Groupmuse
Musician-Owner
Groupmuse is a cooperative that focuses on using live music to strengthen community bonds. It's about bringing people together, often in intimate spaces like house concerts, small venues, or public spaces, to create real, in-person connections while experiencing the power of music.
I have known Groupmuse since its inception in Boston during the same period that I was a graduate music student there, and am thrilled to be a part of this cooperative!
Groupmuse offers music-lovers the opportunity to host a concert in their own home - meet new people, hang out with friends, and enjoy fantastic music. It's free and the Groupmuse online platform will help with setup.
For more inquiries, please use the Contact page for communication.
If you want to read more about the Groupmuse platform, please visit https://www.groupmuse.com/
'Connecting Through Sound' Recital Series
Musician-Producer
During the break between Covid lockdowns, when most performances were primarily restricted to outdoors, a lot of my recital bookings were solo in order to get around the restrictions in place. I decided to use this time to explore works that were either new or (for some reason or other) relatively unknown, starting off a series called Connecting Through Sound.
It came on the heels of my last year in uni as I was finalizing my thesis related to new music when lockdown first began, but the inspiration came somewhat unknowingly from a project I had a brushing with years ago in Toronto. I got to know the ARC Ensemble, whose focus for two decades has been to uncover works that hadn’t been performed. More specifically, works silenced by war and suppressive regimes, particularly around WW II. As a student, one of my coaches who was in the ensemble got me to assist in studio with one of their recording sessions (the ensemble has received 2 Grammy nominations since). My job that first day was only to turn pages for the pianist, but getting the chance to look and hear this music that had been created under such dire circumstances stayed with me.
Fast forward and once the pandemic ended, I decided that with similar-minded artistic collaborators, this series could continue in the form of a music soirée - an evening of socializing and live classical music performance. All recital dates can be found in the Upcoming Events folder and will be updated regularly.