Upcoming shows
8/30/19 - w/ Art Ensemble of Chicago - Chicago Jazz Festival, Chicago, IL
10/04/19 - 10/19/19 - Art Ensemble of Chicago European Tour
10/04/19 - Auditorium Parco della Musica - Rome, Italy
10/06/19 - La Cité des Congrès, Nantes, France
10/11/19 - Stockholm Jazz Festival, Stockholm, Sweden
10/12/19 - Mondriaan Jazz Festival, Den Haag, Netherlands
10/17/19 - Vilnius Jazz Festival, Vilnius, Lithuania
10/18/19 - Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall, Istanbul, Turkey
10/19/19 - Skopje Jazz Festival, Skopje, Macedonia
11/23/19 - w/ Art Ensemble of Chicago - Barbican, London, UK
12/15/19 - w/ Art Ensemble of Chicago - Kennedy Center, Washington DC
2/7/20 - w/ Art Ensemble of Chicago - Sons d'hiver festival, Paris, France
Past Events (incomplete)
8/3/19 - John Zorn's Cobra w/ William Winant - Temescal Arts Center, Oakland
7/17/19 - duo w/ Roscoe Mitchell - The Broad, LA (www.thebroad.org/events/black-fire-sessions-roscoe-mitchell-brett-carson-georgia-anne-muldrow-busdriver-teebs-and)
7/7/19 - w/ Noertker's Moxie - SIMM Series, Musicians Union Hall, SF
6/25/19 - w/ Jordan Glenn's BEAK - California Jazz Conservatory, Berkeley
6/21/19 - w/ Lightbulb Ensemble, Brian Baumbusch's "The Pressure" - Garden Of Memory, Chapel Of the Chimes, Oakland
6/17/19 - Microfestival of Instant Composition (conducted improvisation) - Pro Arts, Oakland
6/15/19 - w/ Lightbulb Ensemble, Brian Baumbusch's "The Pressure", world premiere - Other Minds Festival, YBCA, SF
6/7/19 - w/ Roscoe Mitchell Quartet - UC Irvine (illuminations.uci.edu/events/2019_6_7_Roscoe_Mitchell_uartet.html)
4/14/19 - w/ Noertker's Moxie - SIMM Series, Musicians Union Hall, SF
3/8/19 - w/ Underweather Kitten (BC, Phillip Greenlief, Kazuto Sato, Jason Levis) - The Back Room, Berkeley
1/7/19 - w/ Revenant Quartet (BC, Karl Evangelista, Tom Djll, Nava Dunkelman) - Makeout Room, SF
12/15/18 - w/ Jordan Glenn's BEAK - Stork Club, Oakland
11/17/18 - Music of Morton Feldman and Robert Ashley w/ Mills Performing Group - Mills College, Oakland
10/26/18 - 10/27/18 - premiere of new opera: "Just Visiting (X-Ray Vision)" - Temescal Arts Center, Oakland
10/6/18 - w/ BEAK (w/ Jason Hoopes solo) - Temescal Arts Center, Oakland
9/26/18 - w/ Jordan Glenn's BEAK (w/ Grex and Bad Luck) - Elbo Room, Oakland
9/9/18 - w/ Noertker's Moxie - SIMM Series, Musicians Union Hall, SF
7/29/18 - duo w/ Roscoe Mitchell, with a reading of Bob Kaufman's poetry - Koret Auditorium, SF Library, SF (sfpl.org/index.php?pg=1032628101)
7/8/18 - w/ Noertker's Moxie - SIMM Series, Musicians Union Hall, SF
5/19/18 - w/ Lightbulb Ensemble, "Hamsa" - UC Santa Cruz
4/8/18 - w/ Noertker's Moxie - SIMM Series, Musicians Union Hall, SF
4/2/18 - w/ Reconnaissance Fly - Makeout Room, SF
3/31/18 - w/ Lightbulb Ensemble, "Hamsa" (West Coast Premiere) - Community Music Center, SF
3/4/18 - Solo piano - SIMM Series, Musicians Union Hall, SF
2/11/18 - w/ Revenant Quartet @ 9:00pm - Day of Noise, 90.1 KZSU FM (kzsu.stanford.edu)
1/18/18 - w/ Two Aerials - Octopus Literary Salon, SF
11/18/17 - Mysterious Descent, CD release show - Center for New Music, SF
