Robert Maril is just plain awesome, in case you were wondering. He’s stepped in at the last minute to sing my setting of He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven this Saturday. It’s a sweet little love song, and even though it’s so short it’s one of my favorite things I’ve ever written. The show …
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DowntownLunch profiled luncher!
Okay, so this is a bit offtopic, and I’m far too happy about it, but check I’m this week’s profiled ‘luncher’ on Midtown Lunch’s downtown site. It’s a great resource for anyone working in the neighborhood, by the way. There ain’t much to eat down here and finding worthwhile stuff is much easier with them …
Joining Thesia Arts
I’m very excited to announce that I’ve recently joined Thesia Arts as a collaborating producer. Thesia’s a multi-genre fine art production company, and when I found out about them it seemed like the organization had fallen out of my imagination and into the real world. I’ve been dreaming for a couple of years about putting …
sound design and meeting on Summer’s Twilight scene 1 re-write
Last week saw me stuck sick in bed for a couple days, but also saw two good meetings. The first was with Rose Ginsberg, director and chief brainstorming-buddy for Summer’s Twilight. I’ve finished a significant re-write of the libretto of the first scene, and wanted to bounce it off of Rose before I dug into …
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“Making Of” vs. “Actual Thing”
Eddie Izzard did this British political ad, a party political for the Labour Party. It’s good. But the ‘making of’ video is totally amazing, and they just made it as a side thing to what they were ‘officially’ doing. It’s more convincing, it’s funnier, and it’s even got the key political slogans. Take a quick …
Rhymes with Opera is rehearsing in my house
I’ve known all the musicians of Rhymes With Opera for years. They’re great. They’ve mounted some really creative productions in really interesting places. Right now they’re getting ready for their next show, Book of Gazes, which I’m going to see on May 17 at The Tank in New York. They’re also performing in Baltimore on …
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The Stain of Love, streaming online!
I’ve just built streaming audio into the site! Now you can actually hear recordings of my music on here – revolutionary, I know. First up is Jason Buckwalter’s recording of The Stain of Love, the Williams song cycle he commissioned. It’s streaming now here. Pop over, have a listen, and let me know how you …
Mike Feldman has a new site up!
I work with Michael Feldman a lot, and I think he’s great. Today he launched a new website for his production company, Evident Films. Check it out – he’s got some very cool projects, including some we’re working on together.
Seafarer Sound Design
Zach Herchen’s come back with a first crack at the sound design for the film version of The Seafarer. The director, Mike Feldman, and I are very, very pleased. Listening to the cut a couple times, I’m faced with the reality that I have very little background in how to judge and how to improve sound …
Busy Week
This has been a busy, busy week. Last Thursday, the film version of The Seafarer screened at a Thesia Arts event. The film, not quite finished, was very well received. It was screened in the company of about a half dozen other films, including experimental mixed media animation, a pop music video, a rather elaborate …
Zach Herchen playing at the Stone
Just a reminder for everyone – next Wednesday (March 3rd, 2010, 10 PM) Zach Herchen is going to play a bunch of awesome new pieces for saxophone at The Stone. Among them is the piece I wrote for Zach, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, which sets the poem of the same name. He’s going …
The Seafarer – screening at White Rabbit 2-25
Surprise! Thesia Arts will be screening a nearly-finished version of The Seafarer tomorrow night! The event is a fundraiser with screenings of several new short films by up-and-coming filmmakers, a happy hour, etc. This will be the first public viewing for the piece, so if you want to see how we’ve translated this bit of …
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