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Howling Winds

All right here is the show as promised!
Below you will find the program and each of the six pieces (plus a really fun encore!) listed in order. Click on the program to enlarge and see more information.  Hit the back arrow of your browser to exit this view.
In the bottom right corner of each video, you will find an HD option and a full screen option. Toggle these as your device allows.

Howling Winds was a blast to perform, and I am excited to finally share it with all of you!
Thanks again to Patricia, Blair, Anita and Rene for making this show happen.
Enjoy!

 

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Upcoming Show: Phantom Orchid

It’s one month away from the big day, and it’s time to unveil the big news!

What news is that, you ask?

On Friday May 12th at 7:00pm Eastern Standard Time is the world premiere of my first full-length work, Phantom Orchid.

Phantom Orchid is a concept album which combines contemporary classical music and jazz to tell a story about the pursuit of happiness and the dangers that can arise along the way. It takes its name from the phantom orchid, an elusive plant that can be found growing on the dark floor of dense forests in the Pacific Northwest. This orchid is becoming increasingly hard to find as its natural habitat becomes more rare.


This concert partially fulfills the requirements for the Master of Music degree at New York University. It is free and open to the public. There will be a reception after the show.  Scroll to the bottom of this post to see the flyer.

Phantom Orchid is:

Patricia Cardona, flute and electronics
Gabe Terracciano, violin
Ammon Swinbank, flute and composition
Nial Radhitia Djuliarso, piano
Jonathan Scott Gardner, bass
Paul Shaw, drums
Blair Perry, clarinet

Friday May 12, 2017
7:00pm

Scholes Street Studio
375 Lorimer St
Brooklyn, NY 11206

Free and Open to the Public

Click on image to enlarge.

Artwork by Alex Pappas.

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Summer in Review

Hello everyone!  It is late summer, things are really getting hot and humid (in New York City at least), and it’s time to catch up on what has been happening during the sunny months.  On June 13th I had the wonderful experience of performing at the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival (NYCEMF), directed by Hubert Howe.  Thank you for thinking of me Hubert!  I played Anamnese for flute and electronics by Hiromi Watanabe.  The video recording of the performance at Abrons Arts Center is posted below.

On June 21st I had the opportunity to be a part of Make Music New York, thanks to Dary John Mizelle.  For this event, he brought together Mariko Endo (dance), Cesare Papetti (vibraphone), Monika Haar (toy piano), and myself on flute to play his Metalsong III.  The flute part was originally a solo called Silverwind, which can be heard on soundcloud.  Mizelle himself performed on an instrument of his own invention which can be seen in the photographs below.  Click on them to enlarge, and hit the back arrow of your browser when you are done.  All photographs were taken by Carey Macarthur.  More photographs of this event can be found here.

Thank you for viewing!  Enjoy 🙂

~Ammon

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Upcoming Performance in New York City

Hello everyone!  Summer is here, and I hope it is bringing sunshine and lemonade to everyone this year.  I would like to announce that I will be performing at Abrons Art Center on Monday June 13th for the New York City Electro-Acoustic Music Festival (NYCEMF). The show starts at 8pm, and I am the second performer after intermission. I will be playing Hiromi Watanabe’s Anamnese for flute and electronics via Max/msp. Come check it out if you are in NYC! You won’t be disappointed 🙂