What a lovely surprise Debra came up with when I asked if she would like to collaborate on an earlier released song "Nice to See You".  She couldn't get past "Ode to Joy" when she first started, and I told her "Let's just run with it and see what other Christmas music might go with the song".  Her genius for counterpoint is full of charm and wit and on full display in this song.  Hear more of her beautiul music @debra_buesking.  We wish you all a very merry Christmas and the happiest of New Years:)

"Nice To See You" Holiday Mashup (with Debra Buesking, piano)

I really appreciate listeningto  choral music. I like hearing the voices with their own melodic phrases build a harmony together.
Allthough I'm not a believer myself I wrote this choral for womens choir using this lyrics:
"Ave, ave verum corpus
natum de Maria Virgine.
Vere passum, immolatum
in cruce pro homine:
Cuius latus perforatum
unda fluxit et sanguine:
Esto nobis praegustatum
in mortis examine".
It's beautiful and I like the rhythm.
Lena Arlid nailed it once again. I can't thank you enough for making this recording!

Ave Verum Corpus feat. Lena Arlid

This is the live performance of Aaron Alter's "Toccata-Variations on a Theme by Charlie Parker, performed by the Steinway Artist, Susan Merdinger on November 10, 2022 at the Howard Brubeck Theatre at Palomar College, San Marcos, California. Toccata-Variations combines thematic material from the Charlie Parker tune, "Segment", with stylistic elements of Johann Sebastian Bach's organ toccatas.

For more information on Toccata-Variations on a Theme by Charlie Parker and other works by Aaron Alter, please visit https://aaronalter.com/compositions .

Toccata-Variations on a Theme by Charlie Parker, performed by Susan Merdinger, Steinway Artist

A reflection on the finality of life.

On and on,
Life goes on,
On and on,
Nothing new under the sun.

Man lies down,
In the ground,
Turns to dust,
Wind blows him around.

On and on.
Life goes on.
On and on,
Nothing new under the sun.

On And On

Mommy, Breastfeed Me

Glastonbury Tor.

A sweet and charming octopus swims close to the seabed, swirling its tentacles. It is inquisitive, wondering what is above.

Composer and Pianist: Shirley Ly

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Inquisitive Octopus by Shirley Ly | Solo Piano

Little Outtake of a recording-jam with Dr. Nojoke in 2012. He mixed it with his Ableton. 
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Transformation / coop with Dr.Nojoke

I had the pleasant surprise to receive a piano piece by Raphael Muhr (Paint-Germain) I thought it was very nice and fun to play, adding my own accompaniment, which Raphael was happy with...
I hope you will enjoy listening as much as I did playing it...

To listen to more of his beautiful music..
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Bagatelle Für Klavier By Raphael Muhr

This track is included in the 4th album "doppelganger" released on March 1, 2024.

For those of you who are having sleepless nights.

#ambient
#drone 
#noise
#sleep
#chill 

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shimmer - mastering ver.

It’s Beautiful 2019

Instrumental: Freddie M.
Mixed, Mastered, Produced: Mastering True Music
Lyrics, Vocal Melody: Janine Levinson @janinelevinson

Here am I, in the middle of the saddest day
You come around
And it isn’t for a girl like me to say
But it’s profound

It’s the way I feel
When you hold my hand
Like nothing’s wrong

Making breakfast on a Saturday
And there you are
And it isn’t for a boy like you to say
What’s in your heart

But the way I feel
When you smile at me
I know nothing’s wrong

Thinkin things are gonna fall apart and I
Didn’t know my life was gonna be this hard
Thinkin everybody’s sure to feel this way
Cuzza you I’m feeling stronger every day
Everything is gonna be A okay
Everything is gonna be A oh oh okay
Everything is gonna be A oh oh okay
It’s gonna be okay

It’s the way I feel
With your hand in mine
Like nothing’s wrong

It's Beautiful (Feat. Janine Levinson)

Aaron Alter is a composer from Carlsbad, California. His music is published by Universal Edition and Silverwinds Publishing. Aaron calls his new music his "New Beginning" because it is an exploration of a new style and energy that defies categorization.    

A native of Chicago, Aaron Alter's musical background was a product of the rich musical life that he found growing up in the Windy City. Aaron received his Bachelor of Music degree from Northwestern University, where he studied piano with Frances Larimer and Gui Mombaerts, and composition with Lynden DeYoung and David Noon. He received his Master of Fine Arts Degree from Princeton University, where he studied with Milton Babbitt and James K. Randall.  

Aaron’s new music was first performed in 2015, with the performance of “Homage to Josquin” for two flutes, piano, electric bass and drum set by The New Mexico Performing Arts Society in Santa Fe, New Mexico. “Homage to Josquin” received an Honorable Mention in the 2016 American Prize competition for Chamber Music Composition.  

Works such as "Solar Rays" and "Vanilla, Chocolate and Strawberry" defy genres and exist in Classical ensemble and Jazz Big Band versions. Both the classical piano trio (piano, violin and ‘cello) and Jazz Big Band versions of “Solar Rays” have received Silver medals at the Global Music Awards. Aaron’s Introspective Blues #1 for Flute and Harp has become his most popular work, with over 16,100 plays on SoundCloud and over 5,200 plays on Jango Internet Radio. Aaron’s music has been featured on the albums “One Minute”, “Two Minutes”, “Gimel” and “Daleth”, by the flutist Iwona Glinka on the Sarton and Phasma Music labels, all of which have won Silver Medals at the Global Music Awards.  

Aaron has received two commissions in the past two years for choral works with an instrumental ensemble from The New Mexico Performing Arts Society.  The first commission, “Together We Create and Sing! (inspired by the music of Franz Joseph Haydn”) was a semi-finalist at the 2018 American Prize competition for Choral Music Composition and received a Silver Medal at the August 2019 Global Music Awards.  The latest commission, “Lo Lanu Ha-Shem” (a setting of Psalm 115) received a Silver Medal from the March 2019 Global Music Awards.  

Aaron is a regular contributor of compositions to the repertoire of the flutist Iwona Glinka, the pianist and Steinway Artist, Susan Merdinger, the pianist Vania Pimentel, The New Mexico Performing Arts Society and Composers Concordance in New York.  

Aaron also serves as an Executive Board Member of the Carlsbad Friends of the Arts.

Toccata-Variations on a Theme by Charlie Parker, performed by Susan Merdinger, Steinway Artist

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