At Soundbox, we play to read! Soundbox is a pre-literacy playgroup focused on phonemes, the individual parts of spoken words. For example, the word “cat” can be separated into 3 phonemes. A step up in learning to read is learning to listen. In each play session, friends open a Soundbox and explore the “minis” inside […]
Lily White –Saxophone Rob Garcia-Drums Bennett Paster—Piano David Smith-Trumpet Jim Whitney—bass This is the album release celebration of “Daughter of Fortune,” by Lily White. Original compositions by Lily White (one by Jim Whitney).
Mercer Patterson, Piano/Keyboard Gavin Grey, Bass Matthias Meyer, Drums Eli Heinen, Trombone Connor Hoyt, Saxophone Mercer Patterson is a composer/pianist based in NYC. Performing in a number of different styles, Mercer has had the opportunity to play at numerous venues in both NYC and Michigan, including the Detroit Jazz Festival, the Jazz Gallery, National Sawdust, the […]
"How does the raga behave? We don’t treat it as a fixed structure of notes. It has a soul. It comes to power, you watch it flourish. So then, we start developing. There’s a rhythmic section, but still with no percussion. We develop it, and then play with the tabla a cycle of maybe sixteen […]
J. A. Granelli - Solo electric bass, Compositions, effects. Colin Mackenzie - Video images and projections Why Can't I Be Beautiful Like You is an hour long multimedia piece built around the music of J .A. Granelli and the video projections of Colin MacKEnzie. What began as an online collaboration is now a live experience that […]