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The Holiday season is fast approaching, which means heavy singing time
for me and my choirmates. The Renaissance City Choir has been working very hard on the winter program, especially the Camille Saint-Saëns Christmas Oratorio, which we will be performing at our 25th Anniversary Holiday Concert on December 19th and at the Edgewood Symphony Joyeux Noel concert on December 12th. Please join us!

Many thanks to all who came down to Nerdcore and/or Knitting Night at Hack Pittsburgh last evening to watch the premiere of our newest JoCo music video, “The Travels of Code Monkey”.

You can check it out now here on YouTube. For behind the scenes information, check out Sporksmith’s blog!

This Friday I will be hosting “Nerdcore and/or Knitting Night” at Hack Pittsburgh. Come on down to work on your latest diy projects, crafts, or to just hang out as we share our favorite Nerdcore/Geek/Gamer and other such music artists with you via music videos, documentaries, etc. Music selections include Jonathan Coulton, MC Frontalot, and more…

Special Bonus, we will premiere the new “Code Monkey” music video Sporksmith and myself have been working on!

Squonk Opera‘s newest show, Mayhem & Majesty is in the process of being created. On November 20 & 21, 2009, they’ll be sharing 10 scenes
that we’ve been working on. Check out “Mostly Mayhem” at the Kelly-Strayhorn Theater in Pittsburgh – 8 pm – all shows are FREE!

One of my newest video creations, titled Danger Dance,
will be featured at both performances!

We (the ELPC Festial Choir) will be performing two movements from Ralph Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony on Nov 9th;

Join us as Jon Tyillian, ELPC’s Associate Music Director and Organ Scholar, presents Symphonic Pipes, an Evening of Spectacular Organ Transcriptions — a concert of orchestral music, transcribed for the mighty Aeolian-Skinner!

Hear Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals, Stravinsky’s Firebird, Ralph Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony, featuring the ELPC Festival Choir and guest conductor Dr. Larry Allen, and more.

Monday November 9, 7:30 pm
ELPC, Pittsburgh
Admission is FREE; a light reception follows

Matt Reese and Leah Lloyd’s film “Off the String”, of which I was post editor and one of the cameramen, is now on YouTube.

Filmed in 2007, the film won “Best Documentary” in the 2008 Duquesne Student Film Festival.

Watch it online: “Off the String” the Sidney Harth documentary

Liz Rishel and myself feel this Halloween is a good time to give a preview of the zombie opera (yes, I said zombie opera) that we’ve been writing. We will be performing 2-3 songs from Evenings in Quarantine: The Zombie Opera at the upcoming Variety, Variety, Variety show at the BrilloBox on Thursday, Oct. 29th at 10pm.

Hacky Halloween!” – Come party with the Hack Pittsburgh crew for their first ever Halloween Party at BrilloBox.

Don your Halloween finest for the DIY costume contest, enter to win prizes, and groove to live music by Andy and The Shockers!

Brillo Box, Wednesday, October 28th – 8:00 pm until 1:30am

The Pittsburgh City Paper posted a really nice review of Gravity + Grace, “…the singers, under the direction of Andres Cladera, are integrated seamlessly to provide some beyond-beautiful musical moments…” read more>>

This weekend I will be singing (alongside other select members from RCC) in a new contemporary opera titled Gravity + Grace.

(gravity + grace) a contemporary opera by Frank Ferraro with music composed by Stephen Pellegrino. The opera exposes the daily struggles of people with Parkinson’s Disease, seen through the eyes of the caregiver and those who are afflicted

Fri. September 25th at 8pm. Sat. 26th at 1:30pm and 8pm
Reviews/articles:
Pgh Post Gazette, Tribune Review, City Paper