Seeking Happily Ever After on Extra TV!

Pretty exciting news from the media world.
Extra did a little piece on the doc "Seeking Happily Ever After."
Check it out, I apologize in advance, you'll have to watch a commercial.

Music for Pictures that don't exist

Last week I produced a little piece of music for a new TV series.
Alas, I did not get the job, but I am very pleased with my creation and would like to share.
Please visit my listen page to listen. The piece is called... Sex Therapy!

Seeking Happily Ever After

I have been asked to compose music for a new documentary film called Seeking Happily Ever After.

The film focuses on the fact that there are more single women in their 30s today (by choice) than at any other time in history, according to a recent US Census. Why now? Are women redefining happily ever after? Filmmakers Kerry David and Michelle Cove decided to find out. They went underneath the bubbly surface of Sex and the City to talk to hundreds of single women and find out what's really going on. Visit the film's website to learn more. The filmmakers are hosting a fundraising party in Los Angeles on August 14, 2008.

If you are in LA please go out for what is bound to be an amazing party and support this new film. Follow the link above for more info about the party.

another important film from Principle Pictures

Here is the trailer for another film I am going to be composing music for. Principle Pictures is currently in production on this timely documentary.

Meditative Movement Mandala Music and Dance Premiere in New York City

My latest piece of music, a composition for the modern dance company Murray Spalding Movement Arts premiered at St. Mark's Church in NYC last Thursday.

The theater was full and very, very hot. It was like a sauna. Despite the heat, the dancers did an amazing job. I am glad that I could stand in the back and watch as I certainly would have passed out from the heat if I had been dancing for 60 minutes without a break.

Bravo dancers! And thank you!

Each time I see these pieces in performance I am reminded just how energizing and calming they are to watch and listen to. I am quite proud of this work. Please listen to part of the newest mandala on my website.

Over the three days that the show was running the seats were all filled and many expressed interest in the music and a few even put there money down and purchased a copy of my CD Movement Mandala Music which contains music to the first 8 of the meditative Movement Mandala dances.

Here are a few photos from my journey.

Movement Mandalas: minimalist modern dance and music performance in New York City

Here is information about an upcoming performance of my meditational music for modern dance. If you are in NYC, please join me for this historic performance of Murray Spalding's revolutionary minimalist choreography in:

MANDALAS: PAST AND PRESENT
Danspace Project at St. Mark's Church, NYC
Thursday June 12 through Saturday June 14
8:30 p.m.
Reservations: 212.674.8194 or http://www.danspaceproject.org

of the 2005 Season, Jennifer Dunning of the New York Times said:

"...The variations build so slowly and the patterns sprawl, shift and spread so smoothly that the changes are never startling. The eye is drawn in and mesmerized.
How the women managed to keep to their paths and timing was unfathomable, but no effort was evident in their radiant performing. "

for more information about the company and the work please go to: http://www.murrayspalding.org

MANDALAS: PAST AND PRESENT company:
Shinyun Chou, Lauren Engleman, Ula Gadea, Naomi Luppescu, Kely Narcum, Leslie Roybal and Guest Artist Jeramy Zimmerman

Choreography: Murray Spalding
Assistant Director: Amy Filbin
Managing Director: Leslie Roybal
Composer: Evren Celimli
Costume Design: Susan Soetaert
Light Design: Kathy Kaufman

Indianapolis Grand Jury Prize

The documentary film Beyond Belief brings another award home. This time it's the Grand Jury Prize from the Indianapolis International Film Festival. The excitement continues... and here's the trailer from youtube: