I hear the voice as an instrument of desire, prayer, ancestry, politics, spirit, and variance. Trained in opera, I starting my career as a songwriter in predominantly queer spaces. Gradually, I moved towards a broader sonic practice, working in collaboration with choreographers and visual artists. I’ve lent my voice to the narratives of Bill T. Jones, Shana Moulton, Miguel Gutierrez, and Ishmael Houston-Jones. I bring into sound LGBTQIA legacies, including those interrupted by HIV and AIDS—Arthur Russell, Lance T. Briggs, and John Bernd among them.
As a cultural producer, I engage history as a tool to build community, exemplified by the the annual NYC concert of Terry Riley’s In C, ongoing since 2005, as Music Director for a decade-long revival of the Joshua Light Show, and as curator of live art at the NYC AIDS Memorial. I currently teach at Eugene Lang College at The New School and the School for Visual Art, and am enrolled at Wesleyan University, where I’m studying for my Master’s in Composition, with a focus on the musics of Arthur Russell and Anthony Braxton, in whose ensembles I have been performing since 2010.
Awards:
2022 NY Dance & Performance “Bessie” Award
2017 NY Dance & Performance “Bessie” Award
2013 Creative Capital Award
Photo by Eric McNatt