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My "virtual orchestra" rendition of Sir Arthur Sullivan's great music.
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More from the beloved operetta.
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And VIDEO with shorter version
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My first project using the Garritan "Jazz and Big Band" software instruments.
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1/12/07
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My adaptation of the famous TV theme.
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1/26/07
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Opening number from my semi-operatic stage musical "Dorian - The Remarkable Mister Gray" based on Oscar Wilde's
"The Picture of Dorian Gray."
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2/02/07
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(from "Dorian Gray")
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Aria for Basil Hallward, painter of Dorian's mysterious portrait.
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3/19/07
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An on-going event at the Garritan Forum is for composers to arrange and expand upon a posted short motif. The posted
pieces are voted on by the membership, and my piece won this round.
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3/23/07
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The next two numbers from my musical drama.
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4/06/07
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Clips from the "virtual orchestra" recording I did of the entire Gilbert and Sullivan score.
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4/13/07
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Featuring singer Mark Petruzzi.
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5/01/07
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1950's inspired piece written for a possible stage musical.
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5/09/07
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Scratch vocal demos.
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5/16/07
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The love song from "Dorian" featuring The Garritan Stradavari solo violin playing the melody line.
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5/24/07
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As winner of Orchestration Challenge #11, I posted a motif for others to arrange. This is my orchestrated version
of my own motif, though as the challenge setter I didn't enter the contest.
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5/27/07
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Dialogue and short musical passages which conclude the opening scene of the show.
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6/04/07
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Montage demo from Sullivan's "Pinafore." The full recording is available to theatre groups to use for their productions
of the operetta.
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6/10/07
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A string quartet version of a rock n' roll song by Lennon/McCartney. An improved recording was later made of this
arrangement which was inspired by the work of the famed Kronos Quartet.
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6/19/07
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| "Fantastic Eyes" - a Danse Macabre |
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6/29/07
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My 2nd winning entry, titled "Here I Am" when it was posted at the Forum's Listening Room.
2nd Discussion.
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7/02/07
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Strings alone
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An online collaboration with guitarist Mike Grande. I arranged the strings for his guitar composition. The
second link demos my contribution by itself.
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7/09/07
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(from "Dorian Gray")
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Inspired by the 19th Century sound of the English Music Hall - a stylized scene from "Dorian" where the characters are
presented as if living inside a theatrical melodrama.
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7/17/07
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(from "Dorian Gray")
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| A quasi-Elizabethan madrigal |
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8/01/07
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(from "Dorian Gray")
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| The delirious Sibyl Vane |
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8/15/07
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Another online collaboration, this time with songwriter Jeff Allen.
I arranged and performed the piano and
string tracks.
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8/23/07
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(from "Dorian Gray")
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| Dorian sees his portrait change for the first time |
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8/30/07
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(from "Dorian Gray")
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| Sibyl as Juliet with her daggar |
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9/06/07
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(from "Dorian Gray")
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| Basil's depressingly blank canvas |
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9/15/07
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My first and not totally successful experimenet with the Concert and Marching Brand library of instruments.
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9/24/07
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(from "Dorian Gray")
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| Dorian finally understands he is immortal |
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10/03/07
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| The Black Cat Tavern - the finale's location |
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10/09/07
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| Composed for the Forum's Halloween music contest |
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10/15/07
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| "1900" collage illustration created for the Forum post |
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10/27/07
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By John Phillip Sousa.
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11/06/07
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(from "Dorian Gray")
Instrumental as used in production
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| The unblemished, ever youthful Mr. Gray |
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11/16/07
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| By Majeska - Basil Hallward murdered |
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11/25/07
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(from "Dorian Gray")
vocal demo
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| Cartoon of Oscar Wilde - illustration for this Gilbert and Sullivan inspired production number |
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12/01/07
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My contribution to the annual Garritan Christmas CD of music featuring Forum members using Garritan instruments to produce
original arrangements of traditional holiday songs.
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12/02/07
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| Old friends fight - Dorian relishes his secret painting |
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12/09/07
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(from "Dorian Gray," lyrics from "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" by Oscar Wilde.
