All you ever wanted to know about performing a historical one-person show but were afraid to ask…
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Drums and Comedy
Shelley Cooper
Our American Tragedy
An interview with the creative team of Our American Tragedy, a 2024 Hollywood Fringe Festival Selection about the play Lincoln went to see the night Booth assassinated him
Read moreKaren Hall
Here’s my interview with Karen Hall, cellist and solo theater artist.
She’s the performer and creator of the show Delusions and Grandeur –
a solo cello recital meets clown show. If you see one show at the 2024 Hollywood Fringe, make it this one!
#tbt – 2018 Marimba Recital and Fundraiser
#tbt – 2018 Marimba Recital and Fundraiser From 2004 to 2008, I studied percussion at Northwestern University, where I spent most of my time playing an instrument called the marimba. The marimba is like a giant xylophone genetically engineered to
Read more#tbt – Good times at SDSU!
How did my masterclass and show at SDSU go? Read this to find out…
Read more#tbt: Space Force Quarantine
A #tbt to the time I did my hair in a Janeway bun and played a “Rocket Man” parody about Trump’s Space Force on my vibraphone for a friend’s YouTube series
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Hailed as “masterful” by the San Diego Troubadour and “a total genius” by NoHo Arts, Catherine Barnes is a neurodivergent (autistic and ADHD) percussionist, writer, actor, and educator. Catherine loves to combine percussion and theater to create experiences like her
Read moreThe Time I Met Yo-Yo Ma
I’ve been struggling with repetitive strain injuries from playing the drums for the last 10 years. It’s very scary – but I get a lot of comfort from some advice I got from Yo-Yo Ma when I was 16…
Read more“So, how was playing with the San Diego Symphony?”
This is an excerpt from my January 2023 email newsletter “The Brain Break,” which I send out once a month on or around the full moon. If you like what you’ve read here, subscribe so you can be the first to read my writing, get tickets to upcoming performances, and find out when I have openings for private lessons.
Read more“Wait – how come YOU got to play with the symphony?”
This is an excerpt from my December 2022 email newsletter “The Brain Break,” which I send out once a month on or around the full moon. If you like what you’ve read here, subscribe so you can be the first to read my writing, get tickets to upcoming performances, and find out when I have openings for private lessons.
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