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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”
Posted in Cinema Scope
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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CENTRAL PARK SILHOUETTES
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged Beethoven, Central Park, eagles, Edward Elder, Falcon, falconeer, lamp post, New York City, photography, pond, silhouette, skyscraper, statues
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Crocuses on the First Day of Spring
Ed and I visited the Brooklyn Botanic Garden yesterday, on the cool, sunny first day of Spring. The crocuses were in full bloom. Deeper into the gardens, the crocuses spectacularly blanket a particular hill.
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged botanic garden, brooklyn, Cherry Esplanade, Crocus, Edward Elder, geese, shadow play, Snoopy, Spring
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PETRIFIED FOREST
If a tree falls in a forest 200 million years ago, can you hear it? Well, no, you probably will not hear it. But if the tree is carried away by flood waters, and quickly submerged in silt… … it … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged Arizona, desert, Edward Elder, forest, fossils, National Park, Petrified Forest, petrified log, photography, stone, trees
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TELL-TALE SOFIE AWARD
“The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” wins a SOFIE Award The Short Film Awards, AKA the SOFIE Awards, were held last night. Here’s the YouTube video of the complete event: It was an elaborately produced virtual event full of filmmaker … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News
Tagged Austin Lepri, Awards, Edward Elder, Henry Borriello, Jason Chua, Long Short Film, musicabre, nomination, Rico E. Anderson, Short Film Awards, SOFIE, Stolis Hadjicharalambous, Styling, Technical Work, The Tell-Tale Heart, Todd Maki, Zoom
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The Awards Speech That Would Have Been
And the PIIF Best Actor winner is … not me. But hey, my acceptance video is cute, so let’s play it anyway! As you might remember… who am I kidding, why would you remember, but I won a Best Actor … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres
Tagged 2020, annual gala, Awards, Edward Elder, Elmaz Ikovic, Film Festival, indie, International, PIIF, Prague, speech, Tatin Sin, Thank You, video clip
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Notes from a Composer 