The objective when this song was composed was to think about our "wars", in the ones which each one of us fight, or stand passively as a piece of Chessboard. The thematic of Chess was used to poetize and weaken the weight of what is a war. Hence, must be understood the song doesn't verse about wars between nations or that kind of conflict. But, the wars we fight to face our life, inside or outside of our beings. Enjoy it as a energic and strong incentive for you to fight for your life, your happiness, your goals, your place in this world. 

Lyrics: Ulisses Nicolau Alberto Barros (Uli)
© Music composed by uli_virtual_band

(Intro)

(Hook)

Oh Oh Ohhh
Oh Oh Ohhh 
Oh Oh Ohhh 
Oh Oh Ohhh Oh.

(Verse 1)

From many battles,
My scars Intonate.
As the courage patrols,
My voice ressonates.
A warrior who doesn't fight
Is just one more piece without might
In the chessboard. 
Easily floored.

(Pre-Chorus)

No fear, strong gear.
Not frightened, always dared.
Scars done by the Life.
Living in the war. The pain we ignore!

(Chorus 1)

Against who thou fight?
Or art thou just a piece without might?
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood.
The true war isn't a game.

(Hook)

Oh Oh Ohhh
Oh Oh Ohhh 
Oh Oh Ohhh 
Oh Oh Ohhh Oh.

Against who thou fight?

(Verse 2)

The chant of Peace, 
We hear too far away.
Sometimes, we just sit cozy.  Or is it seize?
The peace must be the final way.
We don't need no weapons to face.

Syllabs, poetry, sense.
Might be as smashing as your mace!
Be the Tower for your King defence!

(Chorus 2)

Against who thou fight?
Or art thou just a piece without might?
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood.
The true war isn't a game.

(Chorus 3)

Against who thou fight?
Or art thou just a piece without might?
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood.
The true war isn't a game.

(Guitar Solo)

(Pre-Chorus)

No fear, strong gear.
Not frightened, always dared.
Scars done by the life.
Living in the war. The pain we ignore!

(Chorus 4)

Against who thou fight?
Or art thou just a piece without might?
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood.
The true war isn't a game. (no, no, no!)

(Chorus 5)

Against who thou fight?
Or art thou just a piece without might?
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood.
The true war isn't a game. (Ohhh, no!)

(Hook)

Oh Oh Ohhh
Oh Oh Ohhh
Oh Oh Ohhh 
Oh Oh Ohhh Oh.

The true war isn't a game.

Lyrics: Uli

Uli - War on the Chessboard

🎶 Gloria in excelsis Deo (DEMO) – Orchestral Backing Track By Classical Backing Tracks
Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
Work: Gloria in D Major, RV 589
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Scene 2 - Back lot of a large auto assembly plant in Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia

Willie works alone tuning a Model "A" sedan. He reflects on his new life abroad (Aria: "Back home I knew everybody's name."

Co-workers Katya and Tonya enter to detail the car. Katya is hesitant due to Willie's appearance. Tonya tries to reassure Katya. Willie is bewildered by their reactions (Trio: "Maybe they never saw a man like me.")

Philip enters dressed in a baseball uniform on his way to the weekly team practice. After some introductions and discussion he leaves with Tonya who needs some fresh cleaning rags.

Willie and Katya are alone. There is some awkwardness because they don't speak much of each other's language. Willie points to different parts of the car (windshield, mirror, horn, etc.) and says the English word. Katya responds with the Russian word.

Katya asks Willie for the reason he came to Russia. He explains the circumstances. She suggests he might like Russia and decide to stay. Willie responds with (Aria: "America is my home.") Katy understands and agrees with his "love of country." (Duet: "America for you and Russia for me.")

Jack and Roy enter. They are enraged to see a black man working beside a white woman. They taunt Willie, he responds and they attack. Katya flees to get help. Willie prevails as Ivan enters with an NKVD squad. They arrest Jack and Roy. The news of Willies attack and triumph spreads as a chorus of local citizens and autoworkers arrive to celebrate Willie's triumph.


