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    Carolina Cellobration
    PROGRAM NOTES (by the composers) Buffing the Gut (1995) Buffing the Gut was commissioned in 1995 by Buffi Jacobs, then an undergraduate student at the University of South Carolina studying cello with Robert Jesselson. I was a doctoral Teaching Assistant, studying with Dick Goodwin, and Buffi was in my Sight Singing class. One day she asked if I'd write a piece for her senior recital. A relative would get that for her as a graduation gift, and so we sat down together to explore ideas. I recall asking, "what do you like to do on cello when you are just messing around and having fun?" Her eyes widened she played some "rock guitar licks" that I then embellished and used in the piece. We had a fun time collaborating on the first draft, which Dick helped me refine and Robert expertly edited. It is no surprise that in addition to her professional "classical" career, Buffi has been a long-time member of the acclaimed rock group, The Polyphonic Spree. My title was inspired by Buffi's name and the image of a cellist bowing so ferociously that the strings on the cello smolder and appear buffed. I ask you to imagine a cellist alone in an empty concert hall after a concert, playing for the sheer joy of playing. Ben Boone Two Movement Sonata (2011) The first movement of the Sonata, Rondeau, begins as a five part rondo i.e. A, B, A, C, A. That pattern is then repeated in ever shorter statements. The reduction in the length of each part is roughly equivalent to the proportions of the Fibonacci Series. This process continues to a point about four minutes and a few seconds into the piece. Then it goes in reverse to expand each part to the end. The second movement, Scherzo Canonico, recalls lines and textures from the first movement in a scherzo, trio, scherzo form. The scherzos are round canons at the unison and the trio, a cancrizans canon. The Sonata seeks to tell no story nor to reveal any deep spiritual truth. It is a piece of abstract music. It is what it is. Here end the program notes for a piece which has no program. Samuel O. Douglas Lilies (2011) Lilies, as a flower, are thought to symbolize purity and a return to innocence. In that spirit, "Lilies" is a reflective and gentle vocalise for cello and piano. The work is in three, expansive sections. The opening features a long, lyrical cello line over a slowly rocking bass in the piano. This gives way to a more restless, searching middle section, which in turn leads back to an altered version of the original melodic material, and a quiet, if somewhat mysterious, resolution. 'Lilies' was commissioned by the Jesselson/Fugo Duo in 2011, and is dedicated in memory of John McElyea. John Fitz Rogers Frieze (2011) The German novelist and poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) once said that architecture is "frozen music." In architecture, a frieze refers to a horizontal band of decorative images found along the top of a wall that are typically a set of variations on a single theme. Written for cellist Bob Jesselson and pianist Charles Fugo on the thirtieth anniversary of the Jesselson/Fugo Duo, Frieze (2011) explores musical analogues of mathematical frieze groups, symmetric line patterns on a two-dimensional surface that infinitely repeat in a single direction. These types of patterns are mapped onto the pitch and time domains to create the musical ideas that form the basis of the work. The titles of the seven movements are double entendres, terms with very precise meanings in mathematical music theory that have very different meanings outside of music. For example the second movement, titled "Mosaic," refers to a design made from small pieces of colored tile or stone in art, whereas in twelve-tone music it refers to a way to partition the aggregate into subsets. Dr. Reginald Bain In Memoriam (September 11, 2001) I wrote these sketches while watching the horror of the attacks of September 11, 2001: the collapse of the World Trade Center, the attack on the Pentagon, the plane-crash in Pennsylvania. I didn't have a piece in mind, or consciously set out to write one. But the sketches seemed to belong together, afterwards, and to fit the solo cello.