Working Scores

Every recording starts on the page. These are the scores I actually played from, every page of them, with the fingerings, phrasing and reminders I wrote in along the way. The Bach was marked in pencil; the others on the iPad. Tap a wall to see it large.

Astor Piazzolla: Music for Guitar

Naxos · 2024

96 pages, marked on the iPad

April 10, 2023 · The last night of a four-day Piazzolla recording

Every page recorded from, laid out on the desk.

The markings alone — the ink lifted off the printed pages.

Konstantin Vassiliev: Guitar Works

Naxos · 2022

89 pages, marked on the iPad

October 2021 · Four days in the red church with Patrick O’Connell

Every page recorded from, laid out on the desk.

The markings alone — the ink lifted off the printed pages.

3 Violin Sonatas

Laudable Records · 2020

42 pages, marked in pencil

March 2019 and February 2020 · Two weekends in church with Nahuel Bronzini

Every page recorded from, laid out on the desk.

¡Acentuado!

Soundset Recordings · 2017

50 pages, marked on the iPad

June and December 2016 · Histoire du Tango with flutist Josué Casillas, then the études alone

Every page recorded from, laid out on the desk.

The markings alone — the ink lifted off the printed pages.

Ascension

Laudable Records · 2015

64 pages, marked on the iPad

June 2014 · The Blitzer Gallery in Santa Cruz, between the paintings

Every page recorded from, laid out on the desk.

The markings alone — the ink lifted off the printed pages.

5 albums · 341 pages