What's my name?
Maelezo ya Kituo
What's my name?
My last name is Morris. And also Matis.
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Blowhards in DC
The last two weeks have featured a surprising amount of circular breathing.
Starting with Ned Rothenberg, who was outstandi...
Low End String Quartet: commissioning
The Low End String Quartet is commissioning two new pieces, to be premiered in Reston, Virgina on April 14th.
One piece is coming from ce...
Repetition Meditation 1
Repetition Meditation 1 by Jonathan Matis
Here's a demo of a new piece I'm working on. It's scored for 2 electric guitars...
New Release: On the inevitability of loss
Listen and download via bandcamp.
This is a set of four dark and somber pieces for bass clarinet and cello. (There should be a lot more music wr...
bonus track: bass clarinet & guitar duo
I'm working on some new music, commissioned by a dance company. It's written for a sweet duo: bass clarinet and cello. I love the way those two instru...
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We love the saddest songs.
Navel gazing is unamerican.
Amnesia is patriotic.
Together we forget.
Together we repeat.
Together we struggle.
Together...
Low End String Quartet at Kennedy Center - video
see the whole concert here.
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Upcoming show: Low End String Quartet, Sept 21
Our next performance of the Low End String Quartet is coming up soon:
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Low End String Quartet: live
Recorded live last week at "Word Free DC"
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I think I get ice cream now.
It's been a crazy few weeks, work-wise, and is shaping up to remain crazy for at least two more... but I just finished a whole bunch of things that al...
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Thanks, mom.
So, I have a concert coming up on Saturday. I'm performing, as well as three other bands. There's an "event" set up in Facebook for it. My parents are...
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Matis solo concert: March 27
I'm performing a solo recital as part of an upcoming Sonic Circuits event. I'll be playing one of my own pieces, and several works by other composers....
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Costa Rica Bike Trip
Costa Rica bike trip 2010
C and I went on vacation with C's parents... on a "bike adventure" in Costa Rica. It was great. (photo is link...
Apple Blossom
This is a piece composed by Peter Garland in 1972. It's originally written for, "3 or more marimbas, played by 4 or more musicians."
I'v...
Happy holidays from DCIC
DCIC is working on a holiday album. This is just a teaser for December 2010 - when our little project will be the hottest thing since yule log.
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These are the ringtones you are looking for.
Amuse your acquaintances.
Befuddle your bro's.
Confound your coworkers.
Delight your dorm mates.
Enthuse your enemies.
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Help the Low End String Quartet rock in schools
Dear friends,
We didn't want to do it half-assed so we've been moving forward slowly and intentionally. Thanks to the Cafritz Foundation,...
Anorak and DCIC, Nov 21
Thanksgiving is coming up, and then it's the holidays and everybody's got tons of stuff to do and no time and all that. Luckily we're not there just y...
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Spider
Halloween at our house was a dud this year. Rainy weather and a street light that went out made our house unpopular with trick-or-treaters. Oh well. O...
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Another million-dollar idea
Outsource the "honey do" list and associated nagging. Allow a third party to keep you and your spouse on task with home maintenance chores. You have a...
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Another million-dollar idea
'Thread bare"
Recession-themed line of underthings.
For example:
Church Car
Been a while since I posted any recordings here... I just made this one, although it has been on my mind for a long time. Charles Amirkhanian has writ...
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Hamilton Street, West Hyattsville, Maryland
Some photos I took in my 'hood, 9/25/2009.
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New Album: DCIC with Greg Osby "Live At Warehouse"
In August 2006 (don't mind the typo on the album cover), we put on a concert at the Warehouse Theater. They were renovating at the time, and from the...
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I am published (again?)
This time it's an article I wrote about a Jimmy Giuffre record. It went up today at the IndiePit blog.
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