Willie Doonan - A1S2 - Nizhniy Novgorod Factory

ACT I

Scene 1 - A large auto assembly plant in Detroit Michigan

Two American auto workers, Philip and Willie, are struggling to survive during the mid 1930s. They wait with a crowd of workers outside the factory employee entrance for the foreman's announcement of work assignments. Three workers are called and the gate is shut. The remaining workers are desperate and become enraged. A riot occurs. Security is called to restore order.

Philip and Willie comment on their current situation. They try to stay positive (Duet "despite all the rest we're lucky"). But Willie remains despondent (Aria: "All the doors stay shut.")

A clerk enters and scurries about offering copies of job openings at a new assembly plant in Russia. After some discussion they decide to apply for the jobs.


Willie Doonan - A1S1 - Detroit Auto Factory

[Soprano nel registro grave, solo inizia come recitativo]
O Lord, why standest Thou afar?
 The wicked strut through gilded gates,
 They tax the sweat, they bind the jar,
  And turn our grain to golden plates.

 They decree injustice with the pen,
 They crush the child, forget the men.
 Widows weep, and orphans cry—
  "How long, O Lord? Must we still die?"

[Baritone solo]
    I came with sandals worn and thin,
    No parchment seal, no clan within.
    A whisper marked me as unclean—
    Yet am I not made by the King?

[Chorus of Israel]
    Remember Egypt’s bitter rod:
    You too were strangers, cries to God.
    You too were chained, your sons were sold,
    Until His arm made Pharaoh fold.

[Baritone]
    Babylon sits on scarlet seas,
    Decked in pearls, drunk on decrees.
    She sells the bodies, names them trade,
    And on her throne, the tax is laid.

[ Alto (as Babylon – seductive, mocking):

    I am no widow; I shall not mourn.
    I built this throne from blood and corn.
    Let kings and merchants drink my wine—
    The coin is yours, the soul is mine.

[chorus of Israel, idem]

[Soprano]
    Fallen, fallen is the harlot’s place!
    Smoke shall rise and blot her face.
    Come out, O people, from her sin,
    Lest ye partake of wrath within.

[Baritone, as God]
I  have seen. I will arise.
 I will break their sharpened lies.

    [Baritone]
Behold, He comes to judge the earth,
    With fire, and truth, and fearful worth.
    The books are opened, none escape,
    Each crown is weighed, each cloak and cape.

[Chorus of Angels]
    O nations, tremble! Princes fall!
    The Lamb shall level great and small.
    He shall not judge as men have done—
    The meek shall rise; the proud shall run.

[Treble (Soprano) as God, con voce chiara, quasi senza vibrato]
I have seen. I will arise.
I will break their sharpened lies.

[duet] 
No more tributes, no more chains—
    The city shines, washed of its stains.
    No need for sword, nor need for gate,
    The King has come. The hour is late.

    Sing to the Lord a song anew,
    For justice rolls like morning dew.
    The stranger, poor, the orphaned one—
    Now reign beneath the Risen Son.

Tribute and Justice

This is a recording of the world premiere performance of the fourth movement (Arioso) of Aaron Alter's "Cantata of Praise" for chorus and chamber orchestra on March 23, 2025 by The New Mexico Bach Society Chorale and Orchestra at the Hope in the Desert Episcopal Church, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Cantata of Praise is a setting of the poetic interpretation of Psalms 118 and 150 by the Elizabethan poet Mary Sidney Herbert, from her book "The Sidney Psalter" from around the year 1599, with some added text from Psalm 118 in the original Hebrew and from The King James Bible.

The music in Cantata of Praise displays a wide range of influences. The fourth movement shows influences of Bach’s sacred cantatas and "Classic" Rock.

Cantata of Praise was commissioned by the New Mexico Performing Arts Society.

