upcoming events

• The MDBQ at Singers: 2025-07-20 7:00 PM
  The Melodica Drone & Bach Quartet will be playing a show at Singers! We'll be playing a new piece by Lili and a smattering of new and ambitious Bach arrangements. We're also super excited to share this bill with Meesh Sara Fradkin and Adrianna Jasmine Svitak. Don't miss it! <3

past events

• Open jam with the MDBQ: 2025-05-18 12:30 PM
  Join the Melodica Drone & Bach Quartet for our third annual open jam in the sun! We'll read some music and improvise together, and the quartet will preview some music we're working on. Attendance is free, but RSVP is required. We'll be bringing a couple extra melodicas, but if you have your own please bring it!
• Online reading for Allison Parrish's Two of Pentacles: 2025-05-18 4:00 PM
  If you couldn't make it to the in-person book launch for Two of Pentacles by Allison Parrish, tune in to this online launch celebration featuring special guests John Cayley and Holly Melgard!
• The MDBQ at Cutelab: 2024-12-15 7:00 PM
  The Melodica Drone & Bach Quartet will be playing a show at Cutelab in Gowanus. We'll be premiering our new arrangement of Brandenburg 5 and playing a piece with ondist David Karp. Kyrese Washington and Brian Ellis will be playing sets as well, which we are really excited to hear!
• OUTPUT launch at Wordhack: 2024-11-21 7:00 PM
  Output: An Anthology of Computer-Generated Text, 1953–2023 launches November 2024, and includes a work of mine. I'll be participating in the launch event at Wordhack with Sasha Stiles, David Gissen, and Nick Montfort.
• Open Jam with the MDBQ: 2024-07-06 3:00 PM
  Come jam with the Melodica Drone & Bach Quartet in McCarren Park! We'll read some music and improvise together, and the quartet will preview some music we're working on. Attendance is free, but RSVP is required. We'll be bringing a couple extra melodicas, but if you have your own please bring it!
• The MDBQ at Cutelab: 2024-04-26 7:30 PM
  The Melodica Drone & Bach Quartet will be playing a show at Cutelab in Gowanus. Tickets are $15 at the door (no one turned away for lack of funds).
• The MDBQ at Singers: 2024-03-17 7:30 PM
  The Melodica Drone & Bach Quartet will be playing a show at Singers in Bed-Stuy. No cover or drink minimum, just show up!
• Reading at Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend: 2023-10-02 6:30 PM
  I will be joining three other Awst Press authors at this reading celebrating the release of Anne Ray's new book, Scenic Overlook. The reading will be at Pete’s Candy Store, 709 Lorimer St, Brooklyn, NY 11211.
• The MDBQ at Singers: 2023-07-09 7:00 PM
  The Melodica Drone & Bach Quartet will be playing a show at Singers in Bed-Stuy. No cover or drink minimum, just show up!
• Spring open melodica jam with the MDBQ: 2023-06-17 2:00 PM
  The melodica quartet is having our first open-invite melodica jam this April in Central Park! Attendance is free but RSVP is required. (This event was originally scheduled for April but delayed by weather.)
• Melodica Quartet & Album Release!: 2023-06-03 7:30 PM
  The Melodica Drone & Bach Quartet will be playing a show in Ridgewood that will double as a celebration of the release of my upcoming album, The Complete Bach Cello Suites on Melodica. The program will feature Bach's double violin concerto, organ works, a new piece by local composer Hannah Cai Sobel, and more. Advance tickets are available at a discount.
• Neoscore workshop at TENOR 2023: 2023-05-15 to 2023-05-17
  My graphical music notation library Neoscore will be featured at TENOR 2023 in Boston. Premieres from the Neoscore commission opportunity will be given, and I will help give a workshop introducing the software.
• Poetron installation at Harvestworks: 2023-04-28 to 2023-05-14
  I will be installing the poetron at Regen Circuit, a livecode-focused exhibition hosted by Harvestworks on Governor's Island organized by Melody Loveless. The exhibition also features many live performances, workshops, and other art works.
• Unbound Book Festival: 2023-04-21 to 2023-04-23
  I will be a guest author at this year's Unbound Book Festival in Columbia, MO. I'll be joining a panel discussing AI with Alexander Weinstein and Akil Kumarasamy, and a poetry reading with Jennifer Maritza McCauley and Sun Yung Shin. The festival schedule can be found here.
• Live coded melodica at Synesthesia: 2022-10-28 Evening
  I will be playing a solo live coded melodica set at a DigiAna-organized show at Synesthesia. Full lineup and exact starting time TBA.
• Generative poetry at Flux Treasure Island: 2022-10-21 to 2022-10-23

  I will be participating in this year's Flux Treasure Island event, an arts treasure hunt scattered across Governor's Island, with an installation of the poetron at the Institute for Public Architecture.

