Tiptons Sax Quartet
Founded in 1988, our all-women sax quartet and drums have released 10 CDs, including our project with Estonian punk folk band Ne Zhdali on the recording Pollo d'Oro
on No Man's Land (Berlin). We have collaborated with and have collaborated with Pat Graney Dance Company, and have composed music for sax quartet and 3 city busses.
Here is a review of our March, 2011 concert at the Dweck Center for Contemporary Arts at the Brooklyn Public Library, which includes
video!
Ama Trio
Amy Denio + Correo Aereo (Madeleine Sosin & Abel Rocha)
Ama Trio’s music has been described as a ‘rarely yodeling, always scintillating latin american afro sephardic eastern european gypsy circus chamber band!’
The unique and resonate blend of these 3 talented musicians from diverse backgrounds creates sumptuous music with depth, nuance, complexity and playfulness
that de-colonizes the mind and celebrates the solidarity of all peoples everywhere who love Life! Their music has sabor and is richly polyrhythmic and soulfully
melodic - gorgeous, fiery, haunting and joyful...this is the universal language, world music at its finest.
'Cervello A Sonagli' on ARTZONE, on the Seattle Channel:
At first I followed her design, a metal bench with all-weather speakers powered by a Mini Mac running the Max ESP program. Later I decided it should be off the grid, no electricity, no computing.
It's an all-weather 3-person metal bench which can be played like a thumb piano (by more than 3 people), the tines right
where your hands would rest anyway, while sitting there.
I worked with maestro sculptor Kim David Hall
to design, fabricate & install this stainless steel Sonic Bench at the Seattle Center for Winterfest 2009, on exhibit for one year.
Maestro Hall created an elegant design, and I helped out with the sonic details.
Here's a short video of our first day of collaboration.
It was installed at the Monorail station of the Seattle Center in 2010, and now is moving to Ober Park on Vashon Island.
It's beautifully embossed, and children of all ages love to play it.
Made possible in part by funds & fine folks from 4Culture and the Seattle Mayor's Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, and the fine cooperation of
Pete Rush at the Seattle Center. Thank you, all y'all! Pat Graney: House of Mind
I designed and produced the recorded sound scores for the dance and the installations; now I'm revising the sound score, with yet more amazing sounds from Pat Graney's childhood.
Sheboygan, WI @ John Michael Kohler Center for the Visual Arts
Installation: May 2011
Rehearsal: Late Sept 2011
Performance: October 2011
Exhibition up from June to December
Other Projects
I've been commissioned by Dan Froot and Dan Hurlin to create the soundscore for a toy theater puppet production called 'Who's Hungry/Santa Monica.'
Dan Froot has interviewed 5 'food-insecure' people for 10 hours each, and we are creating a puppet show from their stories. It will premiere at Highways Performance Space
in Santa Monica, California in January, 2012.
I also play in accordion quartet Hell's Bellows. Links My Videos on youtube Denio on myspace Tiptons on myspace
You can find my music on Independent Artists Company too.