The performers were:
New Mexico Bach Society Chorale and Orchestra
Franz Vote, Artistic Director and Conductor

André García-Nuthmann, tenor soloist

New Mexico Bach Society Orchestra
Linda Marianiello, flute
Elaine Heltman, oboe
Joshua Petersen, clarinet
Lisa Grodin, concertmaster
Carla Kountoupes, violin 2
Lisa Di Carlo, viola
Joel Becktell, cello
Bob Barney, double bass
Joshua Pielemeier, piano

Text: 4th Movement (Arioso for Tenor:)
(from Psalm 118)
You righteous troop with me rejoice,
Consort with mine your joyful voice:

Text is from The Sidney Psalter, The Psalms of Sir Philip and Mary Sidney
Published by the Oxford University Press (2009)
Copyright Hannibal Hamlin, Michael G. Brennan, Margaret P. Hannay and
Noel J. Kinnamon, 2009
Reproduced with permission of the Licensor through PLSclear.


Cantata of Praise - 4th movement (Arioso) for Tenor soloist and Chamber Orchestra

Silent Noon - Ralph Vaughan Williams | Esteban Zuniga - Tenor

Silent Noon - Esteban Zúñiga-Calderón - Tenor

When I have sung my songs to you - Ernest Charles | Esteban Zúñiga-Calderón - Tenor

Weep you no more, sad fountains - Roger Quilter | Esteban Zuniga - Tenor

Pages whisper secrets late at night
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Chronos Sins – Reinfallen Chronicles
Una página no escrita del linaje Yridichenko

En las grietas olvidadas del tiempo, los Yridichenko escucharon los ecos de un juicio ancestral.
"Chronos Sins" revive aquella época en que su sangre fue llamada a rendir cuentas por secretos más viejos que la guerra cuántica, por pecados que no les pertenecían, pero que ardían en sus venas como si el universo los culpara.

Los guardianes del tiempo, aquellos que firmaron pactos con la inmortalidad, comenzaron a temerles.
Y fue la Orden de los Aspectos —orgullosa de su equilibrio— la que se asqueó de lo que Olympus se había convertido: una carcasa hueca que simulaba divinidad mientras engendraba tiranía.
Los Yridichenko no siguieron rezos, siguieron pulsos.
No respondieron a dogmas, respondieron a visiones.

Este acto es una memoria no santificada.
Un eco de la rebelión espiritual que susurró al cosmos que incluso el tiempo podía romperse… si alguien lo amaba lo suficiente para sangrar por él.


LYRICS

Sanctum est tempus, sed culpae manent,
Mortals born in sacred chains.
Chronos weeps behind the veil,
For what was stolen, for what prevails.

They carved our flesh from dusk and clay,
Then fed us dreams to steal our days,
The gods, in gold and silence dressed,
Turned sacrifice into caress.

They cursed the stars with names divine,
And chained the years to their design—
But time remembers all their lies,
In crumbled thrones and tearless skies.

Deorum scelera, scriptum in horis,
Dies irae, et nox erroris.
Aurum et ira, pactum ruinae,
Fiat iustitia, fiat ruina.

Their sins are carved in mountain bone—
A thousand temples, a million groans.
They drank our prayers like sacred wine,
Then laughed as plagues and swords aligned.

O Chronos, father bound by strings,
Your children gnaw on rotten kings.
Olympus fell by mortal rage,
And Eden burned to cage the sage.

No gods above, no thrones below,
Just echoes where the rivers flow.
We are the myth, we are the flame,
The sinners freed from heaven’s name.

Lux aeterna, but born in strife,
We tear the veil, reclaim our life.
A godless world can still forgive,
If mortals learn what it means to live.

Tempus fugit...
Dei iacent...
Et homo… surrexit.



Chrono's Sins

🎷 Leo Solo – Saxophone jazz en solo (live)
Un moment de douceur et d’élégance au saxophone, en solo. Capté lors d’un concert intimiste à Toulouse, ce morceau reflète mon univers musical : jazz acoustique, improvisation et chaleur du son live.

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Tenderly au saxophone tenor jazz - Leo Solo

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What Power art thou,
Who from below,
Hast made me rise,
Unwillingly and slow,
From beds of everlasting snow...

Klaus Nomi - Cold Song (re disco ver "What Power Art'' Thou Electro King A's Deathly Mix) back to 81

A concert aria written in the operatic tradition, expanding on the lyrical theme of “No Man’s Heart Aches Forever.” This work stands apart from its earlier folk-ballad incarnation, reimagined here as an epic lament and vow of endurance. The piece explores anguish and determination through shifting tonal landscapes, lyrical manipulation, and thematic transition. Neither purely opera nor folk, it belongs to an experimental cycle that bridges chamber music, aria form, and modern expressive narrative.