  Open hours are: Oct 21 1-4 PM, Oct 22 12-4 PM, Oct 23 12-5 PM. For visits on the 23rd, guided tours of the IPA are available through the Open House NY program.

• Live coded melodica with Riley Wong: 2022-10-22 8:00PM

  I will be playing a set with Riley Wong at this event organized by them at the studio Hex House in Brooklyn. The event also features Melody Loveless, Urner, s4y, The PS1 Startup Sound As a Lesbian, and alsoknownasrox. Contact me or get a ticket for the address.

• Performance & Reading at Leaf House: 2022-08-22 7:00PM

  I will be doing a collaborative performance with Melody Loveless including melodica, poems, and live code. The lineup also features Eric Eckhart, EriDan, and Dan Gorelick.

• Online reading with Donald Quist and Esteban Rodríguez: 2021-11-17 8:00PM

  Malvern Books is hosting an online reading with Donald Quist, Esteban Rodríguez, and myself at 8PM EST / 7PM CST.

• poetry reading with digiana: 2021-10-23 7:00PM

  i will be reading some live-generated poems from we are invited to climb at digiana's upcoming october show at backyard ghost in gowanus (202 9th st). other performers will include Nebula and Robot, Matthew Ryals, Seungjin Lee, Melody Loveless, Snake Andrews, and Nicole Salamone.

• generative poetry at the brooklyn book festival: 2021-10-03

  awst press, publisher of we are invited to climb will be sharing a table with deep vellum at this year's brooklyn book festival at borough hall plaza. stop by to get a copy of the book and to play with the poetron to generate unique versions of poems from it printed on receipt paper. i will be around to chat and sign between 3 and 5.

• generative poetry at the nyc anarchist book fair: 2021-10-02 11:00AM - 7:00PM

  i will be installing the poetron at this year's nyc anarchist book fair at la plaza community garden in manhattan. stop by to generate unique poems from my new book, we are invited to climb, and take them home with you on printed receipts.

• drones and poems in transmitter park: 2021-09-24 9:00PM

  outdoor drones and chill come back in this low-key end-of-summer show with melody loveless and caitlin cawley. melody and caitlin will share some electro-percussive-live-coded vibes, i will do some solo stuff (maybe a bach movement on melodica?), and i will read some poems from my new book, we are invited to climb.

  as always in this series, admission is free. i will have a few copies of the book available for sale.

• a short while (installation): 2021-03-20

  an installation Jonah Udall and i built is going up at the LEIMAY Ensemble's Williamsburg studio, CAVE, at 58 Grand St. it's a sound slower-downer which listens to the world and helps us sit in the little sounds. it's currently up, and most likely will be through the spring and possibly summer, so please feel welcome to stop by on a tranquil sunny day of your choosing!

• anniversary of nyc's cultural shutdown: 2021-03-19 1:30PM

  Jonah Udall and i are temporarily installing our piece, a short while, at the LEIMAY Ensemble's event commemorating the anniversary of NYC's "cultural shutdown" in the wake of the pandemic last year. the event will feature performances and talks from a smattering of local institutional and political leaders.

• talk on chance poetry at !!con: 2020-05-10

  i'll be giving a talk at !!con about my chance poetry programming language, bml - why chance poetry is interesting, how the language works, and how i've been using it in my projects.

• poems in cyberspace: 2020-05-02 7:30PM

  i'll be running and mc-ing this online poetry reading featuring loisa fenichell, chibuihe obi achimba, sophie jennis, brian wiora, and bobby sanchez.

