With the 100th anniversary of the Paris premier of  the "Rite Of Spring" fast approaching, and after performing it on the piano for, oh I don't know, 25 years? -  I had this idea to perform my solo transcription in Paris 100 years to the day (more likely to the week, but you gt the idea). My Partner Nita Rae, who consistently thinks in bigger terms than I do, had this fantastic idea connecting The Rite Of Spring with Spring itself, and concevied a tour concept where the primary venues would be Public Markets - those big spaces where traditionally a village would come together to buy the week's food. This also connects with the current trend to support you local farmers by buying locally grown produce, a practice we've been doing for quite a few years as members of a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture, if you must ask). We're going to attempt to materialize this tour with funding (which will include Kickstarter at some point), and to that end have applied for Fiscal Sponsorship. We'll also be asking for support from piano companies (as we'll probably have to rent them in some of these places) and local & gourmet food companies. The dream is to take the tour internationally, with performances across the US & Canada, Europe, the Ukraine & Russia, and eventually South America.

Some of the markets we've been looking at are the Redding Terminal Market in Philly, Pikes Place Market in Seattle, The Saint Lawrence Market in Toronto CN, & Selfridges Food Hall in Birmingham UK. I'll also be "filling in" tour dates with shows at standard venues and House Concerts, and lecture Demonstrations at Educational Institutions. At the moment we're working on some Northeast dates and a Seattle/Portland/SanFrancisco/LA run for 2nd half of June. Our only confirmed date so far is June 30th in San Pedro in Alva's showroom. 

I've also started working on self publishing my transcription using Sibelius. This might take a minute...! Halfway through the tour I will record a performance for later release. 

Anyway, that's the big plan! Look for updates to this blog as dates get added, and as other interesting things happen. Stay tuned!