[LYRICS]

I held through night’s unspoken storm,
wrote down your name in every flame.
Time seemed to halt—its breath was warm
yet love stayed mute when called by name.
The clocks cried out against the moon;
I begged the stars to change their tune…

But even sorrow learns a thread
that loosens gently as it’s led;
a melody beneath the pain
that softens, drifting like the rain.
And something quiet in the air
begins to teach the heart to bear

No man’s heart aches forever,
though it may break each day;
the storms will pass, the skies grow brighter,
and pain will drift away.

I watched the tide deny the shore,
the shadow cross the bedroom door;
I learned to breathe in broken light,
to nurse a spark through longest night.
If grief must come, then let it speak—
I will not bend, but I’ll be meek.
For still a mercy moves like dawn,
and finds the world it falls upon.

No man’s heart aches forever,
though midnight begs it stay;
the thunder fades, the hush grows wiser,
and pain is swept away.

So let the night be gentler now,
let silence keep its patient vow;
the breath I lost returns at last—
a smaller grief, a larger vast.
I do not ask the stars to lie;
I learn instead to let them shine.

No man’s heart aches forever,
though it may feel that way;
for even grief surrenders slowly
to dawn’s forgiving ray.

I stand, I breathe, I mend, I rise—
I lift my gaze to brighter skies;
What broke by night by day is mended,
the song resumes where sorrow ended.
Beat after beat, the heart learns how:
it breaks and yet it keeps its vow.

No heart breaks on forever!
No darkness owns the day!
The storm that tried to name me
has washed its name away.
No heart breaks on forever!
I claim the living way—
the light returns, the pulse remembers,
and pain is borne away.

So let the dawn be soft and sure,
let every wound turn less and pure;
for where the night once learned to stay,
the morning asks to lead the way.
No man’s heart aches forever…
The clocks fall quiet—
the heart keeps time… and stays.

A3-S3 No Man’s Heart Aches Forever (Aria da Concerto • Neo-Opera • Baritone • Orchestral)

Here's a live rec of the nostalgic song "Right here waiting" by Richard Marx. My rendition, unprepared...

Right here waiting (cover) Apr. 2024

Leo Solo est une performance live de musique d'ambiance jazzy avec guitare et saxophone, basée à Toulouse
Jazz américain, jazz manouche, lounge, Chill, blues... Les instruments sont mélangés sur scène avec un looper créant ainsi un groupe de musique en solo avec des sonorités variées pour différents types d'évènements.
Leo Solo guitariste jazz manouche et saxophoniste à Toulouse https://www.leosolo.fr

August, 14th, 2025. News:

Uli releases a new song called Uli - Lamento do Sertão Urbano (With Lyrics in English). A pop/mpb song. Hope you like it! Enjoy! :)

July, 29th, 2025. News:

Uli releases a new song called In The Strenght of The Firmament. A pop song composed by Uli. Lyrics written by Uli (Only in English). Hope you guys like it! Enjoy! :)

July, 22th, 2025. News:

Uli releases a new song called Posta uma Linda Resposta. A Samba/Bossa Nova/Jazz song composed by Uli. Lyrics in Portuguese & English. Hope you guys like It! Enjoy! :)

July, 11th, 2025. News:

Uli releases a new song called Aquarela - Um Encontro em Veneza. A Classical Ballad composed by Uli, featuring Lyrics by Dani Monteiro (with English Translation in the description). Hope you guys like It! Enjoy! :)

June, 26th, 2025. News:

Uli releases a new song called War on The Chessboard. A Rock song. Hope you guys like it! Enjoy! :)

June, 16th, 2025. News:

I've been working in several songs. Putting a big effort, I'm gonna do the continuations of some of songs I've published in the near past, like Thornless Roses Suite, Crystal Sky Suite and some Piano tracks, like Back Home. Here and there, I'll be posting new Pop songs too. I just need to focus on the continuations of old projects. From the Pop, next song which is already done, it will be a Heavy Metal/Hard Rock song. Just to vary a little bit and don't be so focused in the Love things! Haha.

