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Apple Music Album 1- Confrontation- Song 2- Nothing Left to Do

Originally composed as a choral prayer for peace and wholeness during the events of 2020, "Shalom" alternates between sections of very simply melody floating over gentle accompaniment with polyphonic refrains featuring whispers of the word "peace. No matter how complex the texture gets, it always returns to a single unison note, picturing the meaning of shalom: not merely a surface level peace, but wholeness in every aspect of one’s being (physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually) and in all our relationships with each other.

Shalom (Band Gr. 3) - Dan Forrest

Composer: Daniel James/John Hughes, arr. Rob Balfoort

"Calon Lân" (Welsh for 'A pure heart') is a Welsh hymn, the words of which were written in the 1890s by Daniel James and it was sung to a tune by John Hughes. The song was originally written as a hymn, but has become firmly established as a rugby anthem, associated with the Welsh rugby union, being sung before almost every Test match involving the Welsh national team – though more likely to be heard sung at matches involving the Welsh football team in recent years.
In 2012, the Welsh group Only Boys Aloud sang "Calon Lân" on the British ITV show Britain's Got Talent, coming third in the final. It is definitely worth watching the video, which is linked on our website. It has since become the most watched Welsh-language video on YouTube. This arrangement is based on the version by Only Boys Aloud and can be performed with or without a choir. The text of this hymn should be sung in Welsh, the language spoken in Wales. The recording we made was made without a choir.

This composition was created with the help of a contribution from the Music Investment Fund, an initiative of Buma/Stemra in cooperation with Voi©e, the Copyright Interests Federation and the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science in the Netherlands.

Calon Lân

Played and recorded by JS O
Copyright © 2023 JS O, All rights reserved.
06.06.2023

JS O. - Henry 'I Would' cover

nocturne - Piano

Pools of Light

Solo Piano.  Created LIVE at St. Joseph's Church, Spreckels CA.

Photo and graphic design by Mariam Shatilova, my girlfriend.

Year of Music XI

Year of Music; June 10, 2023

밀알 In E - Vox Vn Pf

Unsettled Minds is a sweeping collection of orchestral adaptations that transform Beethoven’s Appassionata themes and beyond into symphonic meditations for restless souls. Each movement embraces turbulence and tenderness: brooding strings hover on the edge of silence, woodwinds whisper with searching fragility, and brass resound with fateful grandeur. Expanding Beethoven’s architecture into Rachmaninoff-like romantic musings of lush textures and cinematic dramas that capture the beauty and unease of an unsettled mind — where moments of stillness are broken by storms of emotion, and melodies carry both torment and transcendence. 

Performed in the imagined voice of Europe’s greatest orchestras, this album is an invitation into a dream state where longing, unrest, and fragile nobility collide.

4. Beethoven Beginnings

Sound of Forest Vol 1

Sound of Forest Vol 1 Asimi

The Year of Music project began in May 2011  there has been a new musical creation posted each day.  Each new piece is created in real-time.   The project is currently in its 13th year.  To date, there are over 4700 "Daily Doses" in the project.

Richard’s live performances take audiences on a journey away from the busy world and into a calmer, less chaotic mental and emotional environment.  Drawing on his classical training, jazz and pop familiarity, Richard creates music thru an improvisational process.  His music has been called a soothing elixir for the soul, mind and body.

In 2016, composer/contemporary pianist Richard Carr moved to the Monterey Bay area of California after living in his native St. Louis area since 2005.  Richard spent 10 years working as a pianist in the night clubs, hotels and restaurants of the French Quarter of New Orleans prior to Hurricane Katrina.  He has released twenty-fiven solo albums and one collaboration in the contemporary instrumental /new age genre.

Aware of the meditative quality of his music, Richard has been exploring the healing side of his music.  Working in the holistic community of St. Louis, Richard developed the I AM Creative Sessions. These sessions are personal sessions in which Richard creates music for the client’s intention or focus.  In essence, he creates a soundtrack for the intention.
  
Currently Richard's electronic keyboard set-up includes Kurzweil PC3x and PC4x,  StudioLogic Numa 2-88,and the Roland boutique synths JP-08 and JX-03.

Year of Music; June 10, 2023

Richard Carr Piano

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