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P&P’s PIGEON D’OR NOMINATION
The PIGEON D’OR AWARDS have nominated “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” for Best Film Score / Soundtrack The Pigeon D’or awards are the yearly culmination of the Luis Bunuel Memorial Awards, which last Spring awarded “The Pit … Continue reading
OREGON HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL
I visited the Oregon Holocaust Memorial in Washington Park in Portland last October. The photos don’t require further commentary.
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Notes in the News, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged arch, Auschwitz, children, cobble stones, doll, family, Holocaust, memorial, Oregon, photography, Portland, stone, suitcase, Wall, Washington Park, World War 2
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P&P LUIS BUNUEL AWARDS
“The Pit and and Pendulum – a musicabre” received 2 Luis Bunuel Memorial Awards from L’Age d’Or International Arthouse Film Festival (LIAFF). CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabreDirected by Danny Ashkenasi United States Best Film … Continue reading
Prospect Park / Grand Army Plaza
As I was walking in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park towards the Grand Army Plaza exit, I caught this view through the trees and took a picture with my phone. I like this photo so much I decided it is worth featuring … Continue reading
A TOWN OF TWO LUCYS
In the village of Celoron, part of the town of Ellicott, on the western boundary of the city of Jamestown, in Chautauqua County, in the state of New York, United States, a statue was erected in honor of Lucille Ball, … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged Celoron, Chautauqua, Dave Poulin, Ellicott, Jamestown, Lake, lighthouse, Lucille Ball, Lucy, Mark & Jetta Wilson, memorial, New Lucy, New York, park, Scary Lucy, sculpture, statue, Vitameatavegamin
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GRAND ARMY FOUNTAIN
Statues Splashed in Water and Light I have already posted pictures of what I called The Lovers of Grand Army Plaza. But those spring pics are few and overcast compared to these sun drenched shots I took over several days … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged arch, cherub, civil war, Fountain, Grand Army Plaza, JFK, lovers, memorial, photography, Prospect Park, statues, sun, Union Street, water
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The Staten Island September 11th Memorial
This year at this date, I would like to share photos I took earlier this summer at the Staten Island September 11th Memorial, just across the water from Manhattan’s financial district, and the new World Trade Center. The memorial … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Musicabilia, Notes in the News
Tagged 9/11, concert, memorial, photography, September 11, Staten Island, The Song of Job 9:11
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Up Close and Personal with the Maine Monument
The other day I was walking 35 blocks from the Upper West Side to Midtown, when I lingered at the Maine Monument at Columbus Circle to take some up close and personal pics of its statues. The … Continue reading
ARTS-A-POPPIN’
There’s a new category here at Notes from a Composer: Arts-a-Poppin’. (This category, like all the others, can be accessed on the right side of every site page, just below the tweet stream.) After posting a double bill of selections … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Notes in the News
Tagged Arts-a-Poppin', Brazil, Hellzapoppin, memorial, New York, Notes from a Composer, Painting, photography, sculpture, Visual Arts
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AIDS Memorial, Greenwich Village, NYC
Breaths – The Flirtations Jesus to a Child – George Michael Smalltown Boy – Bronski Beat Boy Blue – Cyndi Lauper
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Melodies Linger On, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged Aids, Being Boring, Boy Bue, Breaths, Bronksi Beat, Bruce Springsteen, Chains of Love, Cyndi Lauper, Elton John, Erasure, George Michael, GMHC, Greenwich Village, Jenny Holzer, Jesus to a Child, John Grant, Joseph Sonnabend, LGBT, LGBTQ, memorial, Neil Young, New York City, Pet Shop Boys, Philadelphia, Return to Oz, Scissor Sisters, Smalltown Boy, Song of Myself, Streets of Philadelphia, TC and Honeybear, The Flirtations, The Last Song, Walt Whitman
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The Birthday Evocation Born in a Memorial Service
It’s Ed’s birthday today. Happy Birthday, Love. And as is tradition now in our relationship, I will gift Ed another viola/piano duet I compose for the occasion, each one called “Evocation”. This year my husband will receive Evocation … Continue reading
Posted in Beginnings, Chamber Works
Tagged 15th Street, Alzheimers, chamber music, chamber piece, duet, Evocation, Evocation XXIV, Friends of Friend, KenKen, Meeting House, memorial, New York Times, piano, Quaker, service, Vince Buscemi, Viola
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The Passing of The Oriole’s Song
The Last Question I do not remember what my father said when we last spoke. But my mother remembers … Continue reading
Posted in Beginnings, Literary Lyricism
Tagged 1930, BJ Elder, bombing raid, china, Dave Elder, EastBridge, girlhood, Hunan, Kendal, Meeting, memoir, memorial, poetry, Quaker, The Oriole's Song, wartime, World War 2, Yuan River, Yuanling
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MARCHING WITH THE QUAKERS – A NYC Pride Parade Photo Diary
Sunday, June 26, was Pride Day in New York City. Close to 2 million people watched hundreds of thousands of marchers within about 485 contingents (groups and floats) make their way down 5th avenue, 8th Street and Christopher street, from … Continue reading
Posted in LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Notes in the News
Tagged 5th Avenue, Charles Busch, Christopher Street, Empire State Building, Episcopal Priest, Flatiron, k d lang, king, LGBT, Love and Pride, memorial, National Monument, NYC, Photo Diary, Pride, Pridetrooper, Quaker, Religious Society of Friends, Stonewall, U2, When Pigs Fly
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A Funeral – Ein Begräbnis
My father would have turned 82 today. Friday, April 29 – Funeral Service in Stahnsdorf Cemetery
STAHNSDORF – An American Red Oak for my Father
My plane was delayed by two and a half hours. Needing only hand luggage for a five day stay I breezed past the baggage carousel at Berlin-Tegel, but the taxi ride added to the delay due to traffic jams on … Continue reading
Posted in Beginnings, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged Abraham Ashkenasi, American Red Oak, Baumbestattung, Berlin, Berlin Wall, cemetery, climate change, flute, Hebrew, memorial, Murnau, Norwegian Church, oak, Spree Forest, Spree Forest Suite, Spreewald, Stahnsdorf, Tagesspiegel, Tegel, Tree Internment, Wall, World War 2, Zille
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Rest in Peace, James Horner
May you soar in the heavens with your melodies. (Hymn to the Sea – James Horner (from Titanic)
Posted in Cinema Scope, Melodies Linger On, Notes in the News
Tagged Hymn, James Horner, memorial, RIP, Sea, soundtrack, Titanic, tribute
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