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Peter Evans, Trumpet…

Peter Evans, Phil Skaller (fellow UCSD Grad Student), Jeff Kaiser: Stone Brewing Company Trumpet player Peter Evans visited UCSD this week. I had the pleasure to hang out with this true, multi-faceted virtuoso (who is comfortable …

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New Quarter…

Well, after one quarter of graduate school I look crazy pretentious like this: Out sailing off the coast of San Diego with Jim Connolly on his sailboat and he snapped that pic of me while I …

Four new reviews in Cadence for pfMENTUM

Cadence magazine, by the way, has a lovely new quarterly version. Highly recommended reading. Sorry about the scans, don’t have time to re-type them right now.Click here to see them full page. Gove review by Robert …

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Answer to Job premier…

I’ve written a new work for choir and electronics titled Answer to Job. It will be premiered amidst works by Beethoven, Ives and Handel by the wonderful conductor Dr. Wyant Morton and the CLU Choir. They …

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Barry Threw and Jeff Kaiser = Maximus P

Do we look like pop musicians in this pic? A wee bit too much time on my hands this vacation… Click below to hear a mix of our Oakland Gig: Maximus P Live!(Barry Threw and Jeff …

Trumpet used as weapon of terror?

From the AP: Trumpet causes scare in Salt Lake City Wed Jun 27, 11:01 PM ET SALT LAKE CITY – A suspicious package left outside a fast-food restaurant Wednesday turned out to be a trumpet that …

From the Santa Barbara Independent…

Farewell But Not GoodbyeThursday, May 24, 2007By Josef Woodard FREEDOM HITS THE ROAD: Trying to wrap your mouth, let alone your brain, around the synthetic word pfMENTUM is a challenge. In some way, it belongs to …

Interview in the local paper…

After a farewell show Saturday, Ventura’s new-music wizard is leaving for San Diego By Karen LindellThursday, May 24, 2007 Ventura County Star “The stranger’s nose was no more heard of” is an obscure quotation from Laurence …

Kirk Silsbee Interview

The last days of Ventura’s secret mayorLocal avant-garde impresario Jeff Kaiser bids the county adieu ~ By KIRK SILSBEE ~ Though no one is making much of it, an era is coming to an end. For …