* It was my way of holding each other in our loss. It reflects my sadness, our collective sadness-- the loss of loved ones, looking for survivors, not finding. Hoping it isn't true, disbelief...it is true. The slow motion collapse of the towers--with that collapse, all of our losses, our national sense of invulnerability gone...humility, interdependence, prayer. Meira Warshauer *Originally for solo cello. Subsequent versions for violin solo (commissioned by Gregory Harrington), violin and cello duo, violin and bass clarinet duo, clarinet solo, clarinet and bass clarinet duo, clarinet and cello duo (arr. By Suzanne Mueller). Also available for solo cello with string ensemble (9 players: 3 2 2 1 1) or string orchestra, and for solo cello with cello ensemble (6 celli, arranged by Mirel Iancovici). Published by Kol Meira Publications (ASCAP), 3526 Boundbrook Lane, Columbia, SC 29206, USA. Yizkor (Remember) (2009) Mourning can be both private and public. When we visit a grave or observe the anniversary of a person's death, we generally do so in private. 'Yizkor' (which is Hebrew for 'Remember') is a prayer for the public observance for the community of bereaved. These two movements are the last two movements of a three movement work called 'Yizkor'. I had written a one movement piece for cello solo by that name in 2001 after the horrific events of 9/11. The cello was the solo voice that cries, the solo voice that is heard no more. In 2009 I felt that the piece needed more, so I added the two movements included in this album as further amplification of that feeling. These second and third movements of Yizkor are included on this CD to reflect the afterthought, or aftershock, that follows an emotional loss. The second movement depicts the frantic and frenetic feeling that follows such a shock. That is why I used a figure of two sixteenth notes at the beginning of every measure. The third movement has a descending legato melodic mirroring an ascending line in the first movement. This last movement is the afterthought, and the solemn feeling we have when remembering. With my background in composition combined with film scoring, I tend to see music more as an underscore, be it to a film, or to our lives. From my perspective as a songwriter I also feel strongly about the human voice and the power of song. Ayala Asherov-Kalus Dessau Dances (2011) There is a famous German dance hall outside of Austin, Texas - well, really outside of Pflugerville, TX to be more precise -- that dates back to 1876. For decades Dessau Hall hosted about every major traveling music act ... from polka bands to the dance orchestras of Glenn Miller, Woody Herman, Guy Lombardo, Tommy Dorsey, Artie Shaw and Stan Kenton, to country artists like Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys, Loretta Lynn, Hank Williams, Ernest Tubb, and Willie Nelson. Even Elvis Presley played there several times. Programs were often broadcast over KTBC which was owned by then-Senator Lyndon Johnson and his wife Lady Bird. I recall performing at Dessau Hall with different territory bands ... and remember that there was a big oak tree growing out of the dance floor and up through the roof. I thought that it would be fun to abstract rhythms from three popular dances that we were always asked to play at Dessau Hall -- a schottische, a waltz and a polka. The evenings also featured promenades -- little marches that would stop abruptly providing a kind of musical chairs to identify the next dance partner. So I decided that Dessau Dances needed a promenade theme to open the set and tie each of the movements together. Gordon (Dick) Goodwin Duet for Cello and Piano (2011) Program notes in the classical music tradition provide historical and background information on the piece, the composer, giving the audience tips for what to expect when listening to
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    Quicksand Ground
    Grace Millo is the sister of International Opera Star, Aprile millo and punk rock pioneer Rick Wilder of the legendary Maus Maus and The Berlin Brats. Talk about eclectic influences! She was raised in Europe, but finally settled in NYC where she met a girl named Minx, and they formed AMANDA'S WAITING. Grace wrote 3 CD's worth of material for the band as well as performing with them. They worked with Russ Kunkel and MCA publishing on their second album 'JUST LAY', received critical acclaim, evened opened up for the Neville Brothers before splitting up. Grace went on to pursue a solo career. She has been awarded the ASCAP PLU$ AWARD for recognition in songwriting, three songs of hers have been used in Independent films, one just won the award for Best Independent Film at the Houston Independent Film Festival. She has a song featured on the Figjam label's MARRY ME CD, Benefiting the ACLU and Same Sex marraige rights, a song on the GOGIRLS Compilation CD, along side K's Choice, and Rachael Sage, and recently appeared at the Music for Life Benefit in NYC. Billboard mag calls her music, 'haunting', see for yourself.
