a little quarantine project to both build a garbage bag bagpipe (instructions here) and then write a chaotic little diddy for 2 of them
Refuse Reel (2020)
definition of an idiom
Performance of my piece, “definition of an idiom” from March 2020, Mississippi University for Women, Women by Music Festival
Daria Binkowski, flute
Kyle Rowan, melodica
Ania Sundstrom, toy psaltery
Special thanks to Jonathan Levin for the video
Flute Extended Techniques: Jet Whistle
The third installment of my extended techniques tips! Today’s topic: jet whistle
Flute Extended Techniques: Tongue Ram
The second installment of my extended techniques tips! Today’s topic: tongue ram
Flute Extended Techniques: Tongue Pizz
I was asked to do a few instructional videos on extended flute techniques for a Facebook flute group in light of the recent quarantine. Here is my first one on tongue pizzicato!
Performance Recording: Kyle Rowan's "A Brief Illumantion"
From the 11.13.19 Figmentum Concert in San Diego
Daria Binkowski, flute
Kyle Rowan, clarinet
Ania Sundstrom, piano
November Happenings
10/25: Guest lecture on Music and Marketing at Southwestern College (Chula Vista, CA)
11/13: Figmentum No. 6: “Barely”
Yvonne Wu's April Earth
From Figmentum’s June 2019 concert.
End of the 2018-2019 Season
Busy 2019 with Figmentum and Friends! A few highlights since the beginning of 2019:
February 2019
Santee Classical Music Series with Figmentum (performances of Doppler, Hanson, and Muczynski)
Figmentum Concert #4 including a premiere of my work for 3 toy pianos, Fight of Flyte
March 2019
Performances at the Music by Women Festival in Columbus, Mississippi (including music by Anne LaBerge and Elizabeth Brown)
April 2019
Performance at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas with Figmentum
June 2019
Presentation of Toy Piano Lecture Recital at the International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM), Feminist Theory and Music 15 (FT&M15) Joint Conference at Berklee College of Music
Figmentum Concert #5 including a premiere of my work for flute and toy psaltery, definition of an idiom
Figmentum - November 30
Figmentum is gearing up for our first concert of the season!
San Diego toy piano ensemble Figmentum will present a concert of graphic and open score works, featuring music by Alex Temple, Kyle Rowan, Lauren Redhead, Evan Kassof, and the world premiere of Daniel Meyer-O'Keeffe's Part of it too, now. Come join us at Bread and Salt for an evening of fun and exploration, and follow along with projected images as we perform these unique works featuring an array of instruments including toy pianos, flute, clarinet, melodica, and percussion.
Daria Binkowski, Kyle Rowan, Ania Sundstrom, toy pianos (flute, clarinet, melodica)
When: Friday, November 30, 2018, 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Where:Bread & Salt
1955 Julian Avenue, San Diego, 92113
Get directionsCost: $5 - $15 | Get tickets
Figmentum @ Joshua Tree
Figmentum recently performed at the High Desert Soundings Festival in Joshua Tree, CA. Check it out!
Sciarrino's Complete L'Opera per Flauto
Extended techniques galore.
April 2 @ 7:30pm
Details here: http://www.waywardmusic.org/event/binkowski/
ECCE @ the Goethe Institut
Great review from the Boston Globe from last week's ECCE Concert at the Goethe Institut!
Audio Art Festival
Just got done performing at the Audio Art Festival in Krakow, Poland! Check out my performance (and many others) here:
Revamped website
Thanks for visiting my new and improved website!
Greetings from Hong Kong! I'm here until October 13th performing Strauss's Salome with Opera Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. Heads will roll in this one, to be sure!
For those of you in Seattle, be sure to mark down October 17th on your calendars for Inverted Space's season opening concert! More information at our website: https://invertedspaceensemble.wordpress.com/news-and-more/