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MOMA Selfies
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin'
Tagged art, Blue, Danny Ashkenasi, Edward Elder, Magritte, modern art, MOMA, museum, Painting, photography, Pollock, Rothko, selfie, White, Wyeth
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2 ANNUAL ROBINSON FILM AWARDS for P&P
“The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” wins Best International Short and Best Soundtrack at the Annual Robinson Film Awards in Naples, Italy Robinson Film Award winners gathering on stage at the end of the festival Tuesday, April 11 … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Live! On Stage, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres
Tagged Awards, best, Cinema, Cocaine Bear, Edgar Allan Poe, Edward Elder, Eliseo, Experimental, film, Film Festival, International, Italy, Jean-Luc Servino, John Vamvas, Medical Care, musicabre, Naples, Olga Montes, Onlus, Raffaele Canneva, Robinson, Scarpedicemente, short, soundtrack, The Pit and the Pendulum
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My Musicabres and Me
Extensive Interview on [re]Search My Trash Mike Haberfelner, who already posted a very nice review of my musical short film Edgar Allan poe adaptation “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” on his website [re]Search My Trash, has now … Continue reading
Posted in Beginnings, Cinema Scope, Literary Lyricism, Poe Musicabres
Tagged a musicabre, actor, adaptation, composer, Edgar Allan Poe, Edward Elder, film directing, horror, Metropolitan Playhouse, Mike Haberfelner, musical, NYU, Playwrights Horizons, research my trash, Rote Erde, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Tell-Tale Heart, torture porn
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P&P’s ART is ALIVE & ALIBAG WEEKEND
TWO CHANCES TO CATCH “THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM – A MUSICABRE” ON LINE and in INDIA FEB 4 & FEB 5 1st Chance! “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” will screen on-line – in other words accessible … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres
Tagged Action Adventure, adaptation, Alibag, Art is Alive, Award, Edgar Allan Poe, Edward Elder, Film Festival, Henry Borriello, India, International, musicabre, musical, Nominations, Q&A, short film, Stolis Hadjicharalambous, The Pit and the Pendulum
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P&P ART IS ALIVE NOMINATIONS
ART IS ALIVE FILM FESTIVAL announced 4 nominations for THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM – A MUSICABRE Best Action/Adventure Short Film Best Male Actor in a Short Film Best Director – Action/Adventure Short Film Best Cinematography – Action/Adventure Short Film … Continue reading
Up the Hudson to Albany and NYSIFF
“The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” wins Best Horror at the New York State International Film Festival Yes, my musical Poe adaptation was awarded Best Horror at the New York State International Film Festival, and I will report … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Cinema Scope, Poe Musicabres, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged Albany, Award, Capitol, Carl Kinlin, Corning, Dragon Poets of Boston, Edward Elder, Empire State Plaza, festival, Film Festival, Greg Aidala, Hamilton, horror, Hudson Guild Theatre, Lark Street, Lincoln Park, Linda Performing Arts Studio, Mark O'Toole, Martin Luther King Jr, Metube, musicabre, New York, New York State International Film Festival, Nico Altekin, NYSIFF, Outside In, Philip Henry Sheridan, photography, river, Rockefeller, State, SUNY, The Pit and the Pendulum, train, Washington Park
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The FILM FESTIVAL EXPERIENCE at INDIE GATHERING, CHAIN NYC and NYACK
Over the course of five days this past week “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” screened in film festivals in Cleveland, New York City and Nyack. This blog post is about all three. I was in New York … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged Award, Chain NYC, cinematography, Cleveland, Covid, Craig Bettendorf, Edgar Allan Poe, Editing, Edward Elder, Eric William, Experimental Short, Film Festival, Independent Film, Indie Gathering, International, Jackie Chin, Jason Chua, John Boswell, Kai Morgan, L. E. Salas, Munenori Kishi, musicabre, Not a Tame Lion, Nyack, NYC, Richard Quinn, Ruan Szuch, Saturday Night Theater, short film, Stolis Hadjicharalambous, tailgating party, The Pit and the Pendulum, Zombiepalooza
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P&P at CHAIN NYC FILM FESTIVAL
The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre will screen August 13, 1:30pm as part of the Chain NYC Film Festival “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre“, my second musical short film adaptation of a classic Edgar Allan … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres
Tagged Carly Wilkins, Chain, Christina Elise Perry, Edgar Allan Poe, Edward Elder, Experimental, Film Festival, George Carillo, Kirk Gostkowski, Kristin Papadopoulos, musicabre, musical, NYC, Rick Hamilton, short film, Sound and Music, The Pit and the Pendulum, theatre, Thriller
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Happy Birthday, Ed, Here’s Your New Viola/Piano Duet!
Ed’s birthday is today, and, as every year of the past 29 years that we’ve been together, I compose a viola/piano duet for him on his birthday. He plays viola, I play piano. Each one of these duets is called … Continue reading
Posted in Beginnings, Chamber Works, Notes in the News
Tagged birthday, computer, duet, Edward Elder, Evocation, gothic, musicabre, piano, score, Viola, XXIX
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ELDERBERRY BLOSSOMS
with a real life Elder in the background…. See him? There he is!
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin'
Tagged blossoms, brooklyn, Edward Elder, Elderberry, flowers, nature, photography
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MADISON SNOWSTORM
Just a little blizzard in Wisconsin’s capitol…
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged blizzard, Capitol, Christmas, Edward Elder, Forward, lights, Madison, Orpheum, Rainbow, Snow, snowstorm, State Street, statue, Wisconsin
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EVOCATION XXVIII – for Ed’s 62nd Birthday
Today is Ed’s birthday. And like every year since our first together, I will present him with a viola/piano duet I composed. They are all called Evocations. This year it’s Evocation XXVIII. Ed will probably blanche at the double stops, … Continue reading
Posted in Beginnings, Chamber Works
Tagged 28, birthday, duet, Ed Elder, Edward Elder, Evocation, piano, Viola, XXVII
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Thank You to the Crew of “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre”
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Tagged Adam Rodriguez, Alex Gavin, Anthony Paul-Cavaretta, cake, Chandler Sinks, Charlotte Purser, Dannie Giglievitch, Dylan Kissin, Edgar Allan Poe, Edward Elder, Gonzalo Trigueros, Han Jang Houston, Henry Borriello, Ja'rel Ivory, Jason Chua, Jennifer Liu, Jimmy McCoy, Katie Conway, Keisuke Nojima, Kevin Fentress, Lytza Colon, Mariana Soares da Silva, Mark Marcante, Mathew Gnagy, musicabre, Pablo Gho, Peter Laboy, Robert Hooghkirk, Sami Eddy, Samson Martin, The Pit and the Pendulum, Thomas Paolo, Yoelle Gulko
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