May, 9. 2025. News:

Today, me and my friend Cool Happy Cissa (@coolhapoy in Suno.com) are releasing a song that is a collab about the Writer's Block. It is a non-medical condition, primarily associated with writing, in which an author is either unable to produce new work or experiences a creative slowdown. Resuming: you got stopped to make new content. It happens with composers, lyricists, singer-songwritters, youtubers, etc. But, we are here to put a stop on this bad dude! :) Hope you guys like it!

Also, I'm working in instrumental compositions, mostly Jazz and Classical Music. Coming soon hardcore stuff in 5/4!!! :D

March, 28th. 2025. News:

Uli releases a new song called From Cold to Hot. It's a Pop/Funk song, to enjoy and dance. Hope you guys like it! 

March, 9th. 2025. News:

Uli releases a new song and an EP, called Pinch Your Cheeks Again (Didn't Stop Dancing). A Pop and Dance song. This song it's the final one for the story told in the five songs: 

1) It's up to you
2) Slow Motion
3) In the Core, there is no Love
4) The Void can't be Bounced
5) Pinch Your Cheeks Again

The EP is in the playlist Lost Love, Found Love.

Hope you guys like it! 

March, 2nd. 2025. News:

Uli releases a new song, called The Void Can't Be Bounced (The forgiveness is for both of us). A K-Pop song, with Influences from K-Gospel, EDM and Contemporary Pop. About a couple is going from the break to union again, through the repent, through God. I Hope you guys like It!

I'm also working on Soundtrackish and Classical Instrumental tracks.

February, 24th. 2025. News:

Uli releases a new song, called Slow Motion. A Romantic Pop Song. Hope you guys like It!

February, 23th. 2025. News:

Uli releases a new song, called In the Core, there is no Love. Mixing up some different styles, the intention it's to comfort. Hope you guys like it! 
Also, working in another song with lyrics and as well as Classical Piano pieces, I'll be releasing them soon. 

February, 13th. 2025. News:

Uli releases a new song, called Prelúdio ao Amor (Prelude to Love). It's a love song, with influences of Japanese Music and Contemporary Romantic Pop. Hope you guys like it! 

February, 12th. 2025. News:

Uli releases the new Pop/R&B song "It's up to you". That's a solid return for Uli in SoundCloud. I'm also Composing Instrumental Music. Hope you guys like the news! Take care

October, 21th. 2024. News: 
The band BUG has turned into the artist Uli:

BUG: 
Created (2015) by: Bruno, Ulisses and Gabriel.
Former members: Bruno, Gabriel.
Status: Ended (2024) by Ulisses, last member.

Uli:
Created (2024) by: Ulisses.
Actual member: Ulisses.
Status: Active.

✨ Reinfallen Chronicles ✨
Nacimos del cruce de mundos imposibles, de raíces que jamás debieron encontrarse y sin embargo se entrelazaron como destinos escritos en las estrellas. Somos una banda forjada en la diversidad, nuestras voces son ecos de antiguas civilizaciones, nuestras notas son relámpagos de futuros que aún no existen. Cada cultura nos da su aliento, cada tradición su latido, y juntos levantamos un universo sonoro que no conoce muros ni fronteras.

🌍 Reinfallen Chronicles Inglaterra
Aquí los acordes se elevan como constelaciones, la Sonata de Yridichenko trae la solemnidad de lo eterno, la esencia de los FAE convoca la magia de la naturaleza y los cantos digitales de EXOMemos despiertan los espíritus del mañana. En este reino, lo clásico y lo futurista chocan como estrellas errantes… y de su colisión nace la armonía.

🇪🇸 Reinfallen Chronicles España
Desde la península surge el canto que une lo humano con lo divino. Ilustre se erige como monumento al conocimiento, Quantum abre un portal hacia lo infinito, y Progenium sostiene la raíz de la memoria ancestral. La tradición ibérica se enciende en fuego, en sabiduría y en cosmos, resonando como un himno de eternidad.

