I had new song come through in January: “We Are Not Afraid.” I've taught it to groups at a couple marches down at the ICE facility here in Portland and it has helped many of us stay courageous and rooted…
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Apr 21, 2026
Apr 21, 2026
I had new song come through in January: “We Are Not Afraid.” I've taught it to groups at a couple marches down at the ICE facility here in Portland and it has helped many of us stay courageous and rooted…
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Jan 26, 2026
I'll be leading a song to close this interfaith silent march to protest ICE's brutal treatment of our community and those across the country. This is a powerful event that has been happening monthly and is usually about an hour…
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Sep 30, 2024
Sep 13, 2024
We're excited to be part of the Risk/Reward Festival! This is a kickoff show for an October tour of our production of AN ILIAD.
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Nov 10, 2023
I'm honored to be playing instrumental music for this event, as well as bringing a message (through song) on behalf of my Quaker meeting:
Announcing the 8th Annual
Transgender Day of Remembrance Interfaith Vigil
Sunday, November 19th 4pm…
Jul 1, 2023
Tell your friends! Go to the shows page for details….
Jul 1, 2023
Quakers from all over the US and Canada (and beyond) are gathered together by Friends General Conference for a week of worship, workshops, and community. This year, gathering is in Monmouth, Oregon, July 2nd - July 8th and I will…
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May 4, 2023
Actor Paul Susi and I are remounting An Iliad! We're giving a free invited performance on Saturday May 13 at 7 pm, at the West Hills Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. Donations gratefully welcome to fund a return to the…
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Feb 13, 2023
I'm delighted to be playing a solo show at St. Catherine Episcopal Church in Nehalem. The north coast is a dear place to me. I used to live in Arch Cape years ago and now spend a lot of my…
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Nov 15, 2022
I'm honored to be providing cello music again for the Interfaith Vigil for Transgender Day of Remembrance here in Portland, Oregon. I'm so grateful for the unique brilliance of each of the trans and nonbinary people I've had the privilege…
Sep 20, 2022
There’s a reason there’s been little news to report here for many months: I’ve been deep in the process of writing a dramatic work that incorporates theater, music, and projections of visual art called The Antigone Cycle. After bringing…
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Nov 15, 2021
November 20, 2021
5pm - 6:15pm (pacific)
hybrid (online with limited in-person attendance in NE Portland, Oregon)
Honoring and remembering transgender people around the world whose lives have been lost to anti-transgender violence. This observance is open to the entire…
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Aug 17, 2021
First live performances in the time of covid....
August 27th, 28th, and 29th at Multnomah Friends Meeting in Portland, Oregon.
This series of mid-day offerings will involve prayerful performance, singing together, and silent worship in the style of Friends (Quakers)…
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May 25, 2020
Painting by Reeva Wortel
I’m offering this song to my people - all people - for free. It is medicine, and all who need medicine should have it, especially in the midst of pandemic.
If you…
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It was a huge honor to be interviewed and play some of my music for QuakerSpeak. This is a video project of the publication Friends Journal, based in Philadelphia. The work I do as a songwriter, singer, and cellist was…
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Nov 16, 2019
Actor Paul Susi and I got to talk about our experiences bringing our production of AN ILIAD to prisons across Oregon. We were interviewed for the October 17, 2019 episode of this great new podcast that focuses on artists using…
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Oct 3, 2019
I wrote a score for solo cello for this modern interpretation of Homer's Iliad. We toured it to eleven prisons, two schools, a homeless shelter, and two public venues last fall. This month we are remounting the show, offering…
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Jul 29, 2019
Jul 3, 2019
It's about the spiritual struggles of self-promotion as an artist, from my own Quaker-cello-wielding-activist-folksinger perspective. You can read it on my Patreon page (just click on the images below) and, if you're so inclined, pitch in to support what I…
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May 21, 2019
I'm excited to split a bill with Mirabai Peart for the debut of her solo project in Portland! She's an incredibly talented musician I've had the pleasure of playing with on many recording sessions. I'm delighted that we'll get to…
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