9/23/17 - w/ Eric Glick Rieman - Center for New Music, SF
9/8/17 - w/ Roscoe Mitchell - De Young Museum, SF
8/5/17 - Poetry reading - Adobe Books, SF
7/6/17 - w/ Andrew Jamieson's Ives Band - Luggage Store Gallery, SF
5/26/17 - w/ Two Aerials, CD release show - Uptown Nightclub, Oakland
5/12/17 - 5/13/17 - premiere of new theatre piece - "Mary's Dilemma, or That Sinking Feeling" - Orange Room, Oakland
4/19/17 - w/ Reconnaissance Fly - Piano Fight, SF
4/15/17 - Lou Harrison's "Suite For Violin, Piano, and Small Orchestra" - Mills College, Oakland
3/16/17 - w/ Two Aerials - The Night Light, Oakland
3/12/17 - w/ Noertker's Moxie - SIMM Series, Musicians Union Hall, SF
3/5/17 - w/ Reconnaissance Fly (also Jack O' The Clock, Dirty Snacks Ensemble) - The Night Light, Oakland
11/22/16 - w/ Reconnaissance Fly, live on KFJC 89.7 FM
11/20/16 - w/ Lightbulb Ensemble, Brian Baumbusch's "Hamsa: Five Tales" - Roulette, Brooklyn, NY
11/19/16 - w/ Lightbulb Ensemble, premiere of Brian Baumbusch's "Hamsa: Five Tales" - Corcoran School of the Arts and Design - Wash., DC
11/6/16 - Mysterious Descent - SIMM Series, Musicians Union Hall, SF
10/26/16 - w/ Reconnaissance Fly (also Organofqwerty) - Octopus Literary Salon, Oakland
10/15/16 - w/ Reconnaissance Fly - Berkeley Arts Festival, Berkeley
9/6/16 - w/ Reconnaissance Fly (also Grex, Diatessaron) - El Rio, SF
8/14/16 - w/ Noertker's Moxie - SIMM Series, Musicians Union Hall, SF
7/26/16 - Mysterious Descent - Outsound New Music Summit, Community Music Center, SF
7/10/16 - w/ Reconnaissance Fly, radio interview - KKUP 91.5 FM (www.kkup.com)
6/27/16 - Mysterious Descent - premiere! (also w/ Nathan Clevenger Group) - Studio Grand, Oakland
6/21/16 - Music of Eric Glick Rieman - Garden of Memory, Chapel of the Chimes, Oakland (www.gardenofmemory.com)
6/5/16 - w/ Reconnaissance Fly - All Tomorrow's After-Parties Benefit, Berkeley Arts Festival, Berkeley
5/25/16 - w/ Underweather Kitty - Center For New Music, SF
4/23/16 - Solo piano and spoken word - Octopus Literary Salon, Oakland
3/19/16 - w/ Underweather Kitty (Phillip Greenlief/Jason Levis/Kazuto Sato) - Berkeley Arts Festival, Berkeley
3/7/16 - w/ Reconnaissance Fly - Make-out Room, SF
11/8/15 - w/ Noertker's Moxie - SIMM Series, Musicians Union Hall, SF
10/10/15 - Brett Carson @ 9:00pm on KALX 90.7 FM (kalx.berkeley.edu)
8/15/15 - Quattuor Elephantis CD Release Show - Studio Grand, Oakland
8/9/15 - Solo piano (with new spoken word pieces) - SIMM Series, Musicians Union Hall, SF
5/31/15 - Rent Romus's Life's Blood Ensemble premieres a new piece of mine - SIMM Series, Musicians Union Hall, SF
4/12/15 - w/ Noertker's Moxie - SIMM Series, Musicians Union Hall, SF
4/4/15 - w/ Bill Baird - Switchboard Festival, SF
3/6/15 - Signal Flow Festival - Mills College, Oakland
2/22/15 - Linea by Luciano Berio, w/ William Winant Percussion Group - Hertz Hall, Berkeley
2/8/15 - Duet with Mia Bella D'Augelli (also Jamieson/Douglas) - SIMM Series, Musicians Union Hall, SF
10/11/14 - Linea by Luciano Berio, w/ William Winant Percussion Group - Mills College, Oakland
10/5/14 - w/ Dan Gottwald's Analogous Ensemble - Thingamajigs Festival (3:00), Temescal Arts Center, Oakland