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    Sky for Thought
    Tamdrin is a multi-instrumentalist recording and performing trio, with a unique sound that ranges from classic and progressive rock, through folk, sixties film and TV soundtrack themes, soul, R&B, which is often spiced with hints of jazz and blues. Described by one listener at ASCAP Network, as "The alternative to alternative". Tamdrin make music for the future with a fond look back at the past. Don't trust us, trust your ears...
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    Desert Stars
    DESERT STARS: Solo Works for Piano and Guitar Composed and Performed by RUSSELL STEINBERG About the music... This CD is a collection of my solo pieces for piano and classical guitar. . The music is often quiet and reflective, but sings in warm tonal colors surrounded by a kind of hazy harmonic resonance. As a kid, I liked to hold down the pedal on the piano and blur the harmonies-that may be the origin of this hazy resonance that threads through this music, which otherwise has no pretensions of being modern or innovative. Some brief notes follow: Joy in Sea is an exuberant and playful romp of a piano prelude. The title is a pun on it's tonal center (C) and inspirational origin: I had just moved near the ocean in Pacific Palisades, CA. The Five Preludes for Guitar are simple romantic pieces for classical guitar. The second prelude, 'Daffodils,' is dedicated to Karen Whalen, a next door neighbor who confided that one night my music had turned her from suicidal thoughts -rather the opposite of what I was hearing from other neighbors! All three Floating Preludes for Piano glow with an upper register resonance. The wispy phrases of 'Clouds' unfold and float along in the extremes of high and low registers. Within the miniature world of 'Clocks' is a kind of mad ticking that courses through an angry cosmos. 'Elysium' is a nod to the special sonic worlds of French composer Maurice Ravel, but with my personal quiet treble resonances. The arches and ornaments of Arabesque are inspired by two famous classical works of the same name, one by Robert Schumann and the other by Claude Debussy. Amazing Grace' Variations was actually a composition assignment to produce stylistic variations on this famous hymn tune. The first variation features the tune upside down in the style of Erik Satie's Gymnopedies, the second variation sets the tune in an impressionist blues style, the third uses tone clusters alla Bartok, the fourth is atonal and spacy, and the fifth turns the tune into an Americana style chorale. 5 Finger Pieces for Piano are dedicated to a dear group of adult composition students. I tried to compose the simplest music I could imagine for them. Each piece begins with both hands in a particular 'five finger' position from which they never leave! The last piece, 'Jim,' is my shortest composition. Jim Bishop helped me produce a recording of my first symphony and contributed creatively with his graphic talent to my AudioMaps of the Beethoven Symphonies. How horrible and ironic that just a year later Jim's life was cut tragically short in an automobile accident. This CD is dedicated in his memory. We all miss Jim exceedingly, the world is different without him. Desert Stars is a set of three improvisatory fantasies that I conceived during nights stargazing in Death Valley. In the first movement, harmonies pulse and bleed together through the held piano pedal. A quasi lullaby is ripped apart in the second movement, unable to hold together in the vastness of space. The last movement is a gentle and nostalgic reinterpretation of the pulsing chords from the first prelude. BIOGRAPHY Russell Steinberg is a composer, performer, and conductor with a Ph.D. in Music from Harvard University, an M.M. from the New England Conservatory, and a B.A. from UCLA. Recent commissions include the Daniel Pearl Foundation, the Jewish Center for Culture and Creativity, and the Westchester Conservatory Mentor Orchestra. Steinberg's music has been performed in the United States and abroad, including concerts in Los Angeles, Boston, New York, Baltimore, Aspen, Connecticut, San Francisco, New Jersey, Vermont, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, and recently Israel. His first symphony, CityStrains, was commissioned jointly by the Westchester Symphony in New York and the Hopkins Symphony in Baltimore His awards include an ASCAP Young Composers Grant, Composers Inc. and NACUSA prizes, MacDowell and Aspen Fellowships, and First Prize in the New World String Quartet competition. He is the founder and current Director of Music at the Stephen Wise Music Academy of Los Angeles and Artistic Director of he the Los Angeles Youth Orchestra. He also regularly teaches courses at UCLA in music composition and music listening. His writings include a novel approach to orchestral listening titled AudioMaps to the Beethoven Symphonies and several award-winning CD-ROMs including the Voyager Company's Richard Strauss: Three Tone Poems. His early music teacher, Dorothy Compinsky, encouraged him to compose while introducing him to piano, classical guitar, and violin. He continued composition studies most notably with Leon Kirchner, Arthur Berger, Elaine Barkin, and Kenneth Klauss, piano with Earle C. Voorhies and Salome Arkatov, and guitar with Ronald Purcell.