• Poetry Installation at CJ. One Gallery: 2020-03-05 to 2020-03-14

  I will be joining DigiAna in a group show for CJ. One Gallery's one-year anniversary show. I'll be showing the latest iteration of my poetry generating installation with a new dynamic poem titled other kinds of mirrors. Other participating artists include Seungjin Lee, Nicole Salamone, Hide Miyadate, Richard Ford III, Roman Kalinovski, and Melody Loveless.

  There will be an opening reception on March 5 at 6pm.

• Spectral Dancing at ECHOfest: 2020-01-26 2:00PM

  erin landers (dance), lara lewison (costume & paint) and i will be presenting a new project in movement, color, code, and sound at this matinee also featuring performances by luisa muhr and the million underscores.

  part of ECHOfest, a mini festival of movement, sound and space. presented by ECHOensemble and ChaShaMa.

• DigiAna Performance Show: 2019-11-24 8:00PM

  i will be doing a spectrophone painting set at synesthesia on a bill put together by DigiAna, a collective of new york based artists from around the world, working with multi-sensory digital and analog media.

• NYC Composer Collective at Mirror in the Woods: 2019-11-22 8:00PM

  members of the nyc composer collective present a series of eclectic premieres, ranging from art song to noise improv to live coded synths. featuring new pieces by felix jarrar, sequoia sellinger, andrew yoon, sebastian zel, claire-francis sullivan, natalie braginsky, and isabela tanashian / joseph jordan.

  i will be premiering a new solo piano piece.

• Views from Home: 2019-11-16 9:00PM

  ambient/drone dungeon in ridgewood with ab, nicole, hand of mother, and doing a collaborative set with natalie[dot]computer under free as in reeds.

• Basement Gallery: 2019-10-19 10:00PM

  melody loveless and i are putting together this one-night (literally) underground festival. Featuring Ericka Longo, baseless-fabric, Joana Chicau, Indira Ardolic, Morrison Gong, Char Stiles, and Sarah Groff Hennigh-Palermo, ECHOensemble, Isabela Tanashian, EdiDan, Melody Loveless, Caitlin Cawley, Zachary James Ritter, Eric Shekerjian, JRPG Combat Systems, Jonah Udall, tedted Performance Group, natalie[dot]computer, lara lewison, and maybe even more.

  i'll be doing a 4 hour spectrophone painting performance, while also putting up an acoustic drone installation with Jonah Udall.

• NYC Composer Collective at Mirror in the Woods: 2019-10-11 8:00PM

  Members of the NYC Composer Collective present a series of eclectic premieres, ranging from art song to melodica orchestra to live coded synths. Featuring new pieces by Felix Jarrar, Zachary James Ritter, Kalun Leung, Melody Loveless, Sequoia Sellinger, and Andrew Yoon, with performances by the composers and guests Savannah Greene, Tyler Neidermeyer, Lara Lewison, Jonah Udall, Nicole Davis, and more.

  I'm really excited about this show because the melodica drone and bach orchestra I'm making is going to be having our debut performance, playing a guided improvisation I'm "composing".

• Live from Area 69: 2019-09-20 9:00PM

  outer space alien sounds at babycastles. i'll be playing a solo live paint / live code / double melodicas set. featuring also performances by messica arson, naltroc, and natalie[dot]computer.

• Drones and chill in transmitter park vol. ii: 2019-08-25 8:00PM

  electroacoustic drones with natalie[dot]computer featuring accordions, computers, and melodicas

• Spectrophone set at Muchmore's: 2019-08-14 9:00PM

  i'll be playing a solo live paint / live code / double melodicas set at this show, also including sets by Evan Milller, Mediaqueer, and Matthew Sullivan.

• Algorave at Wonderville: 2019-08-09 8:30PM

  live code, spectrophone, supercollider, accordion, melodicas, and more with natalie[dot]computer at the august algorave with livecode.nyc. also featuring sets with F00F, leeps, 2050 music, Ulysses Popple, BITPRINT, Melody Loveless, and Char Stiles

• Drones and chill in transmitter park: 2019-08-01 8:00PM

  electroacoustic drones with natalie[dot]computer, i'll be playing double melodica and natalie will be doing something great

• againagain at TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL GOOD: 2019-07-25 7:00PM

  a dynamic computational poetry installation in which visitors can create and take home unique renditions of a poem, asking the question: “who owns this text?”

