I am a clarinetist and bass clarinetist active in a wide range of genres, including classical, contemporary, klezmer, and various genre hybrids (rock-classical, jazz-klezmer, etc.) I have performed with many San Francisco Bay Area ensembles and institutions, including the Other Minds festival, the Marin Symphony, and BluePrint, among others. I also performed with the Machaya klezmer band and the Great Noise Ensemble in Washington, DC. I am currently a member of the New York new music ensemble Hotel Elefant, the Sqwonk bass clarinet duo and the Edmund Welles bass clarinet quartet, and appear occasionally with the klezmer/Balkan/ experimental band Zoyres. More information on these groups below.

SQWONK
My bass clarinet duo with Jeff Anderle. We play
mostly new music, including several of my own compositions, and have commissioned works from many other interesting composers, including Marc Mellits, Dan Becker, Ken Thomson, Ryan Brown, Ian Dicke, Damon Waitkus, James Holt, Cornelius Boots, Aaron Novik, and others.
We also arrange older music, particularly Bach,
but play it in our own sqwonkified way. We have
two CDs out featuring works we have commissioned by the above composers. For more information, visit
www.sqwonk.org


EDMUND WELLES
Cornelius Boots' bass clarinet quartet. We play
mostly Cornelius' original tunes, an inimitable
blend of heavy metal, jazz, and classical.
Plus the occasional cover tune.
More info and audio clips at:
www.edmundwelle.com


ZOYRES
Eastern European Wild Ferment
Klezmer / Balkan / Jazz / Wild Improv
www.zoyres.com