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    Assorted Mallets
    This project is an anthology album (CD) that encompasses every recording I've done thus far with the marimba, an instrument like the xylophone with wooden bars set up like the keys on a piano. This album has many tracks written for marimba and voice, a new and blossoming idea. There is more reason for this album than just documentation. Some of these tracks (Skies of a Landless Horizon and Night of Mourning) are published in written notation and this CD is a way to spread the knowledge of this music. Another track, The Power of Music, is used in a documentary called In Pursuit of Passion, so the album will only help this song reach more people. Finally, the works for marimba and voice on this album are a 'new and blossoming' idea, as previously stated. This combination of playing marimba and singing simultaneously is quite new and is being written about currently. These works will be included in a dissertation that is covering the emerging trend of marimba and voice performed by one player. This document will be written by Doug Smith who is finishing a D.M.A. at University of Arizona. So, there is already support for the growth of marimba and voice as a musical entity and I love writing music for marimba in other settings as well. I hope this album is just the start of a lifelong pursuance of marimba and voice AND MUSIC! Copyright 2011 - Voirimba Publishing (ASCAP), except for 'Skies of a Landless Horizon', Copyright 2009, C. Alan Publications, and 'Night of Mourning', Copyright 2011, C. Alan Publications. All rights reserved. All works written by Michael Neumeyer, except 'Secret Song' by John Kimbrough All instruments and tracks performed by Michael Neumeyer except: Track 1: - Allison Reichert, flute Track 9: - Michael Graff, bass guitar/acoustic guitar, Willis Niederfrank, electric guitar Tracks 1-3, 9-10 recorded and mixed by Michael Graff at Harmonic Distortion Studio Tracks 4-8 recorded live in Michelson Hall at the campus of the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI Mastered by Mike Hoffmann Thank you: Charles and Diana Neumeyer, Mike Graff, Eric Atkinson, Robert Rosen, Judy Bond, Charles Young, Pamela Luedtke, Lori MacRae, Allison Reichert, Willis Niederfrank, Nancy Zeltsman, Doug Smith, Cort McClaren at C. Alan Publications, my family, friends, fans, and any who have supported my music.
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    Harpsichord Recital
    On this debut recording, Rebecca Pechefsky explores several different styles of harpsichord music, some of the pieces are well known and some have never been recorded before. The rich textures and compelling rhythms of J. S. Bach's preludes and fugues are familiar to many music lovers, but Rebecca gives them a fresh, new interpretation. The other German composer on the CD, Elias Brunnemüller, is almost completely unknown. He started his career as a touring violin virtuoso and later settled in Amsterdam, where he may have lived to be over 90 years old. His harpsichord pieces are adventurous and quirky, with many deft, original touches. Elisabeth Jacquet de le Guerre was one of the most talented woman composers of the 17th century, and the first woman in history to write a full-length opera. Louis XIV liked her music tremendously, and it's easy to see why. Her pieces are full of exquisite, evocative melodies. Rebecca concertizes extensively in and around the New York Metropolitan area, taking special pleasure in performing works by little-known composers. She has performed at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall and the eighteenth-century Morris-Jumel Mansion, as well as at the Boston Early Music Festival. She is equally at home in contemporary music and has premiered works by Mary Inwood, Frank J. Oteri, Louis Pelosi, and Johnny Reinhard. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband, Erik Ryding, with whom she has coauthored a biography of German conductor Bruno Walter, winner of the 2002 ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award.