9/26/14 - Music of Steve Reich and Terry Riley - L@TE: Friday Nights, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley
9/6/14 - w/ Bill Baird - Awaken Cafe, Oakland
9/5/14 - Music of Reich and Cage w/ William Winant Percussion Group - Santa Cruz
8/31/14 - Quattuor Elephantis - Berkeley Arts Festival, Berkeley
8/17/14 - Solo piano - SIMM Series, Musicians Union Hall, SF
8/9/14 - Music of John Cage, Jon Myers - Fractal Mindgaze Hut, Oakland
7/28/14 - w/ Thollem McDonas and the OutSpoken Improv Workshop Ensemble, Community Music Center, SF
7/15/14 - w/ Bill Baird - Hemlock, SF
7/13/14 - w/ Bill Baird - Makeout Room, SF
7/12/14 - w/ Bill Baird - Phono del Sol Festival, SF
7/6/14 - Noertker's Moxie - SIMM Series, Musicians Union Hall, SF
6/21/14 - Music of Reich/Cage w/ W.Winant Group AND Lightbulb Ensemble - Chapel of the Chimes, Oakland
6/8/14 - Medium Size w/ guest Rent Romus - Berkeley Arts Festival, Berkeley
5/21/14 - Music of Eric Glick Rieman (also Tom Djll) - Berkeley Arts Festival, Berkeley
5/15/14 - Solo set + Quattuor Elephantis (also Pauchi Sasaki) - Mills College, Oakland
5/4/14 - Noertker's Moxie - SIMM Series, Musicians Union Hall, SF
5/3/14 - Chamber music by Cage, Messiaen, Reich, and Mozart - Mills College, Oakland
4/25/14 - Mia Bella D'Augelli violin recital, premiere of a new piece of mine - Mills College, Oakland
4/19/14 - Medium-Sized Band w/ guest Rent Romus (2pm) - VAMP, Oakland
3/27/14 - Quattuor Elephantis (also Talk More) - Luggage Store Gallery, SF
3/22/14 - Music of George Lewis (including a world premiere) - Mills College, Oakland
3/6/14-3/9/14 - Signal Flow Festival - Mills College, Oakland
2/3/14 - w/ Josh Marshall and Tony Passarell - Luna's Cafe, Sacramento
12/13/13 - Music for 16 Futurist Noise Intoners - Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley
12/7/13 - Performing chamber music by Cage, Schnittke, Muczynski, and Schubert - Mills College, Oakland
12/2/13 - Music by John Cage w/ William Winant Percussion Group - Mills College Art Museum, Oakland
11/22/13 - Medium-sized Band - Mynah Music, Oakland
11/6/13 - w/ Sharmi Basu - Mills College Art Museum, Oakland
11/3/13 - Noertker's Moxie - SIMM Series, Musicians Union Hall, SF
10/6/13 - Quattuor Elephantis (also Ross Hammond's Humanity Suite) - Temescal Arts Center, Oakland
10/5/13 - Performing music by Nicolas Collins - Mills College, Oakland
9/23/13 - Quattuor Elephantis (also Fly Paper) - Luna's Cafe, Sacramento
9/15/13 - w/ Theo Padouvas, Kim Cass, Jacob Shandling - Actual Cafe, Oakland
9/2/13 - w/ Josh Marshall, Mateo Lugo, and Timothy Orr - Make-out Room, SF
8/18/13 - Noertker's Moxie (also Motoko Honda) - SIMM Series, Musicians Union Hall, SF
7/4/13 - Medium-sized Band (also Ell3) - Lightbulb Garden, Oakland
6/23/13 - Medium-sized Band (also Jim Ryan's Retro Blue) - SIMM Series, Musicians Union Hall, SF
6/16/13 - Soliloquium (Baroque keyboard music) (w/ Paul Baumbusch) - Lightbulb Garden, Oakland
5/30/13 - w/ Andrew Jamieson (also Julian Valdi-Vieso) - Luggage Store Gallery, SF
5/22/13 - w/ Josh Marshall - Mills College Art Museum, Oakland
