composer & sound-designer. i do other stuff, too.

New recordings all over the place

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The past month has been seriously studio-heavy. Have a listen to "The Wheel," written with Julia Gytri for our musical, The White City. Many thanks to Andrew Sharon on guitar and Sam Weber (of Pictures of the Sun fame) on bass.  More to come, soon!

Guitar - Andrew Sharon Bass - Sam Webber Piano/vocals - Avi Amon Buffalo Bill sings as his Congress of Rough Riders set up the Wild West Show outside the fairgrounds.

PAGPAG Featured at Montreal World Film Festival

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August 25th and 30th! More info on my calendar page. Here is the posting on the Montreal World Film Festival website that will have the information as well. It's being billed under the Focus On World Cinema Short Film Series. Roadtrip? Anyone?

I had the distinct pleasure of scoring this film last year. John Paul Su is an extremely talented, up-and-coming writer/director who I met through a mutual friend at NYU. PAGPAG has already won a number of awards, most recently, the Directors' Guild of America Student Film Award.

PAGPAG tells the story of a young girl's hopes for adoption while living in the landfill-slums outside of Manila.  The score is influenced by traditional Filipino rhythms and pop music from the region. Several of the instruments are actually played through pieces of garbage to highlight the characters' plight as well as their strength through adversity. Please visit my film music page for more info. 

New Job! New Website!

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Thrilled to announce that I've joined the JCCManhattan as a program associate with their Arts+Ideas department. Arts+Ideas at the JCC has an impressive music, theater, film, guest speaker, and visual art series - I'm helping develop and coordinate these events. Yeah!

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What's the best thing to do with your summer after finishing your MFA?  Make a website that actually showcases your work.  I've spent the last month or so diving into the whole Squarespace (actual best platform on the planet) thing and I'm pleased with how everything has turned out.  

Be sure to check out all the music and videos I've curated on this site and be in touch if you catch any typos.  I'm not saying that I'll change anything, just like, you know.

I've also updated the layout of my tumblr.  Hope to get back on that bandwagon soon but I posted a weird face-in-a-face-in-a-face gif thing in the meantime.