April 20th
Completed a new musical project. The Poetics of Sound is a daily improvisational journey in sound, generally for violin. Beginning Jan 1, 2010 and ending April 15th, 2010, it was a quiet time for listening and imagining.Poetics was a walking meditation of sorts. A sojourn where we could pause to investigate musical motives, themes, rhythms, architecture or minutiae over days or weeks or change everything in the moment.
Inspired by Gaston Bachelard's book about space, home and imagination.
Archives removed. Look for selection of the best coming soon.
Feb 22nd
Will be in Miami this week presenting Fractor at the WeMedia Conference. Then on March 8th, will be performing a work by Joe DiPonio with Laura Barger in a limo! More info here.May 21st
I am playing for a benefit for a truly important school in Sarnath, India. Buddhas Smile School. Friday June 13th, The Society of Illustrators, 128 East 63rd Street at 7:00 p.m.May 20th
Beginning cognitive neuroscience research at Hakwan Lau's Consciousness and Computation Lab. Learning some biostatistics, linear algebra and MATLAB to get up to speed and volunteering at the Weil Cornell Long Island City Clinic beginning June 9th to help out and better understand long term patient care.April 11th
A new premiere performance: Sunday, April 27th, 3 PM at The Creek and the Cave in Long Island City. Tracing Gantry Park 2007 is a sonic and visual excavation of LIC. See the low bandwidth trailer HERE See the high bandwidth trailer HERE
February 23rd
Hugo Berkely, Josephine Dorado and I have been awarded a MacArthur Award for our Fractor project. The award will enable us to launch Fractor, a web application that matches news stories with opportunities for social activism and community service. Future home of Fractor website: HERENovember 29th
Have started premedical school at Columbia University. Planning Mandala project where environment become symbol and music meets the Himalayan culture. Studying science and surgery.August 13th
Just finished a two week stint as composer/performer in Kansas City, MO where I created a one hour score for an Etre Arts outdoor dance performance. Worked with 5 incredibly talented KC dancers, a mime, a wonderful funk ensemble and choreographer/director extrodinaire Nicole Romine. Despite having to change venues at the last minute the show, which was part of the K.C. Fringe Festival, was a wonderful experience and played to sold out audiences four nights in a row.August 11th
When Day Become Night: Fantastic Butoh dancer, singer, director and theatrical personality Leigh Even's show When Day Become's Night opens up this week at St. Mark's Church beginning Wednesday, August 15th and continuing through Saturday, August 18th, every night at 8 p.m. I've written about 40 minutes of music and sound design for this 1 hour piece and will be performing with Marika Hughes on Cello and Joseph Higgins on Bass.
conceived and performed by
LEIGH EVANS
Aug. 15-18, 8pm
Directed by Annie Kunjappy
Film by David Rogers
Music by Ben Robison
Lighting Design by Lucrecia Briceno
Musicians: Ben Robison, Marika Hughes, Joe Higgins
Performers: Gillian Chadsey, victoria mcnichol kelly, Jessica Green, Megan Nicely
The Ontological Theater, @ St. Mark's Church, 131 East 10th st. @ 2nd Ave., NY
$17, $12
Tickets on-line @ www.ontological.com
or call TheaterMania: 212-352-3101
produced in association with the Ontological-Hysteric Incubator
A ghostly "Bone Girl" takes possession of a street accordionist in an intricate dance of transformation creating a physical and filmic dialogue between memory and the destructive power of war in Leigh Evans' haunting performance, When Day Became Night.