8/30/19 - w/ Art Ensemble of Chicago - Chicago Jazz Festival, Chicago, IL
10/04/19 - 10/19/19 - Art Ensemble of Chicago European Tour
10/04/19 - Auditorium Parco della Musica - Rome, Italy
10/06/19 - La Cité des Congrès, Nantes, France
10/11/19 - Stockholm Jazz Festival, Stockholm, Sweden
10/12/19 - Mondriaan Jazz Festival, Den Haag, Netherlands
10/17/19 - Vilnius Jazz Festival, Vilnius, Lithuania
10/18/19 - Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall, Istanbul, Turkey
10/19/19 - Skopje Jazz Festival, Skopje, Macedonia
11/23/19 - w/ Art Ensemble of Chicago - Barbican, London, UK
12/15/19 - w/ Art Ensemble of Chicago - Kennedy Center, Washington DC
2/7/20 - w/ Art Ensemble of Chicago - Sons d'hiver festival, Paris, France
Past Events (incomplete)
8/3/19 - John Zorn's Cobra w/ William Winant - Temescal Arts Center, Oakland
7/17/19 - duo w/ Roscoe Mitchell - The Broad, LA (www.thebroad.org/events/black-fire-sessions-roscoe-mitchell-brett-carson-georgia-anne-muldrow-busdriver-teebs-and)
7/7/19 - w/ Noertker's Moxie - SIMM Series, Musicians Union Hall, SF
6/25/19 - w/ Jordan Glenn's BEAK - California Jazz Conservatory, Berkeley
6/21/19 - w/ Lightbulb Ensemble, Brian Baumbusch's "The Pressure" - Garden Of Memory, Chapel Of the Chimes, Oakland
6/17/19 - Microfestival of Instant Composition (conducted improvisation) - Pro Arts, Oakland
6/15/19 - w/ Lightbulb Ensemble, Brian Baumbusch's "The Pressure", world premiere - Other Minds Festival, YBCA, SF
6/7/19 - w/ Roscoe Mitchell Quartet - UC Irvine (illuminations.uci.edu/events/2019_6_7_Roscoe_Mitchell_uartet.html)
4/14/19 - w/ Noertker's Moxie - SIMM Series, Musicians Union Hall, SF
3/8/19 - w/ Underweather Kitten (BC, Phillip Greenlief, Kazuto Sato, Jason Levis) - The Back Room, Berkeley
1/7/19 - w/ Revenant Quartet (BC, Karl Evangelista, Tom Djll, Nava Dunkelman) - Makeout Room, SF
12/15/18 - w/ Jordan Glenn's BEAK - Stork Club, Oakland
11/17/18 - Music of Morton Feldman and Robert Ashley w/ Mills Performing Group - Mills College, Oakland
10/26/18 - 10/27/18 - premiere of new opera: "Just Visiting (X-Ray Vision)" - Temescal Arts Center, Oakland
10/6/18 - w/ BEAK (w/ Jason Hoopes solo) - Temescal Arts Center, Oakland
9/26/18 - w/ Jordan Glenn's BEAK (w/ Grex and Bad Luck) - Elbo Room, Oakland
9/9/18 - w/ Noertker's Moxie - SIMM Series, Musicians Union Hall, SF
7/29/18 - duo w/ Roscoe Mitchell, with a reading of Bob Kaufman's poetry - Koret Auditorium, SF Library, SF (sfpl.org/index.php?pg=1032628101)
7/8/18 - w/ Noertker's Moxie - SIMM Series, Musicians Union Hall, SF
5/19/18 - w/ Lightbulb Ensemble, "Hamsa" - UC Santa Cruz
4/8/18 - w/ Noertker's Moxie - SIMM Series, Musicians Union Hall, SF
4/2/18 - w/ Reconnaissance Fly - Makeout Room, SF
3/31/18 - w/ Lightbulb Ensemble, "Hamsa" (West Coast Premiere) - Community Music Center, SF
3/4/18 - Solo piano - SIMM Series, Musicians Union Hall, SF
2/11/18 - w/ Revenant Quartet @ 9:00pm - Day of Noise, 90.1 KZSU FM (kzsu.stanford.edu)
1/18/18 - w/ Two Aerials - Octopus Literary Salon, SF
11/18/17 - Mysterious Descent, CD release show - Center for New Music, SF