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| James Vane sings one of the most important songs in the show. |
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12/19/07
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(from "Dorian Gray")
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| A vocal demo is included on the discussion thread. |
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12/26/07
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(from "Dorian Gray")
Scratch vocal demo
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| "...the hunt, the sport of gentlemen..." |
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1/07/8
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(from "Dorian Gray")
Instrumental used in production
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| The run away favorite song from "Dorian Gray" |
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1/24/08
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Instrumental used in production
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| If the audience didn't know the show's an opera before this... |
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4/23/08
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Gary Garritan, developer of the software I used to create the "Dorian" soundtrack, came to the show's opening night in
Salem, Oregon. He presented me with a copy of his newest software instrument, The Garritan Authorized Steinway Piano.
For the music which played during the intermission at the performances, I picked out songs from the show and re-arranged
them for piano with a line up of Garritan solo instruments playing the melody lines.
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12/01/08
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2008 was the year of "Dorian"--I directed the premiere at Pentacle Theatre, Salem, Oregon starting with casting in January
and ending with closing night in June.
Immediately after that I was arranging the music for "Pope Joan," a new musical by Christopher Moore which opened in
Hollywood.
Next I was off to Moscow, Russia to work with the repertory company at The Stas Namin Centre as work began for the international
professional premiere of "Dorian Gray."
I had very little time to participate at the Forum. But I was happy to have my work make another appearance on
the annual Garritan Christmas CD.
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12/12/08
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| Oy, to ne vecher is a traditional Russian folk |
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| A church in Moscow, photographed by me during my visit. |
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1/02/09
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Several short video promos for "Dorian" have been posted at You Tube.
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1/06/09
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Music from "Pope Joan"
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Demos of the music I arranged for the Hollywood production of "Pope Joan" by Christopher Moore are temporarily unavailable
for me to include here.
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1/14/09
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| Demo of film underscoring - the classic "Phantom of the Opera" starring Lon Chaney Sr. |
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1/29/09
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(from Pentacle Theatre's production of "Dorian Gray")
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| Sheree Ross and Jason Bailey |
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2/02/09
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My third win in the Garritan Orchestration Challenge series.
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2/13/09
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Demo of original sound track scoring done for a local videographer.
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2/22/09
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(from "Dorian Gray")
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| "Dorian" at Pentacle Theatre |
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| Creating new scoring for "Dorian" using a smaller band |
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4/02/09
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Music composed as underscoring for a scene in "Cyrano" starring Jose Ferrer.
And HERE is the video clip with my music.
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4/21/09
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My version of the 1920's style tune by Paul McCartney, heard on The White Album from The Beatles.
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5/22/09
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(from "Dorian Gray")
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Video clip from Pentacle Theatre's production of "Dorian," featuring Jeff Baer as James Vane.
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5/29/09
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Fellow Forum member, composer David Sosnowski asked me to compose a piece to demonstrate his new analog style software synthesizer.
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6/03/09
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In the style of the '30's and '40's newsreel fanfares, this is a bit for a new musical I am currently writing.
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6/06/09
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On the same conversation thread as the above fanfare, I posted this tribute to B action serial chapters from the '40's,
complete with the sound effects of old, damaged film.
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6/24/09
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| Source of inspiration for a new stage show |
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6/30/09
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Coming full circle in my history of posts at the Garritan Listening Room - a You Tube demo of my "virtual orchestra"
of the entire "H.M.S. Pinafore" score by Gilbert and Sullivan, available for theatres to use in their productions.
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7/12/09
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Demo with instruments playing vocal lines
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| Another song from my new show which takes place in an army induction center |
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7/20/09
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The conversation thread for this Indian inspired piece signaled to me that my time for posting music at the Forum should
come to a close.
I had a good time sharing my work in The Listening Room for almost 3 years. Now there's more room on the Forum
for new members to post theirs.
I'm still a moderator at the Garritan Forum, fielding questions and helping to keep it a stimulating environment for
the Forum's membership.
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