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updates
Dear Friends and Fam,Happy Thanksgiving, hope you and yours are safe and sound...eat hearty!I am performing with the Cornell Chamber Orchestra, Dec. 2nd, at Cornell's 1000-odd-seat Bailey Hall. I am...
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updates
The concert at Bailey Hall was a success! I'll be posting video as soon as I get it myself. It was a blast, working with the orchestra, woth Chris Kim, the conductor, and with Paul Leary, the composer....
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Beatbox Drift at the New Museum
Beatbox Drift was a success. We sold out, there was a line outside the museum waiting to get in, and the performance went better than I could have hoped. Thank you to Sparlha Swa, Julianne Carney,...
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berlin
Had an amazing time in Berlin this weekend, meeting over 80 beatboxers from around the globe, some people drove as far as I flew to get there. IT was mad inspiring to be around the energy there, and...
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Beatboxing for Dance Classes at Cornell University
Since the Fall semester of 2007, I have been an Artist in Residence at Cornell University’s Risley Hall, and have been working as an accompanist for up to eight dance classes per week in the Department...
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SXSW
At SXSW, it's sick down here. So much music, so many great talents and gurus...Sxip and I play tonight at 10pm at St. David's Church, before Golden Arm Trio.Tomorrow night, Matta Fact Beatbox Sessions...
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"Axis of Equals," April 12th, 2008
"Axis of Equals" A Festival of Middle Eastern and Jewish Music..with an urban edge A festival of live music and dance, presenting artists who create, compose and dance to music that combines Middle...
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Bobby McFerrin, Carnegie Hall, May 2nd, 2008
I've been selected to take part in a vocal workshop with Bobby McFerrin, among 20 vocalists from around the world! We will be creating an interactive piece based on the story of the Tower of Babel. We...
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Cornell Percussion Ensemble
Will be performing with the Cornell Percussion Ensemble, led by Tim Feeney. Performing John Zorn's "Cobra" live improvised composition game.Suday, April 13th, 3pmBarnes HallCornell University
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Carnegie Hall, Axis of Equals, gigs
Hey it's been a minute.Carnegie was off the chain, what an amazing experience. The show was sold out and the audience was on their feet cheering at the end of the show. I feel so honored to have played...
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Summer '08
It's been an amazing summer so far, and not done yet!!! I'm currently at Newark, waiting for my flight (delayed 5 hours) to Edinburgh for the Fringe Festival, where I'll play every night with Sxip...
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Sept. updates
Hey crew,What's good? Writing with news for mid-September. -Been hard at work on a new solo CD, "Only Child Syndrome," and it is minutes away from being available on line. It features 12 original...
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OSF
Had an amazing week at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, where I--along with 6 other hip hop theater artists and 7 classically trained actors--were invited to take part in "Mixing Texts," dialoguing between...
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December
Hey everyone, hope you're having a really good holiday season....Just got back from a "tour" of DC--gigged at Dahlak restaurant, which serves AMAZING food, then got invited to be the featured artist at...
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March updates
Hi everyone!Sorry I haven't posted in a while, it's been a hectic few months...played the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville with Sxip Shirey--was an amazing time...got down to Jacksonville, FLA, to work...
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Project Jenny Project Jan, London, Austria, Youtube, Joe's Pub...
The new Project Jenny Project Jan EP "Colors" is out now on Itunes, Amazon, etc....check their myspace for more info!! I appear on the track, "Caller ID," and I love what they did with it.....Currently...
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BAMCafe, Joe's Pub
Hey everyone, getting very excited for this Saturday's show at BAMCafe:Muslim Voices at BAMcaféSaturday, Jun 13th 9:30pmFree admissionComposer/producer Adam Matta is a beatboxing tour de force, melding...
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recent shows, upcoming
Hey Everyone, long time no speak, been trying to keep up with gigs...some highlights of the past two months:BAMCafe--Muslim Voices presents Adam Matta and Friends: the show was off the chain, thank you...
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Video
I was in Ashland, OR, in August, for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival--thank you Claudia and OSF!!--and the amazing Carol Bonney introduced me to DenizenTV; we shot this performance at their studio:
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January
Had an excellent time performing with Sxip Shirey at the Amanda Palmer/Boston Pops throwdown in Boston at Symphony Hall on New Year's Eve. Here's a pic of us getting down:Thanks to Lance Horne for the...
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