#nokings Evanston, IL showed up strong yesterday.

Power ballad pose. #kissfromarose #muccapazza #chicagolive #navypier

Got my bari back from the shop (❤️❤️❤️). Played a gig. Met Anthony Rapp (great singer, fun guy). All in all a decent Sunday in Chicago.

I highly suggest a rewatch of V for Vendetta if it’s been a while.

Day two! Avon is back as a junior at NEIU for Music Education and Percussion! We are so proud of their work and so excited to see where they go next (and I’m so glad they aren’t triplets because I can’t do anymore than two days of emotionally moving kids out of the house). @omnikel.bsky.social

Today we drove Charlie — our kind, considerate, courageous, and creative kid (one of two!) — out to start a brand new year as a junior studying Environmental Science at NIU in DeKalb. We are so proud. It was an exciting and tiring and happy/sad kind of day. @omnikel.bsky.social

Gorgeous night playing with Evanston Symphony Orchestra before we take our amazing kids off to their respective colleges tomorrow and Thursday. Happy/sad. #evanstonsymphony #neiu #niu

Work proximity associate.

Back in action, recording for the incomparable Mark Messing and David Carlson, thanks to the last minute wizardry of Matthew R. Bordoshuk who once again fixed my horns through a combination of apparent wizardry and magic. Fun times.

Come say hi tomorrow! If you live in Milwaukee it’ll be really easy to do. And if you live in Chicago…well, it’s also sorta kinda easy plus there’s always the Mars Cheese Castle you can visit on the way up. tosatonight.com/concert/june...

There is always time for more murderbot. @marthawells.com

Hitting tonight in Ann Arbor, MI with #muccapazza for #A2SF! And stay after us to check out tubajoe.com with #brassagainst!! Stay safe out there and see y’all soon.

Traveling to Michigan this Friday and Saturday with #MuccaPazza (www.muccapazza.com/new-index#up...) for Delton's Buttermilk Jamboree and Ann Arbor's A2SF Fest, but all I hear in my head is @robbieellismusics.bsky.social's track "Michigan".

Exciting new chapter from today: Charlie is transferring in the fall to NIU in Dekalb for Environmental Science so I got to spend the day with them at student orientation. Man, that science building is straight out of the 80s and cool AF.

Playing some #electricbassoon along with other assorted woodwinds next Wed if you are looking for something to do. Come say hi!

Prometheus is much better the second watch. Also while running on an elliptical while your heart is already racing.

Two months in on owning our new place and we finally got to start doing the projects we wanted to instead of projects we needed to. @omnikel.bsky.social

www.amywurtz.com/post/program... Performing tomorrow at 4pm! If you are a fan of new music, come on out to the Mill! See you there.

Hitting with Mucca Pazza at Martyrs’ in just a few hours for International Tuba Day. Come say hi!

Earlier this month we moved into our new home. It’s been a wild ride so far, filled with terror, renovation, and dust collectors that look like they are from Dune. Hope you all have a chance to come visit us! #southEvanston

How’s your Easter gigging going? #professionalmusician

Behold the high holiest of days: @c2e2.bsky.social is upon us.

I didn’t get to posting much yesterday as I was too busy shooting photos but the #HANDSOFF #CHICAGO was a truly inspiring experience. Rise up. The voices of the few can’t outweigh the voices of the many.

If you are not hip to Hiromi’s Sonicwonder, fix that immediately. hiromimusic.bandcamp.com/album/out-th...

I want this to mean something. Please make it mean something.

Fun fun fun

Ode to our new home. DM for our address in Evanston. @omnikel.bsky.social

This was really beautiful right up until the point that turbulence made me fear for my life.

Two very different but equally rewarding gigs this week: - overdubs/mixing at Electrical Audio with Mucca Pazza on some of my original charts For the Record - rehearsal today and show tomorrow for Vida Blues’ 25th anniversary reunion show at Weeds The Chicago music scene kicks ass.

Back at Electrical Audio, mixing stuff. Love this place, love these people.

@scalzi.com your comment last week about cosplaying being nice until you finally wake up and realize that you are no longer cosplaying struck me as a lovely concept for personal growth on any level, be it empathy, self confidence, or getting rid of imposter syndrome. Thank you for that. ❤️

A week of escaping reality was not enough. Thinking about building a raft and keeping this party going. Who’s with me? @jococruise.bsky.social

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Last night I dreamt of the Aaron Burrverse. You’re welcome.

See you in a week. @omnikel.bsky.social @jococruise.bsky.social

Oh look! We’re on the news!

The things you learn when your grandfather leaves you all his family history research. Simeon Sr. is the base of my family tree. If you go up further you get to the split where the Wright Bros are. And also I guess Ethan Allen and Sir Francis Drake. Plus check out that 3 leopard family crest…tattoo?