In May, 2015, trumpeter Sepp Mitterbauer, co-founder of Austria’s Reform Art Unit (est. 1965) made his first North American appearance at Minneapolis’ Studio Toile d’Angles alongside his comrade and RAU spiritus rector Fritz Novotny. His playing was as ebullient and indefatigably inventive as his personality was warm, open and giving. 6 months later he had … Read More

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ml_lzcxDm5g From a 2 hour + concert @ the Kitty Cat Klub 8/17/15 as part of the Tourniquet Noise Series curated by Kevin Cosgrove and Dolores Dewberry. (Thanks to Jon Copeland for taking the snapshot and getting the green light to post.)  

Fritz Novotny and Sepp Mitterbauer are once again safely ensconced and active in Vienna. As much as I despise self-aggrandizement (or what can appear as such), and am not entirely comfortable with “blogging” in this manner, I must state that this was an amazing weekend filled with, quite frankly, spectacular music and deep camaraderie (between … Read More

Trio/Sextet 1 (preface) https://youtu.be/VHOoJjlG6yw Trio (excerpt 1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WoDUCqWJ_w Trio (excerpt 2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaWeI32bspo Sextet 1 (excerpt 1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSe_ylSsu0U Sextet 1 (excerpt 2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZVheAfLixE Sextet 1 (excerpt 3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWv1Aa2ncs4 Sextet 1 (excerpt 4) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtzfKBfOZys Sextet 2 (excerpt 1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuetyx1-rS0 Sextet 2 (excerpt 2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLFAGPMBi_0 Sextet 2 (excerpt 3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHgv2ShNPU8 Nonet (excerpt 1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMAjlNhVoiM Nonet (excerpt 2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2HCOISzU8w … Read More

Fritz Novotny and Sepp Mitterbauer will be featured in 3 concerts (May 15/16/17, 2015) at Studio Toile d’Angles. I will join  Fritz and Sepp for the first concert under the reformARTwest banner. (https://milofine.com/2014/04/20/a-bona-fide-member/) The remaining two evenings will spotlight the trio in sextet configurations with Elaine Evans/Daniel Furuta/Benjamin J Mansavage Klein on 5/16; and Davu … Read More

“Earlier Outbreaks of Iconoclasm”, a 2 CD set on Emanem, has just been released. (Click here for the back story.) A limited number of copies will be available at upcoming concerts and from this website, with ongoing availability via Emanem and affiliated distributors.