Jon Forshee

Had an awesome time with amazing new friends at the Aspen Composers' Conference, where I presented "More Music for Elaine", a new piano piece, at our evening concert. #aspen #aspencomposers #pianomusic #modernmusic #elainebarkin #aspenmusic

The amazing James Turrell Skyspace at Sunrise in Green Mountain Falls, CO (post-show). Attending for our 2nd time with dear friends... #jamesturrell #skyspace #greenboxart #lightinstallation

With my friend Jeff Myers at NYCEMF, checking out a sound installation... excellent fabrication. #nycemf #nycemf2024 #jeffmyers

Hanging with Hubert Howe, & my awesome friend Jeff Kaiser at NYCEMF '24 - JEFF & I delivered our papers this morning, and better company is rare!

A favorite painting by Karl Pilato at his recent exhibit at Space gallery, in Denver. The small scale here doesn't do the large canvasses justice. #painting #karlpilato #denverart

With Mike Berry at the June CMSS meetup. The rest of the week I prepare for NYCEMF! Good Summer start-

With my teacher, mentor and friend composer Anthony Davis at the Met, just after the last performance of his opera X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X. Amazing night!

At home in the UCCS Recording Studio, ready to set up the 5.1 system...#uccsvapa #musicrecording #computermusic

Group photo of the limitless UCCS ELECTROACOUSTIC MUSIC ENSEMBLE. Taken after our stellar concert last Sat, Dec 9. Mod synths, theremin, keyboards & more were present... #jonforshee #uccs #uccsvapa

@metopera

At the final performance of my teacher Anthony Davis' opera X: the Life and Times of Malcolm X at the MET! An amazing, singular, exuberant experience!! #metroplitanopera #malcolmx #opera #modernopera

CO RenFair - yoohoo! A very hot day spent amongst the wonders of the Renaissance 🙂

A fantastic meeting and recital of the Aspen Composers' Conference - again! It's a humbling pleasure to make such creative friends...

Hardcover of MUSIC IN THE APOCALYPTIC MODE has just arrived from Brill! Thanks to Lorenzo and Colin, the tireless editors who made it all happen!

Reviewing my new trpt+computer piece with the phenomenal trumpeter Glen Whitehead - an amazing premiere was soon after...

With the amazing computer musician Xu Xuesi in Green Mountain Falls!

What blue!! Out on a walk, and after a rain the colors are fantastic!

Performing with Mary France and Colin McAllister in Baraboo, WI, at the Al. Ringling Theater...an amazing experience in a stunning venue!

Excited for Nostos and The Lydian Trio, with Mary France & Colin McAllister, happening August 13, 2022 in Baraboo, WI! The woods of Meskousing...

While it's still on the wall at the Ent Center, Robin Richardson's amazing poster for my solo recital, "Sounding Time / Cosmic Sounding", on May 4th...an amazing experience, seems like just yesterday!

At the Denver performance of Bach's Coffee Kantata...amazing!!

For the Sounding Time / Cosmic Sounding concert on May 4th...fest. Apokatastas!

Beetle with Poppies, mvt. 13 of Vivarium... amazing images by Danielle Rae Miller. #danielleraemiller #nebulaensemble

New work with artist Danielle Rae Miller...tableau 1, Iris with Cicada, is on the way...

Vibrant skies viewed from LJ....a terrific afternoon at the beach.

What good advice!

Detail from a wall hanging... #movements

Apokatastasis released on OSCD48...so beautiful alongside Benjamin Boretz's Downtime. A fantastic curation, expertly presented!

Perfect ziggurat for bird watching, west of the Sangre de Cristo mountains. #ziggurat #birdwatching

The inimitable Russell Craig Richardson at the Maverick Concert Hall near Woodstock, where David Tudor premiered 4'33"...!

2021 production of Medea at UCCS, music by student composers, Jon Forshee, music director - what a show!

Excellent performance of Clapping Music with Kitty Mist at UCCS....shifty!

UCCS' new Moog Theremini arrived!! Guess who is obsessed with this beautiful instrument!

Rocket at home...composing.

Hangin' with Rocket during an early, and cold, winter morning... #wintercat #lastdaysof2020

Installation in the field next to UCCS...a welcome, strange sight to stumble upon during a hike... #artinstallation #mountainhike #uccs

By James Tenney, an all-time favorite!

Head in the clouds at 12,000+ ft, looking towards Aspen along down the Continental Divide...rarified airs... #independencepass #daytripintheclouds #jonforshee

Flames of the Twist Spine Prickly Pear...beautiful, but watch how you touch! #pricklypear #dangerousflame

A gift palette from the mountain sky... #playingtheclouds

Sigh. This lovely, faded, chipped, ashy font featuring Amor carrying Cupid has enchanted my back porch for years...it reminds me of the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili... #hypnerotomachiapoliphili

A Cloudscore - #playingtheclouds

Another Double Rainbow... #doublerainbow

Swamp Angel shelter at 10,,606 FT! Ah the views...from Swamp Angel. #shelterinplaceatthetop #mineralbelttrail

A Window Always Open On The Mountain... #aliengeology #mountainformations #beingoutside

Mountain town opera house in Leadville CO...Rossini at 10,000+ feet? Yes! #taboroperahouse #rossini #mountainhike

Crocus flowers starting to bloom...always love this time of year for hiking... #crocusflowers #beautyinthemountains

Walking with a cloud, luxurious in blue robes, shapes pronounce themselves. #walkingwithclouds #spiraljetty #mountainskies #theworldasitis

Just keepin' an eye on the dogs... #outdoordiscovery #dogssavelives #coloradohiking #aninvisibleeye #socialdistanceinthewoods

Nourishing Concert: live stream performance of #gurdjieff piano works by Yleana Bautista, presented by The Mexico Gurdjieff Foundation, April 18, 6:30-7:30 MT. Very well attended, too 🙏 #gurdjieffmusic #yleanabautista #musicofanevening

Inspired by poet Dorota Czerner to share another from Stein's Tarot - also my favorite deck. This is The Fool..."Access/ from everywhere/ levereage/ for none ." = truly a card for today. #dorotaczerner #charlesstein #abeautifulsaturday @dorotkacz

Rocket stretching out on my notes after I've taken them off the wall...to be updated with new projects & deadlines. #outwiththeoldinwiththenew #wallchart #funwithmycat

Bundled up for a crisp morning walk...in a time of cholera. Here the sounds of crisis are masked by the quiet. #safeoutside #hikingsights #morningwalk

I feel more like i do now than i did a while ago... #deepdream

Clapping in circles... #fernandopessoa

Stumbled upon this pentagram dreamcatcher hanging in the foothills woods nearby. #dreamcatcher #hikingsights #nodistancefromnature

Listening to the lovely sounds of Wind Harps at UCCS. Grateful for these wonderful sounds...almost electric. #windharp #soundart

Really looking forward to my talk & premiere of Apokatastasis...next year! All is postponed, almost as though the apocalyptic nature of this work became more than metaphor...

These effortlessly bold white flowers were spotted by Erika sprouting out of nowhere. NOWHERE = NOW + HERE.

That I can pull up Ben Boretz's music on my TV, and having it inhabit the work space, stills borders on the miraculous to me... #benjaminboretz #openspacemagazine #pianomusic

The Incense Bird. Remember Perfume = par fumé, "by way of smoke"...?

Cleaning my glass work desk, and Rocket wanted his picture taken 🐱

Crazy alien plants on our walk... #plantsonawalk

I see such wisdom in Rocket's gaze... #hangingwithmycat