The University of Colorado Boulder is home to an amazing state-of-the art Black Box theater equipped with one of the only complete Ambisonic / Spatial speaker arrays in the world.  In September '22 I completed a two-week artist residency where I developed new works...

In February '22 I had the opportunity to travel to Ghana to perform with my good friend Paakow at his very own festival "Paakow Fest" The people were warm and friendly, the food delicious, and the music and musicians were fantastic!  

"Gnawa of Hope" videos are here!   Featuring Fourat Koyo - Vocals, Guembri; Abdel Grooz - Vocals, Percussion; John Gunther - Sax, Flute; Brad Shepik - Guitar; John Hadfield - Drums, Percussion.  Here is our arrangement of the traditional Gnawan song "El Banya"...