* MAY 22ND - HEADPHONE OPERA coming this fall...

I woke up to friends' texts of this article that came out today in the San Antonio Express-News. Went and found a few physical copies to save for my mama.  You can read the online article HERE

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* APRIL 30TH 2018 - MUSIC FOR DOG TOYS

Here is an audience participation piece using dog toys, magazines, pens and voice. I did with From Those Who Follow the Echoes at San Antonio Museum of Art last month. 

My fave part is around the 1:40 where a combination of the dog toys and whistling created such a reverberous sound!

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* TUESDAY APRIL 24TH - FILM FESTIVAL TODAY

Film Festival Today interviewed me recently about film composing and featured me on their homepage today. Personally I thought it was one of my better interviews.  It's a quick read if you wanna scan it.

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* WEDNESDAY APRIL 18TH - ADAGIETTO (NEW SINGLE)

I released my first new recording since my symphony, Neon Heaven in 2016.  This is a new single called Adagietto.  It's sung in Italian by Candice Jackson.  Adagietto will eventually be for full symphony and choir for my 3rd symphony. I just need to find the money to record this new symphony but this give you an idea.  Here is the video shot at Cacophony Recorders in Austin, TX.  If you'd like to purchase the track it's on iTunes & for streaming on Spotify.  

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* WEDNESDAY APRIL 18TH - OPERA PREVIEW

Edmond Ortiz interviewed me on a new work I'll be premiering at Luminaria Contemporary Arts Festival in November thanks to the Artist Foundation of San Antonio. I'm just getting started in the writing & logistical processes. Should be a wild ride. 

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* MARCH 9TH 2018 - AWARDS

I'm excited to announce that I won two cool awards this month.  I won the “2018 Tobin Prize for Artistic Excellence”, which will provide me the opportunity to produce my Headphone Opera at Luminaria festival in November.  I also won the 2018 Best Public Art Display for “Opera on a Bus.”  Thank you for all the kind support!

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* THURSDAY MARCH 29TH - SPOT FESTIVAL DENMARK

I'm going back to Denmark in May for SPOT Festival to premiere a new piece I wrote for 2 pianos and electronics for 4 speakers titled, Texas Skies.  I'll be sharing the performance with Danish composer, Carsten Bo Erickson (My Beautiful Decay 1973).  Update:  I just got word that the concert will be on MAY 12th!  

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* MARCH 9TH 2018 - NEW WORK FOR DANCE, THEATRE & VOICE
*** UPDATE:  New Photo Gallery HERE

This Tuesday at the San Antonio Museum of Art, I'm premiering a new work for dance, theatre and voice. Move through space and time during a collaborative performance by local “street” choir, From Those Who Follow the Echoes, and San Antonio Dance Umbrella on Tuesday March 13th at the San Antonio Museum of Art. Original music and choreography will be performed in select museum spaces that tell a story of San Antonio’s future inspired by its 300-year history. Local actors, Brian Caron and Marcos Cervantes, will guide the narrative performance as an astronaut, philosopher and conquistador. 

From Those Who Follow the Echoes, re-imagine unique spaces for their performances by incorporating elements of movement, space and depth. For this performance at SAMA, musicians will be singing and moving in a coordinated manner, actors will serve as the backdrop to the music and dancer Fa Winsborough will improv in select areas. A two-part finale will begin as an audience participation piece that will lean on patrons to perform musical cues using dog toys, clicking pens and magazines while the choir harmonizes. The second part is an ode to the late Andy Kaufman, as everyone will be invited to SAMA’s courtyard for cookies while the actors perform their final lines.

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* MONDAY FEB 26TH 2018 - SXSW AND THEN SOME

Yep, it's that time of year again where everything seems to get jumbled together.  In the span 9 days I have quite a bit.  For starters, on March 4th at 3:30pm, I'm producing the 3rd edition of Indie Orchestra Night, where bands are backed up for a 100-piece choir & symphony.  It's the brainchild of myself and conductor, Brent Baldwin.  The event page is HERE. 

A music score I composed for the film, An Uncertain Future, screens at SXSW Film this year.  For showtimes, click on the logo below.  I also have a music performance for my piece, Ex-Nihilo, at the Austin Creative Alliance showcase on March 11th at 3pm.  THEN on the 13th at 7pm, I have a big concert at San Antonio Museum of Art for my mini-opera.  Hold your breath...

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* TUESDAY FEB 6 - HEADPHONE OPERA

I was nominated for the Inaugural Tobin Prize for Artistic Excellence People’s Choice Award ($15,000).  I COULD USE YOUR VOTE.  Voting is free and open to the public online at artistfound.org from February 6‐20, 2018. Voters must live in Bexar County, with a limit of 1 vote per person verified by email.  Please vote for Nathan Felix.  Click on image to vote. 

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 * FRIDAY JANUARY 26TH 2018 - TO INFINITY & BEYOND

This is my space series! My friend, Fernando Ribas, is a reoccurring character in my performances. He made his debut during my Opera on a Bus in November. In the latter video you will see his improv. performance.

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*  JANUARY 11TH 2018 - MUR MUR MAIDS

HUGE week coming up for me.  I'm hosting my residency, Keep Composers Weird, in Austin TX in which 4 composers will be visiting and I'll be throwing a concert for them at the Blanton Museum of Art on Thursday January 18th as part of the Beat the Rush series.  Then on Saturday I have a concert with my choir, From Those Who Follow the Echoes, in San Antonio at the Mayor's Ball.  BUT here is a little video of our first conductor for FTWFTE, Luis Corpus, in slo-mo to an unreleased song titled, Mur Mur Maids. 

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* JANUARY 1ST 2018

Happy New Year!  While 2017 was a great year, I'm excited about 2018 and the projects I have in the works.  To kick off the new year I was encouraged to start a Patreon page to help one of my missions of donating pianos to lower-income schools and communities.  I've donated close to 20 pianos over the last 3 years and all out of my own pocket and time.  I've had a lot of support through friends volunteering their time to collect them and help move them.  But I want to step things up and start restoring and donating a piano a month.  It's a lofty goal and a lot of work but I'm really passionate about it.  I'm actually a bit nervous about launching a Patreon and how to make it work, but I figure it's worth a try.  If you'd like to donate, it'd mean the world to me!  Thank you and here's to a fantastic 2018!

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