9/23/17 - w/ Eric Glick Rieman - Center for New Music, SF
9/8/17 - w/ Roscoe Mitchell - De Young Museum, SF
8/5/17 - Poetry reading - Adobe Books, SF
7/6/17 - w/ Andrew Jamieson's Ives Band - Luggage Store Gallery, SF
5/26/17 - w/ Two Aerials, CD release show - Uptown Nightclub, Oakland
5/12/17 - 5/13/17 - premiere of new theatre piece - "Mary's Dilemma, or That Sinking Feeling" - Orange Room, Oakland
4/19/17 - w/ Reconnaissance Fly - Piano Fight, SF
4/15/17 - Lou Harrison's "Suite For Violin, Piano, and Small Orchestra" - Mills College, Oakland
3/16/17 - w/ Two Aerials - The Night Light, Oakland
3/12/17 - w/ Noertker's Moxie - SIMM Series, Musicians Union Hall, SF
3/5/17 - w/ Reconnaissance Fly (also Jack O' The Clock, Dirty Snacks Ensemble) - The Night Light, Oakland
11/22/16 - w/ Reconnaissance Fly, live on KFJC 89.7 FM
11/20/16 - w/ Lightbulb Ensemble, Brian Baumbusch's "Hamsa: Five Tales" - Roulette, Brooklyn, NY
11/19/16 - w/ Lightbulb Ensemble, premiere of Brian Baumbusch's "Hamsa: Five Tales" - Corcoran School of the Arts and Design - Wash., DC
11/6/16 - Mysterious Descent - SIMM Series, Musicians Union Hall, SF
10/26/16 - w/ Reconnaissance Fly (also Organofqwerty) - Octopus Literary Salon, Oakland
10/15/16 - w/ Reconnaissance Fly - Berkeley Arts Festival, Berkeley
9/6/16 - w/ Reconnaissance Fly (also Grex, Diatessaron) - El Rio, SF
8/14/16 - w/ Noertker's Moxie - SIMM Series, Musicians Union Hall, SF
7/26/16 - Mysterious Descent - Outsound New Music Summit, Community Music Center, SF
7/10/16 - w/ Reconnaissance Fly, radio interview - KKUP 91.5 FM (www.kkup.com)
6/27/16 - Mysterious Descent - premiere! (also w/ Nathan Clevenger Group) - Studio Grand, Oakland
6/21/16 - Music of Eric Glick Rieman - Garden of Memory, Chapel of the Chimes, Oakland (www.gardenofmemory.com)
6/5/16 - w/ Reconnaissance Fly - All Tomorrow's After-Parties Benefit, Berkeley Arts Festival, Berkeley
5/25/16 - w/ Underweather Kitty - Center For New Music, SF
4/23/16 - Solo piano and spoken word - Octopus Literary Salon, Oakland
3/19/16 - w/ Underweather Kitty (Phillip Greenlief/Jason Levis/Kazuto Sato) - Berkeley Arts Festival, Berkeley
3/7/16 - w/ Reconnaissance Fly - Make-out Room, SF
11/8/15 - w/ Noertker's Moxie - SIMM Series, Musicians Union Hall, SF
10/10/15 - Brett Carson @ 9:00pm on KALX 90.7 FM (kalx.berkeley.edu)
8/15/15 - Quattuor Elephantis CD Release Show - Studio Grand, Oakland
8/9/15 - Solo piano (with new spoken word pieces) - SIMM Series, Musicians Union Hall, SF
5/31/15 - Rent Romus's Life's Blood Ensemble premieres a new piece of mine - SIMM Series, Musicians Union Hall, SF
4/12/15 - w/ Noertker's Moxie - SIMM Series, Musicians Union Hall, SF
4/4/15 - w/ Bill Baird - Switchboard Festival, SF
3/6/15 - Signal Flow Festival - Mills College, Oakland
2/22/15 - Linea by Luciano Berio, w/ William Winant Percussion Group - Hertz Hall, Berkeley
2/8/15 - Duet with Mia Bella D'Augelli (also Jamieson/Douglas) - SIMM Series, Musicians Union Hall, SF
10/11/14 - Linea by Luciano Berio, w/ William Winant Percussion Group - Mills College, Oakland
10/5/14 - w/ Dan Gottwald's Analogous Ensemble - Thingamajigs Festival (3:00), Temescal Arts Center, Oakland