🌎 Reinfallen Chronicles Latinoamérica
El mestizaje de esta tierra ardiente convoca fuerzas primigenias. The Bones Scyther corta las sombras con su filo implacable, mientras la voz de Elena brilla como un faro en la noche, susurrando lo eterno y lo fugaz. Es un continente que no canta, arde. Arde en mitos, en pasiones, en sueños que se hacen carne en cada nota.

Reinfallen Chronicles no es solo música. Es rito, es peregrinaje, es crónica de lo que fue y anuncio de lo que vendrá. Cada canción es un altar, cada disco un libro sagrado. Porque en la convergencia de nuestras diferencias hallamos la sinfonía más grande, la diversidad hecha eternidad.
🌌 Bienvenide a la dimensión sonora de Reinfallen Chronicles.
Te estábamos esperando.
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#Reinfallen

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Esteban José Zúñiga Calderón, a tenor from Cartago, Costa Rica, is a passionate performer, voice instructor, and researcher with a career spanning Latin America and the United States. Known for his high vocal range and expressive stage presence, he holds degrees from the Manhattan School of Music and the University of Oregon, where he specialized in Historical Performance Practice. Zúñiga has performed leading roles in operas, zarzuelas, and musical theater with renowned companies such as Seattle Opera, Eugene Opera, and Geneva Light Opera. His solo repertoire includes works by major composers across various styles and periods. In addition to his performance career, he is committed to vocal pedagogy and research, focusing on tenor voice development and thoughtful repertoire selection for emerging singers.

I’ve always lived at the crossroads of music and poetry — where feeling becomes form, and melody turns memory into meaning. Whether it’s a lingering jazz note, a well-placed rhyme, or a shift in tempo that tells a deeper story, I’m drawn to that quiet magic where art reflects life with a little more style.

My roots are in classic music — the kind that doesn’t chase the moment but lingers with you long after the last note. Over time, that love expanded into poetry writing and jazz — especially the kind that swings, speaks, and smirks all at once. Jazz, to me, isn’t just a genre; it’s a personality. A conversation. A little tilt of the head and a grin that knows more than it says.

When I set out to create an album, it’s rarely just a collection of songs. I approach it like a personal playlist — one that drifts and flows as if the entire tracklist were one long, uninterrupted piece. Each track leans into the next, shifting mood, pace, or voice, but always carrying the same thread of feeling. I want you to listen the way I do — not as a shuffle of moments, but as a cinematic arc. One breath that lasts an hour.

Lyrically, my work is rooted in lived experience. Sometimes it’s obvious. Other times it’s just the skeleton of a memory, dressed up in wit, irony, or longing. I draw from real-life events, then let the poet in me twist, stretch, or sweeten them to taste. Depending on the tone of the album — playful, romantic, nostalgic, or something in between — I try to keep the emotional truth intact while giving it a fresh coat of creativity. A little humor where it fits. A deeper dive where it hurts.

My newest jazz album continues this tradition — short-lined swing tracks, conversational duets, and tongue-in-cheek storytelling. It’s an homage to late-night alleyway ballads, rooftop serenades, and train station goodbyes — all bound together with a sense of charm and cohesion. Each song is its own little scene, but together they tell a story — one you can revisit with each replay.

Thanks for stopping by my profile. I hope you find something that earns a spot on your repeat-play list — a melody, a lyric, or a moment that feels like it was written just for you.

Guitarist, Composer, Teacher, Arranger, Orchestrator
Listen to My Music: https://linktr.ee/puremusician

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.

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Nicholas Skedgell - b. 1952
is a concert music composer whose work has been performed by leading musicians, including members of the New York Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera, Elmar Oliveira, Dale Clevenger, Leonard Raver, Orchestra New England and presented at Carnegie Hall, Yale University, Brooklyn College and St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York. He is a graduate of Manhattan School of Music, a student of Nicolas Flagello, violin with Louis Carlini and a member of ASCAP since 1974.

Where is the purpose in your life
Where is the truth
Do you remember your hopes Your dreams
They are no longer your own
This day is for living your own life
Don't let this world capture your heart
Your passion lost to a thousand themes
Surrendered to the screen
This is not a story
This is not a book this is your life
And this is not a play
Some TV show you've seen
This is real life

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