'Season 5 Episode 6: Electronic music concert of Gidefaut.

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I was waiting on approval for how I would post a concert, or a performance, and I wasn't getting the answer fast enough for today's deadline, so here is a piece about having a backup plan. Enjoy!

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Another written monologue, as I am in the midst of many projects and feel that playing actually stresses me out right now. You like my Rod Serling? Keep it. It's yours.  My gift to you beautiful people. Treasure it as much as I treasure all your beautiful faces. Be well.

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Talking about improvisation with Matt Koraus. He plugs a new piece that OCP just decided to publish! Check it out at this link: https://www.ocp.org/en-us/songs/90311/if-you-love-me

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Hey, I listened to the Cult Podcast's coverage of the events of the past week and felt compelled to get on my soapbox, with my limited understanding of politics and statistics, and put my 2 cents forward. 

I apologize to any claims I may have made because I don't have the information to properly back it up. We live in a unique time where the abundance of news sources, coupled with an abundance of different investor's interests, make it so one event can seem like the Hindenburg disaster, whereas in a different paper, someone will make it out to be "some of the more panderings of the lamestream media" and many very good, honest, and virtuous people unfortunately place a lot of trust in news sources I'm almost certain are pandering lies, but I can't probably cite or vouch for, because I'm just too lazy and put a lot of my energy into music, and feel it would be too much work to be able to find exactly how and why a source is incorrect. What I can say is this:

When someone says "All Lives Matter" in response to "Black Lives Matter", it is akin to calling up 911 when your house is on fire, mentioning casually as your kitchen burns down that your house is on fire, and having the operator on the other line, rather than calling an ambulance, correcting you, like a gradeschool teacher, to remember that other houses in America are on fire, too. 

Some people are unable to see that because of societal and contextual information in their lives which contradicts it, and I've been blessed to be able to live my own life and, through my own agency, decide for myself what is right; for those who feel walled in, by family members or friends, to take a certain political stance, I have compassion and empathy for you, and I hope that one day you can feel the courage to speak your truth without fear of losing the validation of your mother or your best friend.

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Here's to a new year! I gravitated towards the Wolfe Tones and Danny Boy for this episode following my own whims. Enjoy!

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An idea popped into my head the other day, upon reading an email by a composer, Brian Field. He had done a version of "In The Bleak Midwinter" but called it by Christina Rossetti's actual poem name, "A Christmas Carol" and it was quite nice, but the divisis and various other aspects of the piece, also considering the rushed time frame made it difficult to spring upon my volunteer choir at my Lutheran church job with enough time. SO----voila! I have a podcast which is just recorded performances, and great music for the sake of great music, so why don't I do it on that? So I did. Additionally I figured, if I was going out of my way to do this recently composed piece and it was difficult, why don't I juxtapose this with other ridiculously hard Christmas pieces and recently written works? So here you have the program.

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Opening remarks

Shepherd's Pipe Carol-John Rutter
*Soprano: Katrina verse 1 and 2, Kathleen Monson Verse 3, 4, verse 5 (video just switches to Kathleen at the mid-point)
*Alto: Joseph Martin, Falsetto
*Tenor 1: Christopher Prestia
Tenor 2: Matthew Koraus
*Bass 1: Stan Lacy
Bass 2: Joseph Martin

Graham Bobby anecdote

A Spotless Rose-Herbert Howells
Soprano 1: Fontaine Sheridan
*Soprano 2: Katrina Montagna
Alto 1: Joseph Martin
Alto 2: Graham Bobby
*Tenor 1: Christopher Prestia
*Tenor 2: Graham Bobby
*Baritone Solo---Stan Lacy
*Bass 1: Stan Lacy
Bass 2: Joseph Martin

Graham anecdote

C. Frank-Panis Angelicus-Robert Buonaspina

The Holly and The Ivy-arr. Walford Davies

Katrina-Verse 1, Kathleen sings soprano 2 duet
Kathleen Verse 2,Maureen sings soprano 2 duet
Stan Lacy Verse 3,
Katrina Verse 4
Stan Verse 5

Refrain:
*Soprano 1: Kathleen Monson
Soprano 2: Katrina Montanga
*Alto: Helen Van Tine-Golden
*Tenor: Graham Bobby
Bass 1: Stan Lacy
*Bass 2: Joseph Martin

O Come O Come Emmanuel-Christopher Prestia
*Soprano: Kathleen
Alto: Joseph Martin
*Tenor: Christopher Prestia
*Bass: Stan Lacy
(I'll just sing a low e off-camera)

Suite No. 3, Op. 54 (from 24 Pièces de fantaisie), II Impromptu  Louis Vierne-Robert Buonaspina

Christmas Carol-Brian Field
*Soprano 1: Katrina
*Soprano 2: Kathleen
Alto 1: Joseph Martin
Alto 2: Christopher Prestia
*Tenor 1: Matthew Koraus
Tenor 2: Graham Bobby
*Bass 1: Stan Lacy
Bass 2: Joseph Martin

In The Bleak Midwinter-Gustav Holst
Soprano: Fontaine Sheridan
*Alto: Helen
*Tenor: Graham
*Bass: Joseph Martin

Creator of the Stars of Night-Matthew Koraus
Matthew Koraus, Organ
Kathleen Monson, Soprano 1
*Katrina Montagna Soprano 2

Concluding remarks

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I'm trying to figure out, when I don't have a guest to interview, a great way to challenge myself with utilizing all my talents and also keeping things family friendly. Here, I have done "In Dulci Jubilo" from Bach's Orgelbuchlein, playing the chorale, and then the first prelude based on it, then lecturing about it and what I understand and appreciate about it as a performer, and then doing a quick rap based on it as well.

Additionally: here is a great virtual lessons and carols to check out done by Matthew Koraus from his church in Huntington, St. Patricks: Virtual Lessons and Carols 2020 - YouTube

I'll be doing a virtual lessons and carols on Dec. 28th, that Monday at 5pm which will be put on Youtube and Buzzsprout simultaneously.

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Here are some selections from my Twitch concert yesterday, December 10th, 2020. Be sure to tune in when I do more! I'm playing more and more with this podcast format to find the perfect balance of challenge for myself, giving value to the listener, and elevating the arts in general.

Alle Menschen mussen Sterben (Hark! A voice says, "All Men are mortal!")-Bach Orgelbuchlein
Chopin Etude Op. 25 No. 5 "Wrong Note" etude, done at a mellow clip
Cyberbird OST improvisation (fair use-transformation)
Faure-Libera Me singing solo
Rachmaninoff Cello Sonata 3rd Movement no cello provided

Be sure to tune in at twitch.tv/jmart1945 every Thursday at 8pm! Programs posted on famousmusicianspodcast.com

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I helped out Marisa Hickey with her college auditions! Here are some selections from that recording session, starting with the third take of Schubert's "Ave Maria", juxtaposed with a concert I did on Twitch on Thanksgiving of Couperin's "Les Barricades Mysterieuses" (related by key), and then segueing into Handel's "He Shall Feed His Flock", again with soprano Marisa Hickey.

Keep an eye out for her!

My Twitch concerts can be viewed every Thursday at 8pm on www.twitch.tv/jmart1945

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