Live From My Living Room

Tune in Thursday August 13 at 7:00pm CST for Live From My Living Room with Holland Hopson presented by the Hoover Library in Hoover, Alabama. I’ll perform new works and improvisations for a custom electric guitar/banjo hybrid instrument built by the amazing Jefferson Pitcher. I may also give a sneak preview of a some visualization software I’ve been developing. Check out the entire Live From My Room video series on YouTube.

The Hoover Library has a long history of presenting great concerts. I played there in person (how quaint!) in 2016, and have had my pieces played there by pianist Aron Kallay and the percussion group Iron Giant. Here’s a video of Iron Giant playing my Quartet 60x880120x208 for four metronomes:

Here’s the info for Thursday’s concert:

Fringe Arts Bath – Automated

My piece A Work of Art for Every Entry in Index—Subjects—Library of Congress is included in the Automated online exhibit, a part of the Fringe Arts Bath Festival 2020. The exhibit was curated by Samuel Morgan and runs until June 6.

Other artists featured in the exhibit include Anne-Marie Atkinson, Michael Berto, Martin Calvino, Clemence Debaig, Louise Harris, Ryan Lewis, April Lin, Sophia Moffa, Samuel Morgan, Dave Webb, Joseph Wilk, Caro Williams, Liz Wilson, Rachel Yurkovich, and Emily Joy Zeller.

Check out more info about the piece.

Phrase lengths

Mockup of phrase lengths

Still have some work to do here, but it was fun hacking together a Processing program to test out phrase lengths as they relate to the overall structure of a composition.

Sonifying the Unlikely

I’m participating in a panel discussion on unusual sound sources at Southern Sonic today. The panel is moderated by Dan Sharp and includes Andrew Raffo Dewar, Tim Feeney, Taylor Lee Shepherd and Rick Snow.

Saturday 5/12 2pm
Sonifying the Unlikely as a Practice in Contemporary Music and Sound Art
Southern Sonic
Contemporary Arts Center
New Orleans LA

Looking forward to a lively discussion!