ECLECTICA

here's a song I wrote in fall 2020 about living with the reality of seasonal fires in Southern California

Copyright ©2020 by Matthew Brown. All Rights Reserved.

wildfire skies

Vocal harmonies by Becca Bishop
Mixed by John Baffa
Mastered by Evren Göknar
Image by The Big Sleep Text-to-image generator @advadnoun

Carry Me Over

Mountain Song

to love something that will die

to suffer without sorrow

to exist beautifully and quietly

(on being a nonhuman
and on loving one)

live at NOISE TRAFFIC, Vapaan Taiteen Tila, Helsinki, 140123
a collaboration between sensorium space and station of commons

chants for the Nonhuman: live at NOISE TRAFFIC, Helsinki [edit]

@yara-said-4, AKA Noise Diva, graces a new @raghoulmusic comp with wistful, noise-flecked melancholia.

A statement of intent from the Moroccan label, ‘Crocodile Tears in a Reptilian World’ is a focused distillation of the label’s sonic scope. 9 tracks spanning ambient emissions, dubby dread and mutant rave ordnance.

Our pick finds the Amsterdam-based producer and Garage Noord resident in amorphous ambient mode. A sombre, textured sound experiment for pensive contemplation.

'Crocodile Tears In A Reptilian World' is out March 10th on raghoul.

Pre-order: raghoul.bandcamp.com/album/crocodile-tears-in-a-reptilian-world

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Premiere: Noise Diva - Crying For 6 Minutes In The Club Toilet [raghoul]

Composer: Tobin Stokes
Publisher: Cypress Choral Music

visit https://cypresschoral.com to study the score while you listen

Vox Tronica - By Tobin Stokes

My SATB a cappella choral arrangement of Jason Robert Brown's musical "It All Fades Away" from "The Bridges of Madison County."

Performed by withonevoice, directed by Brian Winnie.

It All Fades Away (Jason Robert Brown | SATB arr. by Matthew Brown)

New music for Fall and Winter 2024 from Dan Forrest, Elaine Hagenberg, Craig Courtney, Kyle Pederson, Howard Helvey, Marianne Forman, Molly Ijames, Trevor Manor, Erik Dewar, and other Beckenhorst composers, in print Spring 2024.
Performed by the Beckenhorst Singers, conducted by Craig Courtney, with Dan Forrest, piano.
See preview scores and purchase in print or digital format at www.beckenhorstpress.com.

Have You Not Heard (Craig Courtney & Pamela Stewart)

This track is from the album Though Love Be a Day and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/antiochchamberensemble1

A Red, Red Rose

City Of Thieves

This piece is the second piece of a set of Retrospections I intend to write over the course of my life. This piece's vast array of subject matter includes the events of the last few months, traditionalism, Romanticism, beauty, peace over conflict, and God's love as depicted in Isaiah 43: 1-4. It is scored as a single movement for two violas. It was performed during June 2019 at the Walden School by Victor Lowrie Tafoya and Katie Palka.

Retrospection II

Demon by Matthew Brown 
performed June 2, 2019
Inversion Ensemble
Trevor F. Shaw, artistic director

DEMON by Matthew Brown
performed June 2, 2019
Inversion Ensemble
Trevor F. Shaw, artistic director

Text: Marcus 5:9
Legio nomen mihi [Our name is Legion]
Est multi sumus [For we are many]

DEMON was written and premiered on Saturday, October 15, 2015, presented to an audience of film and video game composers as a
demonstration of novel vocal techniques. My challenge to myself was to write a piece with zero specific pitches or texts; previously, I had
experimented with such techniques only within the context of more “traditional” choral pieces, such as Pacem. As the piece began to take
shape, I realized that the addition of an appropriately spine-tingling text would complement the sound world which was emerging. The
Latin included in the piece is taken from a biblical story of demon possession. Asked for a name, the response is: “Our name is Legion, for we are many.” Although this piece may be performed with smaller choirs—perhaps even as few as eight or twelve—I imagine it becoming
increasingly effective (and impactful) with greater numbers, given the techniques employed. (A Roman legion consisted of about five
thousand men at the time of the story, for what it’s worth!)

Demon by Matthew Brown June 2, 2019

A sonic image of March 15 - May 15, 2020 from my apartment in Brooklyn, NY during On Pause orders as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. 
It combines sounds heard from my window each day and evening from this time period, sounds from a collaboration with choreographer Kelly Bartnik, and my own musical responses.

In My Room

composed by Matthew Brown
performed by the Moreno Valley College Chamber Choir

warming up

New choral music publications for fall, Christmas, and general use from Beckenhorst Press. Downloading is enabled!

warming up

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