I had the great pleasure to lead a post-concert Q&A with Emmy Award-nominated composer McKenzie Stubbert at the album release/listening party for his latest LP, Waiting Room. On August 28th, the audience gathered in the Community Room at the South Pasadena Public Library for a live performance of selected tracks from the album, with Stubbert on piano accompanied by harpist Jackie Urlik. In the words of the composer: “I hope incorporating developing technologies into our work continues to be as human-centric as possible and that recordings and live performances reflect that, conveying it to an audience in a manner that helps them feel it on such a deep level they value it more.”
Waiting Room was released by Curious Music on August 18th and is available to stream anywhere, as well as on 180-gram vinyl and CD.