Woodwind Session Final Edit

Here is the same recording with some stereo placement of the room mics and a touch of reverb added to make everything groovy. You are welcome to compare this recording to the previous post. This one is a little faster due to some sample rate snafus in the previous version. It's more of what I had in mind.

Enjoy the listen!

Woodwind Recording Session: February 6th, 2013

Here's my new piece for Woodwinds. It's a cue called "Travel Music" from an imaginary documentary called "Stephen A. Douglas: An American Portrait".  It was recorded at Studio X in Seattle, WA. The Engineer was Reed Ruddy. Hummie Mann was the conductor.

It calls for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, and 1 bassoon. The players were awesome and I was tickled with the outcome. Of special note is that all of the chords are related chromatically. They don't have a classical relationship to each other but are related often by thirds. Some jazz players refer to this as chromatic mediant progressions, but in this case it's not always by a third. I've included the score in the video and it follows the notes on the track.

Special thanks to Sean Osborn, Robin Peery, Alicia Suarez, and others whom I didn't see because I, for work reasons, couldn't even be there! Special thanks also to Hummie Mann and my fellow students who did production work in the booth on this one.

First Film Score Recording Final Edit

Here is the final edit that I'm turning in for the assignment. Once again, special thanks to Hummie Mann for musical direction and conducting, Tim Huling for score study during the session, awesome Seattle players such as Steve Schirmer, Tom and and Virginia Dzeikonski, Arthur Zadinsky, Scott Logocki, John Kim, and others who played wonderfully. Special thanks too to Claire Hawkins, without whom none of this would have happened.

Special changes include a different ending, an edited fast section, additional room mics, reverb added to the spots, and some other magic.

First Film Scoring Recording Session

On January 16th, the Pacific Northwest Film Scoring School held its first student recording session. The session was held at Studio X in Seattle and each student was assigned to write for string orchestra and clarinet solo.

We had to write an introduction, 8 measures of a clarinet melody, 4 measures of modulation, 8 measures of the same melody in a new key, and four measures of coda.

This is a rough cut of take 6 with a little reverb and added spot mics on the clarinet and bass. Further editing for mistakes and balance will come soon, but this is what I've got as of Thursday, the 17th.

The cue is from an imaginary movie called "Biker Chick III: Home On The Range" and the cue is "Into The Storm". I think that she (the biker) makes it out nicely but not unscathed.

Musical inspiration is coming from James Horner, Hans Zimmer, Henry Mancini, and a whole lot of Hummie Mann. Special thanks to Hummie, who serves as my graduate advisor and who contributed greatly to the style and output of the piece.

Hummie Mann conducted and Tim Huling sat in the booth, running the score study. Thanks to all.

Enjoy!

Solo Concert March 23rd

(photo courtesy of Eric Shalit)
Seattle Area German American School presents a benefit concert for art and music instruction. It's a cello and piano recital with treats served and is scheduled in conjunction with the SAGA parents night out.

On the program will be:
Beethoven Sonata #3 in A Major Op. 69
Bach Unaccompanied Suite #2 in d minor
Hindemith Sonate Op. 25 #3
Pårt Spiegel im Speigel
and a new work by Brad Hawkins

The best part is that Lesleigh Reinfried will play piano on the Pårt and Beethoven. John Teske will perform on the Hawkins in a special improvisation.

Tickets are $20/30 single/couple and all proceeds go directly to the SAGA school but truth be told, we won't turn anyone away.

March 23rd, 7 PM John Marshall Building 520 NE Ravenna Blvd. Seattle

Alchymeia

I've spent a lot of time with a fabulous band. It's peopled with Steve Rice on piano and accordion, Brandon Vance on violin, Yusuf Kilgore on guitars, Ahmad Yousefbeigi on percussion, Nadia Tarnawsky on vocals, and I play on cello and bass.

We play some serious Eastern European folk, Scottish MSR's, gypsy jazz, and torch songs.

We have a new album coming and some good concert dates including April 20th in Georgetown.

More information coming

Thursday Downtown with Emily Dickenson

After three productions of William Luce's "The Belle of Amhearst", the first in Fremont, the second at Seattle Center, and the third in Federal Way, we are doing a private performance on Thursday for lunch. I've never done dinner theater nor have I done any lunch theater, but this should be good and since I wrote the music and perform it on a regular basis, ok the only basis, I have a really good time with it.