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February 2026
Brass Solidarity gets coverage on The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell, video story here.

January 2026
Brass Solidarity gets coverage on Victor Blackwell’s “Art is Life” segment on CNN, video story here.

Autumn 2025
I am also playing with Brass Solidarity, an ensemble dedicated to Black liberation, social justice, and community support.

Summer 2025
I am now playing with Unlawful Assembly, a direct action marching band collective supporting causes of social justice, liberation and equity.

May 2025
Revealing new music! With Nyttu Chongo, Tim O’Keefe and Aaron Kerr at the Vanguard New Music Series concert 15 May 25 at Zion Lutheran Church, 1697 Lafond, St Paul, MN, 7pm.

June 2024
Premiering three newly-composed pieces for Greek bouzouki and tzouras at the Vanguard New Music Series concert 06 Jun 24 at Zion Lutheran Church, 1697 Lafond, St Paul, MN, 7pm.

June 2023
Recording project I was involved in while studying in Athens early this year. I am playing lavta with the Κέντρο Ελληνικής Μουσικής “Φοίβος Ανωγειανάκης” Orchestra and Chorus, performing “Γκιοζτεπελιά,” a traditional song of Aegina, an island in the Saronic Gulf.

ΚΕΜΦΑ Ορχήστρα καi Χορωδία (2023)

December 2022
Release of 6-tune EP “Push the Boat Out,” instrumental guitar music in the jazz-rock-pop vein. Available on all major streaming platforms (like this one).

push the boat out