9/26/14 - Music of Steve Reich and Terry Riley - L@TE: Friday Nights, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley
9/6/14 - w/ Bill Baird - Awaken Cafe, Oakland
9/5/14 - Music of Reich and Cage w/ William Winant Percussion Group - Santa Cruz
8/31/14 - Quattuor Elephantis - Berkeley Arts Festival, Berkeley
8/17/14 - Solo piano - SIMM Series, Musicians Union Hall, SF
8/9/14 - Music of John Cage, Jon Myers - Fractal Mindgaze Hut, Oakland
7/28/14 - w/ Thollem McDonas and the OutSpoken Improv Workshop Ensemble, Community Music Center, SF
7/15/14 - w/ Bill Baird - Hemlock, SF
7/13/14 - w/ Bill Baird - Makeout Room, SF
7/12/14 - w/ Bill Baird - Phono del Sol Festival, SF
7/6/14 - Noertker's Moxie - SIMM Series, Musicians Union Hall, SF
6/21/14 - Music of Reich/Cage w/ W.Winant Group AND Lightbulb Ensemble - Chapel of the Chimes, Oakland
6/8/14 - Medium Size w/ guest Rent Romus - Berkeley Arts Festival, Berkeley
5/21/14 - Music of Eric Glick Rieman (also Tom Djll) - Berkeley Arts Festival, Berkeley
5/15/14 - Solo set + Quattuor Elephantis (also Pauchi Sasaki) - Mills College, Oakland
5/4/14 - Noertker's Moxie - SIMM Series, Musicians Union Hall, SF
5/3/14 - Chamber music by Cage, Messiaen, Reich, and Mozart - Mills College, Oakland
4/25/14 - Mia Bella D'Augelli violin recital, premiere of a new piece of mine - Mills College, Oakland
4/19/14 - Medium-Sized Band w/ guest Rent Romus (2pm) - VAMP, Oakland
3/27/14 - Quattuor Elephantis (also Talk More) - Luggage Store Gallery, SF
3/22/14 - Music of George Lewis (including a world premiere) - Mills College, Oakland
3/6/14-3/9/14 - Signal Flow Festival - Mills College, Oakland
2/3/14 - w/ Josh Marshall and Tony Passarell - Luna's Cafe, Sacramento
12/13/13 - Music for 16 Futurist Noise Intoners - Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley
12/7/13 - Performing chamber music by Cage, Schnittke, Muczynski, and Schubert - Mills College, Oakland
12/2/13 - Music by John Cage w/ William Winant Percussion Group - Mills College Art Museum, Oakland
11/22/13 - Medium-sized Band - Mynah Music, Oakland
11/6/13 - w/ Sharmi Basu - Mills College Art Museum, Oakland
11/3/13 - Noertker's Moxie - SIMM Series, Musicians Union Hall, SF
10/6/13 - Quattuor Elephantis (also Ross Hammond's Humanity Suite) - Temescal Arts Center, Oakland
10/5/13 - Performing music by Nicolas Collins - Mills College, Oakland
9/23/13 - Quattuor Elephantis (also Fly Paper) - Luna's Cafe, Sacramento
9/15/13 - w/ Theo Padouvas, Kim Cass, Jacob Shandling - Actual Cafe, Oakland
9/2/13 - w/ Josh Marshall, Mateo Lugo, and Timothy Orr - Make-out Room, SF
8/18/13 - Noertker's Moxie (also Motoko Honda) - SIMM Series, Musicians Union Hall, SF
7/4/13 - Medium-sized Band (also Ell3) - Lightbulb Garden, Oakland
6/23/13 - Medium-sized Band (also Jim Ryan's Retro Blue) - SIMM Series, Musicians Union Hall, SF
6/16/13 - Soliloquium (Baroque keyboard music) (w/ Paul Baumbusch) - Lightbulb Garden, Oakland
5/30/13 - w/ Andrew Jamieson (also Julian Valdi-Vieso) - Luggage Store Gallery, SF
5/22/13 - w/ Josh Marshall - Mills College Art Museum, Oakland