Projects

HYSSOP TRIO (sometimes quartet)

HyssopTrio comes to the Musical Offering with compositions by Vibraphonist Kathy Kelly and guitarist Casey Nielsen. Inspired by the music of the world and the natural world Hyssop Trio is a sensitive flowing trio flowering from the jazz tradition.

BASEMENTS ZINE

A 2024 prompt in Sun Magazine inspired my mom, Nancy Nichols, to write about basements in her life. Fond memories of family and friends were embedded in many homes she’d enjoyed while growing up. After reading Nancy’s essay, my own imagination also surged, weaving an inspired common thread between basements in Nancys’ past with those of my own. Musically captivated by young Nancy and her friends going down into basements, playing out their boisterous childhood fantasies, I imagined wild uninhibited dancing in dark basements, and a guitar rhythm came to me. Like the spaces we keep beneath our houses, my song Basements is a bit cluttered and off-kilter, full of romping motifs that run into each other. Get Basements at any paid tier on my Patreon page. 

FAREED HAQUE GROUPs

Check my webpage for upcoming performances with this legendary artists as they revisit their incredible album Opaque, duets and premiers of new music.