"Rain" is meant to be a snapshot into a particular mood. The simplistic text hides inside the shadow of dense minor harmonies to evoke the feeling of being surrounded by rain clouds, and the uneven meter serves to unsettle the listener, particularly through the use of "the" on downbeats rather than pickups.  The overall gloomy feel of the piece allows the performers and the audience to wallow in a collective misery for a while, because sometimes the only way to cope with difficult feelings is to sit with them and share them with others.  

Rain

Jo-Hannah Reynolds piano/vocals/lyrics; Anton Denner flute; Rob Henke trumpet; Andy Eulau bass; 

Wander (Live)

Disco-flamenco piece written for violin, alto saxophone, keyboard, electric bass, and drum set.

Performed by Fung Chern Hwei (violin), Ken Thompson (saxophone), Rick Bassett (keyboard), Gregg August (bass), David Cossin (drum set) in August 2015 at Vermont College of Fine Arts.

Madame Estrella

"Friends Are Calling, a meditation on the December 14, 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School" is a multimedia piece for percussion, film and fixed audio. The piece includes a film of the composer’s daughter decorating a Christmas Tree on December 15, 2012 in their Sandy Hook home located only yards from the school, a film of a reconstructed window from their home, a fixed audio track, and live percussion. The hours, days, weeks, months and years after the shooting provided horror, confusion, uncertainty and disquietude for all of us; living in the shadow of this tragedy provided a unique perspective from which to consider the weight of such an event as we all strive to live our lives fully and fruitfully. The piece contemplates the duality that we all face, cultivating domestic tranquility while living among horrifying tragedies whether they be a stone’s throw from one’s front door or halfway around the world.  The spare percussion playing foreshadows, echoes and responds to the fixed audio track and to the film; it culminates in a contemplation of the opening phrase of the hymn I Cannot Think of Them as Dead.

Friends Are Calling, a meditation on the December 14, 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School

The first of two demos produced for a Christmas TV commercial. Vocals: JB and Ravi.

Jingle Bells #1 (Charming Demo for TV Commercial)

Here it is.  The premiere performance of "The Affirmation" at VCFA.  I had the profound pleasure of being accompanied by Grammy nominees Spektral Quartet: Clara Lyon (violin), Maeve Feinberg (violin), Doyle Armbrust (viola), Russell Rolen (cello).  They were as gracious as they were fierce.  Dig it.

The Affirmation (live)

This is my remix of "Martial-arts Bout" from Gainax's Princess Maker 2 for the PC-98. The original composer for the game was Masahiro Kajihara.

Uppercut (Martial-arts Bout from Princess Maker 2)

The Skies Stayed Blue

San Francisco Bay Area-born Marjorie Halloran is a composer, singer, and songwriter currently based in Austin, TX. She is the founder and coordinator of the choral workshop at Vermont College of Fine Arts, and her debut album, Ready For Anything (available on iTunes, Amazon, CDBaby, and BandCamp) was released in 2015. She is one of the lead vocalists and keyboardist for the Austin based indie band One Touch Relief.

Rain

Marjorie Halloran

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