  Main Lounge (checkin necessary)
  155 Claremont Avenue
  New York, NY 10027

• Always Already: 2019-06-26 12:00PM

  a public performance art installation by Raven White and Jonah Udall in celebration of Pride Month at The Oculus (at the World Trade Center). i will be one of a large ensemble of performers. 12-4PM.

• Sun Sounds: 2019-06-22 4:00PM

  a marathon sonic/video/animation/installation celebration of the summer solstice; i'll be playing a solo live paint / live code / double melodicas set some time around 5:45pm. many other incredible sets by Eridan (Eri King and Daniel Greer), Melody Loveless, Daniel McKemie, Paulapart, Jordan John Parker, Hank Mason, Ray Barash, Mikey Estes, Derek Frankhouser, Simone Hooymans, Susan Hughes, Liz Naiden, Michelle O'Connell, Ahna Serendren, Clint Sleeper, Emmaline Payette, Michelle Hernandez Vega, and Eye of Astro

  Babycastles
  145 W 14th St
  New York, NY 10011
  

• Live Painting & Coding at Artyparty 1: 2019-06-16 1:00PM

  a series of experimental a/v performances; i'll be opening with a solo live paint / live code / double melodicas set. other acts include Indira Ardolic and Lucas White, Daniel McKemie, Melody Loveless, Johann Diedrick and Ethan Edwards

• Drones and chill in Natalie's backyard, Vol. II: 2019-05-17 10:00PM

  Outdoor acoustic drones with natalie[dot]computer; I'll be playing melodicas and Natalie will be playing accordion and doing electronic shenanigans.

• SPACE: 2019-05-03 8:00PM

  Presenting a new collaboration with Dan Antoniu, where Dan will be making sound using extended electroacoustic guitar and I will be painting (with real paint) to drive the spectrophone while live-coding on it.

  See pictures from our most recent session at https://www.instagram.com/p/BvWvNETl-7z

  Music Building, Room 0081
  Brigid Flanagan Drive
  Purchase, NY 10577
  

• Drones and chill in Natalie's backyard: 2019-04-27 10:00PM

  Outdoor acoustic drones with natalie[dot]computer; I'll be playing melodicas and Natalie will be playing accordion.

• ASK Presents: A-Y/dancers: 2019-04-26 8:00PM, 2019-04-27 8:00PM, 2019-04-28 3:00PM

  Dance from then to dance for now.
  From them to us, from us for you.

  A-Y/dancers, the Hudson Valley's new repertory dance company, presents their 2019 Season at Art Society of Kingston April 26-28. See the work of iconic post-modern master Merce Cunningham, acclaimed contemporary dance maker Doug Varone, and compelling, emerging choreographer Hannah Garner, side-by-side in one dynamic and eclectic program.

  Excerpts from my upcoming spectrophone/poetry album the side effects of change will be played alongside a Merce Cunningham MinEvent.

  Arts Society of Kingston
  97 Broadway
  Kingston, NY 12401
  

• LiveCode.NYC Algorave at Sunnyvale: 2019-03-13 8:00PM

  Playing a set with natalie[dot]computer. Natalie will be making colors on a screen using a launchpad and smudge.ink, and the video will be fed live into the spectrophone, which I will be live-coding on with python. Natalie will also play accordion and I will play melodica at some point.

  Presented by livecode.nyc.

  Sunnyvale
  1031 Grand St
  Brooklyn, New York 11211
  

• NYC Composer Collective at Spectrum: 2019-02-24 4:00PM

  Premiering othergreen, a piece for solo spectrophone and watercolors. The event also features premieres by Sequoia Sellinger, Felix Jarrar, Noah Becker, Jonah Udall, Nick Dunston, Natalie Braginsky (aka natalie[dot]computer), and Cat Toren

  Spectrum
  70 Flushing Avenue, Garage A
  Brooklyn, New York 11205
  

• EarSee at Bar Next Door (emerging artist series): 2018-12-13 6:30PM

  Improvisation trio with Jonah Udall (resonator guitar) and Louna Dekker-Vargas (flutes). This is my debut performance on live spectrophone, performing using a series of watercolored sheets of paper.

  Bar Next Door at La Lanterna di Vittorio
  131 MacDougal St
  New York, New York 10012