Give me hunger,
O you gods that sit and give
The world its orders.
Give me hunger, pain and want,
Shut me out with shame and failure
From your doors of gold and fame,
Give me your shabbiest, weariest hunger!But leave me a little love,
A voice to speak to me in... continued
On the train yesterday, working on a new piece for The Tallis Scholars.
Just finished an hour-long Google Hangout with groups from Louisiana, Nebraska and New York. LOVE doing these!
You should come close to me tonight wayfarer
For I will be celebrating you.
Your beauty still causes me madness,
Keeps the neighbours complaining
When I start shouting in the middle of the night
Because I can’t bear all this joy.I will be giving... continued
Today in London Sibelius, one of the major music notation software companies, closed it’s doors. Looks like Avid, it’s parent company, is going to kill it off. I’m an old-fashioned pencil and paper guy, but this will still deeply affect my copyists, my... continued
Woo hoo! Virtual Choir 3, ‘Water Night’, will soon be heard as part of the world’s largest 3D soundscape in an installation that will begin July 27. The soundscape – ‘Tales from the Bridge’ – will run throughout the... continued
Just discovered Platinum Consort, a terrific new UK choir. Bought their latest album and am LOVING it – clean, healthy, lusty singing. Highly recommended.
Nils Berg Cinemascope live at the Komyoji temple, Tokyo, improvising with Evangelyna Etienne’s Virtual Choir video. (You can her original video here). Evangelina passed away last year, just 22 years old, but her voice and her spirit lives on.
Very relaxed, hanging out backstage after our recent Yellow Lounge concert.
Last month I spoke with legendary reporter Bob Edwards on his Sirius XM show. A huge honor for me to talk with this extraordinary man.
That’s me (with slightly different hair) conducting the incredible Kansas City Chorale. The man I’m embracing at the end of the video is poet Charles Anthony Silvestri. Can’t believe it’s been eleven years!
Shot May 27th, 2012 with my iPhone 4s.