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    All That's Left of Me
    Performing Songwriter - Mike is the founder of songcraft.com and all it's subsidiaries. He has released four CD's as an artist, and is an ASCAP writer. His song 'Everything's Cool' was featured on both CMT and VH1 in the show 'In The Moment with Gretchen Wilson' and 'Driven, Toby Keith'. His songs have been recorded by scores of artists in both the USA and Europe. Mike is the winner of several writing contests including the prestigious 1998 Kerrville Folk Festival.
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    Grim Reality Entertainment: Corporate Takeover
    Grim Reality Entertainment presents their first compilation album titled 'Corporate Takeover' featuring the video single 'No Mercy' and the classic 'Sacred Geometry.' Feature artists include: Insane Poetry, JP Tha Hustler, Smallz One, Scum, Bloodshot, Menacide, and more. Production for the majority of the album provided by JP Tha Hustler. All songs published under Insane Hustler Music Publishing (ASCAP) and Cycotherapee Music (ASCAP), respectively. © 2010 Grim Reality Entertainment, LLC.
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    Metamorphosis
    Composer,pianist,singer,author & occasional actor RECORD LABELS: CKL Music, EDITION WANDELWEISER RECORDS (2010-2011)Substitute Faculty of The CalArts Pre-College Voice Program MFA.,(pending) BFA.,(California Institute of the Arts) CERT.,(S.D County Regional Occupational Program in "Child Development") EMAIL: c.metamorphosis@gmail.com C. Kenneth Lee has been hailed by The Hong Kong Economic Journal ?? as 'a young musical prodigy...he frequently visits the elderly home and entertains them with music and warmth...must thank him for giving them music therapy and hope.' Lee is a 2008 ASCAP Morton Gould Composer Award Finalist, recipient of The 2005 California Institute of Music's 'Creative Student Leadership Award', an honorable mention recipient from 2006 Save Me a Spot in College Visual & Performing Arts Scholarship Contest and a 2009 Cal Arts Capitol Records / EMI Jazz CD project Contest Nominated Asian Classical-Crossover/Film Composer. He is a pianist, actor, former chapter vice-president of Best Buddies International and 2007 Torrey Pines Idol Contest Finalist classically trained singer. C. Lee's 'Piano Solo No.4 (2011)' appeared on EDITION WANDELWEISER RECORDS, a German classical Label that include names like John Cage, Alvin Lucier, Morton Feldman. Etc. Lee was nominated and almost recorded for CAPITOL RECORDS/EMI. Lee is currently a substitute faculty of California Institute of the Arts Pre-College Voice Program. Lee has taught kindergarten at The TPHS Kindergarten from 2005-2006 (certified by The San Dieguito High School Union District), started a music therapy class for the TPHS Special Ed. Department (2005-2007) with school pathologist at The Torrey Pines High School in San Diego and did an internship in Hong Kong at F.O.C.U.S (a well-known non-profit Organization to help children with A.D.H.D, Dyslexia and other learning disabilities). Lee was a nominated candidate for the 2010 election for senator of Walt Disney's CalArts Herb Alpert School of Music that ended in a TIE. Lee has been sponsored to have his own solo concerts in USA such as Beverly Hills Aqua Lounge, Genghis Cohen.etc, Australia such as St. John the Baptist Anglican Church, Hong Kong such as THE HONG KONG GRAND HYATT HOTEL, THE HK MIRA HOTEL, THE HK ROYAL GARDEN HOTEL, The HK Skylark Lounge, HK Backstage Live .etc),and PRINCESS CRUISES. Apart from collaborating with many bands and choirs, and having released 4 solo CDs of his original compositions on iTUNES, AMAZON, NAPSTER, RHAPSODY, and other mp3 venders, Lee sang & acted in several lead and supporting roles that included being