Michael from TM&TM will be performing at Seen and Heard 4 this Thursday night, improving with two dancers, Megan Mazarick and Michelle Stortz. The bill closes with a dance company from Hungary called Bloom! Dance Collective.

Use code “flybirdbly” to get a pair of tickets for $20 HERE

He has also been busy a Live Arts Brewery Fellow, where he has been researching the roles of original choreography and composition, as well as exploring vocal improvisation as composition.  In short, he is researching and developing a new performance work for TM&TM, so stay tuned for that.  You can follow his research here: LAB

Also, Michael has been awarded a 2012 Independence Foundation Arts Fellowship.  This fellowship will be used to develop the biggest project yet for TM&TM.  It will be a site specific sound walk/album, or, a collection of songs to listen to while you traverse specific areas in Philadelphia.  Michael will use the scenic, sonic and historic elements of each place he selects, and create an aural representation of them.  The music will then be delivered to you through an original smartphone application that will use GSP to determine what you hear when, depending on your location within each walk.  Check back right here for updates on this project.

So, yes, we’ve been quiet, but we’ve been busy.  The fruits of our labor will be yours to share in soon.

Also, we made a film of our performance, As The Eyes of the Seahorse, at the Maas Building last year, and we are about set to release it.  It will be available online, and we will most likely hold a public screening of it as well.

As for members of TM&TM, Eliza Jones has been hard at work with her project Buried Beds.  They just released alive E.P. and film, called Small Stories, that is really beautiful and exceptionally made.  Also look out for her guest appearance with Strand of Oaks for an upcoming Shaking Through from Weathervane Music.

Corey Duncan is currently touring his project Oh! Pears through Europe, and having an insanely great time finding God and pizza, we are sure.

Jebney Lewis has moved on from TM&TM and is currently playing with El Malito, who are, hands down, the funnest band in the universe.

And Joshua Ramey is playing around as The Extravagant Bastard.  Dig his piano tunes around town when you can.

More updates soon!

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ESUF is a gem of a place, it’s mission being to turn vacant lots into sustainable farms and gardens with a strong mission of community outreach and education. Please come check out this lovely oasis, have a drink, see some art, and listen to some mellow sounds. There are also several galleries holding openings that night in the area, and we will have handy maps on hand to guide you from place to place.

More info HERE

Happy Summer!

Info here: NCDC Benefit

We also wanted to take a moment and recommend the Blindspot Festival which opens this weekend. It is a dance and music festival, showing dance works in the newly renovated Christ Church Neighborhood House in conjunction with organ concerts in Christ Church proper in the heart of Old City. Take a look at the line up here

We think you will agree that this thing looks impressive. Michael from TM&TM wrote all the music for the SubCircle piece, Only Sleeping, which features the song What Will Become Of Me? from the Seahorse record (with him singing lead instead of Eliza). This piece is an incredible fusion of dance and video (which features Geoff Sobelle of Pig Iron and Rainpan 43), and the music is some of Michael’s best writing to date.

Moving Parts is Meg Foley’s company. Meg has been a performer in every single TM&TM show that has featured dance, and is one of this city’s most exciting choreographers. We think you will find her work to be singular, rich, and inspiring.

Also check out Andrew Thiboldeaux (of Pattern is Movement), The Dufala Brothers, Troy Herion, really the whole ting just looks so damn good.

You can buy cheaper tickets in advance here:

As The Eyes of the Seahorse Tickets