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Dug Falk

Composer - Improviser - Songwriter

My musical aesthetic is unified despite its division into three distinct fields: composition, improvisation, and songwriting. Whether composing for various ensembles, improvising on trumpet or double bass, or singing/rapping: my goals are the same. I aim to tell a story (often literally accompanying the music with a program), to explore the nebulous boundaries between emotional harmonies, and/or to create musical slapstick.


News
June 2010
  • Nonsense Music Band was interviewed on KTRU (Rice University Radio) on the Scordatura show by the gifted composer, Hsin-Jung Tsai. The interview is available here
  • I am excited to announce that a new improvised music album is in the works for my duo with Ryan Edwards. The project is called Ghost Nebula and will have a website posted soon. The album will be available for free shortly. Check out the Performance Calendar for up to date concert information.
  • A new piece, entitled interpunct, was premiered on June 20, at Resonant Interval Sound Series #31, along side a new composition by Hsin-Jung Tsai, which was entitled Now. Both pieces were scored for the unique ensemble of Oboe (doubling English Horn), Double Bass (doubling trumpet and flugelhorn) and piano. Recordings will be posted shortly.
May 2010
  • The Nonsense Music Band will be performing as part of The Houston Fringe Festival hosted by/at FrenetiCore/Frenetic Theater in August! Check their website for more information.
April 2010
  • The Nonsense Music Band CD is set for a cd release on Friday, April 23rd. Click here for a little more info about the event. It's going to be a great show. Many more shows are listed on the events calendar.
February 2010
  • New shows have been added to Events calendar for the Nonsense Music Band in February. Wow! Also, Rufus, Javier and Sven Chase a Chicken Through a Church will be performed at the Trombone Studio Recital at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. Samuel Jackson, tenor trombone, and Travis Sheaffer, bass trombone will perform in Duncan Recital Hall at 5:30 pm on February 18th, 2010. Check out all those performances!
  • The Nonsense Music Band is hard at work finishing our first album, called Autobiophony. It should be available (in electronic lo fi mp3 and high quality audio disc) in March.
September 2009
  • I played an improvised set at 410 (410 Main St., Houston, TX), which was broadcasted on public access television. My portion of the show is viewable here.
  • A new article in The Rice Radio Folio discusses improvisers in Houston and mentions my contributions. Here is a link.
June 2009
  • I successfully organized a recording session for a new piece I wrote (Music for Clarinet, Cello and Piano). One of the movements (played by some fantastic players) is posted on the Composition page.

Photos by Ed Onecic