a member of The Original US West Coast Opera Cast of Iannis Xenakis' only opera, (2010) ORESTEIA, and a member of The Los Angeles Original Musical Cast with MEREDITH MONK in (2008)SONGS OF ASCENSION that toured at redcat in The Walt Disney Concert Hall. Lee has worked musically with and assisted with artists like LOS ANGELES CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, David Rosenboom, Carlsbad Music Festival, California EAR Unit, Vicky Fung, Katie Geissinger, and other groups and artists in the U.S and in Hong Kong. Lee has studied piano with an alumni from The Julliard School, an alumni from The Eastman School of Music, and faculties at California Institute of the Arts. Lee studied music composition at Northwestern University's National High School Music Institute, The Walnut Hill School, & received his Bachelors degree in music composition at California Institute of the Arts. Lee has studied composition/worked with Augusta Read Thomas, Morton Subotnick, William Powell (Julliard School Alumni '70), Steve Hoey, David Rosenboom, Wolfgang Von Schweinitz, Matt McBane, Michael Pisaro, Barry Schrader, Rob Wannamaker.etc, and studied voice with Angela Gooch, Alla Markovich, Jimmy Chan.etc. Lee is the founder and the first president of CMTC (The Cal Arts Musical Theater Club). Lee and his music has also been featured in several newspapers (Hong Kong Economic journal, East West Magazine, Del Mar Village Voice. Etc) and on radio broadcasts from the USA (ex: UCLA radio), United Kingdom (ex: Tempo FM 107.4, and Australia (ex: 2 CR Radio Network). Lee's music has been performed by David Rosenboom, Allan Vogel of Los Angeles Chamber orchestra, California EAR Unit, Susan Allen, Matt McBane.etc. ^#^as well as chosen for the 20th Century FOX SPONSORED "The 2009 Independent Asian Pacific Islander Performing Artists and Writers Festival" in Los Angeles. (REVIEWS:) '...I think his music is pretty, cool and catchy. I could see people humming to it. I could see 'Thanksgiving' being in the next Disney's Aladdin Film.' - COLIN BATES (professional actor and one of the original BILLY ELLIOT actors on The London Broadway Musical ) It's a pleasure to hear his great music...' -JEFF MARDER (associate conductor of The Los Angeles Broadway Musical 'WICKED') '...I've heard his stuff, I think it's pretty magical...' -HENRY LEE HOPPER (Academy 'OSCAR' Award Nominated actor Dennis Hopper's Actor Son) '...his music has great diversity of styles from classical to experimental ...' -MATT MCCBANE (composer,conductor,and founder and director of the CARLSBAD MUSIC FESTIVAL,Carlsbad,CA)
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    Flamenco & Classical Guitar Vol. 1
    Guitarist and composer Peter Evans has been delighting and informing audiences in the nuances of Flamenco and Classical music throughout a career of more than 45 years. Recording artist for RCA Victor, Mr. Evans toured nationally and internationally as a guitar soloist. He studied and lived in Spain for over a year and also studied at the Julliard School of Music in New York. Mr Evans is a member of ASCAP. Recorded in 1990, 'Flamenco & Classical Guitar - Volume I' is Mr. Evans's first album containing original compositions as well as original arrangements of traditional flamenco and classical pieces. G. Schirmer, Inc. Has published a book of five of his original compositions. More recently, Mr. Evans has composed works for guitar and orchestra. Five Sevillans arranged and orchestrated by him, and an original Fandango (Montereyanas) has been played with several orchestras by Mr. Evans, as well as an orchestral suite in four movements. Mr. Evans built his own home (with hand tools only) in the forested mountains of Big Sur, CA where he has lived since 1968.
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