The Wandering Cellist

Soft Butter: A Trans Fantasia on Edible Themes

So excited to share that the Soft Butter: A Trans Fantasia on Edible Themes recording (featuring yours truly on cello) is finally out!!

Soft Butter, created by Éamon Boylan, is a postmodern theatrical poem, a musical, an ode to Gertrude Stein. Simultaneously camp, expressionistic, and intimate, the piece considers identity and trauma through models of queer language and memory. Soft Butter is now headed for a very special premiere at Ars Nova, ANT Fest 2018 and we need your help!

You can check out the album on Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music, Google Play, Amazon, and more. Follow Soft Butter on Instagram here

Ode to the Underground

So happy to have been a part of this!!

An ensemble of buskers shares a ballad with the ephemeral community of commuters across New York’s subway platforms. Presented by Vacationland, this is a love letter to the creative process and the complicated relationship an artist has with their work.

Videos from Caffeine Underground Show – 4/8/18 – Opening for Edensong

On April 8, 2018 I had the privilege of playing an opening set for Edensong’s pre-tour show! It was a great night, and wonderful to reconnect with my former bandmates, and see just how much they’d grown and evolved – their lineup even includes a koto player now! Kento was kind enough to send me 2 videos from my set that night, so now I can share them with all of you 🙂

Under the Desert Sun

Under the Desert Sun is something I composed while playing in the subways many, many years ago. It was initially inspired by an Indian morning raga I had learned, and also incorporates elements of Ashkenazi Jewish music (the main line was my own play on Ravel’s Kaddish), a musical quote from Gladiator, and an improvisatory middle section that has always been left up to whatever I’m feeling and listening to in the moment.

Most recently, I’ve been trying to channel the feel of a kamancheh – an instrument that features in Persian and Iranian music. At other times, I try and incorporate more of a Metallica-influenced heavy metal aspect into it.

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End Medley

This Pirates of the Caribbean melody is something I put together while playing in the subways a few years ago. Pirates of the Caribbean 3 has long been one of my favorite movies, and this medley too has been a mainstay in my performing over the years.

So nice to finally have some new videos up! 🙂