fire presents a program featuring Sky Macklay's Microvariations, Chris Dietz's Contretemps, and a world premiere by Jamal Moore

Matt joins me at Mount Saint Mary’s University for a percussion concert with duos for marimbas, vibraphones, and drum setups

iQ continues its midwest tour at BGSU’s Bryan Hall with music by Weiser, Lubman, Laurello, and Lansky

iQ heads to WSU for a day with their piano and percussion departments, with masterclasses and coachings of student repertoire and an evening recital

I give my debut performance at Mount Saint Mary’s University with an evening of works for solo percussion by Crowell, Applebaum, Jarrett, Bach, Stevens, and a world premiere by Viet Cuong

I get my second Cali trip of the winter for the world premiere of Josep Maria Guix’s Jardin Seco in two performances of a program including works by Mozart, Tower, Coleman, and D’Rivera

I get my second Cali trip of the winter for the world premiere of Josep Maria Guix’s Jardin Seco in two performances of a program including works by Mozart, Tower, Coleman, and D’Rivera

I rejoin the wonderful KCO for Ted Hearne’s By-By Huey and Sarah Gibson’s I prefer living in color on a program with additional music by Childs, Adolphe, Bansal, and Norman

iQ brings some favorites of Lansky and Lubman along with Alex Weiser’s Two by Two and the premiere of a new Michael Laurello arrangement to this beautiful series in Reisterstown, MD

I return to Baltimore’s Thrive series, this time with my duo partner, Matt Keown, for an evening of seamless percussion music, starting with high energy hocketing drum licks and fading out towards the most intimate marimba music there is. Works by Marino, Lang, Reich, Alberto/Gorosito, Jarrett, Aperghis, Rzewski, and Andersson.

iQ works with students at the Garrison Forest School in a day-long event of outreach and education