Film & dance

Neighbors

- For Chamber Ensemble & Film -

- Directed by Noam Argov -

Neighbors presented by Access Contemporary Music as part of its 16th annual Sound of Silent Film Festival featuring newly composed scores performed live to modern silent films.

Performed by Alyson Berger (cello), Christie Miller (clarinet), Marianne Parker (piano), Brent Roman (percussion), Trevor Patrick Watkin (flute), Henry Zheng (violin), Chris Ramaekers (music director), and David Wetzel (technical director).

Video Editing and Production by Kim Schlechter.

Performance on May 7, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois.

Digital Middle Passage

- For Cello & Electronics -

- Choreography by André M. Zachery -

A solo about recoding identity during a time of literal and speculative transition. Time and space in regards to Black existence is suspended between two realms: one familiar and the other foreign. The solo remixes the horror of the Middle Passage into a new journey of "self-recoding" through struggle and capture yet ultimately embodying power and agency.

Performed by Ansel Cohen (cello), Matthew Gantt (sound design), and André M. Zachery (choreography/multimedia design).

Performance on November 4, 2015 at Irondale Center in Brooklyn, New York.