Music, Dance, Art, Poetry —
Multi-Arts Extravaganza
Featuring … Ten Piano Players, Three
Singers, Two Dancers,
Three Poets, Three Artists,
and One Flautist
Friday, October 6th - 6 to 9
pm
Rossmoor
Diablo Room at the Hillside Clubhouse
3400 Golden Rain Road,
Walnut Creek
For
non-Rossmoor residents to RSVP is
essential.
Suggested
Donation $20 All are
welcome
Refreshments served
Since this piece contains some
Valentine's images
and some music (hopefully) in the spirit of
the holiday,
I thought I would send it out as a
Valentine's Day.
If you would like to listen to it and fast
forward to the
Valentine atmosphere it is at 18:00 and
21:44 in the clip.
Mary Fineman offers us
Suite from the Faraway
Pavilion
“Suite
From the Faraway Pavilion”
is based on a song written about
the metaphysical landscape where
the Muse resides, where "A Nymph
named Chaos claims you,
intoxicates you with her way,
She knows your heart's desire,
and now you'll never be the
same." The Suite is performed by
a Pierrot Ensemble. Names and
program notes may be found on
YouTube.
(If you'd like to listen to
the full original Gunod tune,
here is a wonderfully
scratchy 78 recording, played by
Columbia Symphony Orchestra: “Funeral
March Of A Marionette”
Hi!
For those of you who missed
what was
undoubtedly a fabulous concert
of the
CCPAS Piano Composers last
night (September 30@ Grace
Pres.), here
are a couple of pieces by David
Erskine: Nocturne
for Judy, and September
Improvisation.
You may enjoy our last
concert at any time on our YouTube
channel.
Simply click on this link: Piano
Composers Concert
Enjoy the concert!
Our CCPAS
Piano
Composers
Concert with David Thomas
Roberts and
Paul
Hansen
went
terrifically!
And
now we have a
new piece by
Paul, a
videographically
illustrated
Piano Concerto
in three
movements. You
may listen
to/view it HERE.
CCPAS
presented Piano
Composers Group
Holiday Concert
Saturday,
December 11. 2021 at 7:00
pm
St. Paul’s Episcopal
Church, 1924 Trinity Ave,
Walnut Creek
Please note the current
COVID guidelines of St.
Paul’s: proof of vaccination
or a negative COVID test
is required to enter the
venue. Pews will be marked and
designated for seating and
also for creating space
between people for safer
distancing. All performers and
audience members must wear a
face mask
Our
Group:
Composer
group performers (left to
right) Ted Holmes, David
Erskine, Dwight Stone,
David Thomas Robert, Paul
Hansen, Annie Nalezny, Mary
Ellen Callahan,
Bruce Nalezny and Christopher
Johnson (Photos by Sheryl
Lawry) We
held another ‘flash mob,’ Broadway
Plaza in the Creek,
Thursday, September 9th, 2021, an
hour-&-a-half of music and
dancing!
Photos by Christopher Johnson
(click on photocollage to view
full-size).
PAINTED PIANOS ARE BACK!
WE WENT LIVE! AND IT WAS TERRIFIC!!
[Click on photocollage to view full size.] The
Painted Pianos were back in Walnut Creek!
In the Downtown area were several grand and
vertical pianos
with fanciful and creative paint jobs that
have been placed on sidewalks and in plazas
for the public to enjoy. In September and
October of 2019, the Jazz Piano Artists and
Piano Composers mixed it up with
two Flash Mob performance events in Broadway
Plaza. It was a lot of fun, lots of folks
paused and listened,
and I have been looking forward to doing this
again. Today we had our Flash Mob.
Mary Fineman was there, as was Dwight
Stone, and Jennie Landfield,
with Ira Feldman and Hank Holmes from CCPAS Jazz. Our own Christopher
Johnson, of course, made it all happen.
We enjoyed originals, covers
and, naturally, some free improvisation (and I
remember when you had to pay for it!).
CCPAS is excited to announce
that we have our own channel on YouTube!
By subscribing to our
channel at this link, you can
view any concerts we have on our channel,
and will also be notified of any new
content and upcoming events.
Our
February 7 concert was a great
success! (L-R): Mei Sun Li,
Tanya Heeb, David Thomas
Roberts,
Christopher Johnson, Lauren de
Boer, Ted Holmes, Mary Fineman,
Jennie Landfield,
Paul Hansen, Dick Bertrand,
Dwight Stone and Marcello Severo
Great concert last night!
[You may download a
PDF flier by clicking on the jpeg
image below:]
“3 Miniatures for Megan Ashley Brown”
by Daniel Zwickel ben Avrám
We
had a terrific
concert last
night. For a
finale, Jennie
Langfield and
Ted Holmes on
piano and
Dwight Stone
on Organ did a
fabulous
impromptu
improv. (Photo
by Mei Sun Li)
[Click
on the flier
below and you
may download a
PDF]
Bravo/brava! to our
wonderful
composers for
a beautiful
concert
(photo
by Marilyn
Matson).
Dick,
Dwight,
Nika,
Ted,
Mary,
Dave
E.,
David
T.R., Christopher
& Mei
Sun
The following changes were made to the program
below: Dwight
will follow
“Fantasia on
Emmanuel” with
“Gesu
Bambino,” then
close with
“Virtual
Tinsel” and
“Infant Holy.“
You
may download
the program
PDF by
clicking on
the image.
Justin Levitt,
founder of CCPAS Piano Composers,
Manager of Steinway Piano Gallery,
Walnut Creek arranged with the City of
Walnut Creek to place 8-10 grand and
vertical pianos in strategic public
pedestrian thoroughfares September
9--October 18. They have been
festively painted. This is similar to
the events in Golden Gate Park, and
now in Danville.
Justin Levitt and David Glass, with
audience; A
cold refreshing Wit beer goes down
easy after
an hour plus of sunny
side of the street playing!.
Phoenix
playing, corner of N. Main &
Civic, with Mei Sun attending; Mei Sun, Mary
and Larry
enjoy a lunch.
A Yamaha near Justin's Steinway
Store; This was the only grand
Christopher saw that day, a
Brambach. He did
emergency repair on the A6 before
playing for his hour —
clunky pedal and
delayed damping. The
full sun may do a number on the
tuning, but it’s a blast and a half,
pedestrians and
motorists waiting at the light enjoy
the serenade! Thanks Justin!!
xx
Christopher “Clockwork
Orange” Johnson
Event: Composers ‘flash mob’.
Where: Broadway Plaza shopping mall, Walnut Creek (large plaza next to Macy’s.
When: 10/4/19 Friday from 5:30-6:30 pm.
Who: CCPAS Piano Composers, Arrangers, Improvisers.
How: Each performer plays one piece then lets the next performer play, and so on until the hour is up.
What to bring: Chic, funny, classy outfit or 🎩 hat + folding chair(s) as seating in the Plaza is limited and we want passers-by to sit and listen by creating a circle around us.
With apologies,
captioning is, as yet, incomplete.
1238
Doug McKechnie
Hank Homes
1249
Christopher
1234
1243
3348
Christopher
Dick Bertrand
P.S. You get extra points if you can figure this one
out:
Bonus
Track:
I am a Jew and, as mentioned, was a Cantor in a
Catholic church for sixteen years.
So as I was arranging a setting for the traditional
“Hail Mary,” I just couldn’t resist
inserting another traditional Hebrew prayer, the Shehecheyanu.
Here it is:
