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The Note Head

English - Music, Composition, Sound
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The Note Head · 2M ago

Sometimes the text finds you.

This coming Sunday a new work of mine will be sung at Spirit of Hope United Methodist Church in Golden Valley, MN.  In the Fall of 2011 Wendy Gennaula, my wife, began to sing there as a member of the quartet of choir section leaders.  Jerry Rubino, the director of music at the church, asked if I wou
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The Note Head · 1Y ago

Hello, again, hello....

Yes. I am quoting a Neil Diamond song. (Not that I'm saying there is anything wrong with that...)It's been a while since I last posted anything here. Since my last post I've written 2 pieces for 1st Covenant Church in Minneapolis and started singing in the Gospel Choir there. Gospel singing was
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The Note Head · 3Y ago

Time to become a Note Head again

I've been more of a code monkey for a while now. I need to get back to being a Note Head. Mainly been loading new tunes to my iPod shuffle. Latest additional was actually the song "Code Monkey"--a really fun tune! Also got an old recording of La Traviata with Maria Callas recorded live at La Sca
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The Note Head · 3Y ago

The Bells (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)

"Then, all at once, behold!--for it seems at times, as though the ear also possessed a sight of its own,--behold, rising from each bell tower, something like a column of sound, a cloud of harmony."[ Link ] to The Bells.For the opening of the Hunchback of Notre Dame Leah, the director, wanted to have
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The Note Head · 3Y ago

The Journey to Opening Night, part 2

To recap from part 1, In September or so I became part of the design team (as composer) for an adaptation of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The director (Leah) and I agreed that I should get a copy of the script and start looking at it to determine what musical cues to write. I had assume that Leah
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The Note Head · 3Y ago

The Journey to Opening Night, part 1

Well, it is one week and one day later, but Hunchback of Notre Dame had a great opening night. Since about September I've been working on original music for an adaptation of the Victor Hugo novel. The Cromulent Shakespeare Company had decided to do this in repertory with Richard III and not only s
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The Note Head · 3Y ago

The Minneapolis Rag

I have been away for a while from my blogs. Sorry, the election just held my attention too much. Before I left my blogs to their own devices, I did upload this "Minneapolis Rag" to my website, but I never posted a link to this blog.I'll add a bit more to this entry later about the song. [ Link ] t
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The Note Head · 3Y ago

Microtune, #3, Fanfare for an unsettled night

I'm having an unsettled tonight. Nervous energy lashing out in odd directions. Angry at nothing. Cranky just to be cranky.[ Link ] to Microtune, #3
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The Note Head · 3Y ago

Big Band Swing on Pandora

I have a new toy: Pandora Radio. Finally I can create a radio station that plays Baroque Choral, Big Band Swing, Billy Joel, The Beatles, among others. Right now I'm listening to Side by Side sung by Anita O'Day.Sometimes I think I was born at the wrong time--I love this music. But I love workin
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The Note Head · 3Y ago

CD Review: The Grapes of Wrath / Live from the Minnesota Opera World Premiere

Amazon.com: The Grapes of Wrath/Live from the Minnesota Opera World Premiere: Ricky Ian Gordon, Grant Gershon, Deanne Meek and Brian Leerhuber: MusicI want to like this opera. I love Ricky Ian Gordon's music. His Bright Eyed Joy is one of my favorite CDs that I have listened to over and over again
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