PERFORMING SCHEDULE
Sticks, Keys, Bows - Music for Percussion, Piano and Violin
Clockwork Lullabies and Table Talk
Friday, October 23, 2026 - 7:00pm
OCC: Recital Hall - 4585 W. Seneca Turnpike; Academic II, Room P100
World premiere of Natalie Draper's vibraphone solo Clockwork Lullabies and a performance of Alyssa Weinberg's piece for 2 percussionists on prepared vibraphone, Table Talk.
Choir Concert
Messe Solennelle, Charles Gounod de Sainte Cécile
Saturday, November 21, 2026 - 2:00pm
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception - 259 E. Onondaga St.
Messe Solennelle is the official name of the St. Cecilia Mass by Charles Gounod. This mass is scored for 3 soloists, mixed choir, and orchestra (including concert bass drum and cymbals for percussion).
Music for Silent Film - Second Performance
"Surrealist American Silent Shorts, and the Great Buster Keaton"
Tuesday, December 8, 2026 - 7:00pm
Manlius Cinema - 135 E. Seneca St., Manlius, NY
A second showing of original music by Ed Ruchalski accompanying 3 short silent films playing at the Manlius Cinema, the oldest movie theater in Central New York still showing movies.
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The Fall of the House of Usher (James Sibley Watson and Melville Webber, 1928), based on the short story by Edgar Allan Poe
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The Life and Death of 9413: a Hollywood Extra (Robert Florey and Slavko Vorkapić, 1928)
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One Week (Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline, 1920)
Syracuse Stage
Les Misérables
Friday, December 11, 2026 - 7:00pm
Saturday, December 12, 2026 - 1:00pm and 7:00pm
Sunday, December 13, 2026 - 1:00pm
Saturday December 19, 2026 - 1:00pm and 7:00pm
Sunday, December 20, 2026 - 1:00pm
Syracuse Stage - 820 E. Genesee St.
I will be subbing on percussion for these 7 shows of this Tony Award-winning tale of romance, rebellion, and redemption. Featuring some of the most powerful songs ever composed for the stage, including "I Dreamed a Dream," "Master of the House," "Bring Him Home," "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables," and "One Day More."
Syracuse City Ballet
Carmina Burana
Saturday, February 13, 2027 - 7:30pm
Sunday, February 14, 2027 - 3:00pm
Syracuse STEAM High School - 500 E. Taylor St.
Carl Orff's popular recasting of Medieval German evocative texts, Carmina Burana, using Orff's own piano 4-hands and percussion arrangement, sung by a local vocal ensemble and choreographed by Jayson Douglas and danced by Syracuse City Ballet.