past projects
the GuitArchive project
2017: The GuitArchive Project is a unique production bringing together local guitarists, culinarians, fresh farmed ingredients, and the artisans of the Infinite Pop collective to invigorate a room of listeners with the sounds, sights, smells, and tastes of different genres of guitar music. We curate a unique experience designed to help contextualize the variety of guitar artistries through a local lens. In 2017, each performance was specifically paired with an inspired small plate dish by Chef Carl Helgersen of Otro Cinco using locally-sourced ingredients from Mark Pawliww of Farm to Fork 101 to create a social dining experience inundated in art.
mardi gras parade crawl
2016 & 2017: Mardi Gras Downtown "Parade Crawl", is a hybrid staged and mobile production; a New Orleans-style brass band-led bar crawl. Featuring rising jazz artist Melissa Gardiner's 8 piece marching dance band Second Line Syracuse, we brought an audience from the outfitted venue stage to four partnered restaurants and bars. At each stop, paraders enjoyed Mardi Gras inspired hors d'ouevres and drinks while we celebrated with beads, noisemakers, and call-and-response group singing.
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syracuse sounds listening party
2017: Hosted a series of listening parties to showcase local music recorded and released throughout the year by a number of artists in the burgeoning music scene. Each artist representative (bandmembers, producers, engineers) presented 1-2 songs and spoke to a dining audience about the process and the pieces.
open jam party
2015 - 2018. The Open Jam Party is a series of regular musical meetups. Musicians are encouraged to gather in a welcoming environment to spontaneously create music together in rotating groups for the sake of growth, idea exchange, and networking. Sometimes the jam is colored by a featured guest artist, but it is rarely defined by genre or players. For three years the Alto Cinco Open Jam Network grew to an online community of 237 regional musicians and became "a major asset to the restaurant in bringing in business" and "fortify[ing it] as a musician's hot spot".
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