On Tuesday I visited Adam Murphy’s composition studies class at Ronald Reagan College Preparatory High School to demonstrate the basics of tabla performance. Adam lectured on Indian classical music structure and I talked a bit on rhythmic theory. The students were all attentive and sharp, and had some great questions. Hopefully I’ll see them at …
My first tabla recital has come and gone, and I wanted to post my short solo. It was fun to get out there and play, and the crowd was generous and supportive. Afterwards I had the extreme pleasure of hearing Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan play an incredible concert with my tabla instructor Hindole Majumdar. What …
From ‘An Evening with Hindole Majumdar and Kevin Schlei,’ here is a short improvisation called Idiom. Idiom from Kevin Schlei on Vimeo.
On Sunday, August 19th I will be joined by Hindole Majumdar for an eclectic evening of Classical Indian Percussion and live electronics. Hindole will bring his tabla expertise to Milwuakee, and I will be performing on my own custom instruments (primarily TC-11). There will be solo works and duets featured on the concert. Come see …
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This Saturday Seth Warren-Crow and I are performing at the Borg Ward Collective. It will be a night of electronic music, live video, tabla improvisation, and more. Seth and I will be joined by Trees Fall, the Milwaukee electronic music and video gurus. It should be a fantastic evening! The show starts at 8:00.