With the heart and intention of the organization, Hopeland in mind, violinist Tim Fain and singer-songwriter, Ryan O'Neal (Sleeping At Last) came together to write a song. After a few days together in Chicago, the first draft of "Hope" was written, a song inspired by the strength of vulnerable children in both the foster care system and orphanages around the world.

In support of the incredible "Orphan Myth" campaign, Tim Fain and Sleeping At Last came together virtually and completed the recording of "Hope" to make it available in this urgent call to action to help bring 100% of children into a safe and loving family. Even Tim and Ryan’s young daughters lent their voices to the song, as well as to the song’s artwork.

"Hope" is an anthem for the vulnerable.

Credits:
Sung by Sleeping At Last, Violins and Arrangements by Tim Fain.
Produced by Tim Fain, Sleeping At Last and Jacob Marshall
Mixed by John Goodmanson 
Mastered by Chris Bethea
Album Cover Design: Tim Damitz

Lyrics:
There is hope in our eyes
When we truly see each other.
Like the light of countless stars,
We are not afraid of the dark.

‘Cause there is hope in our hearts.
In every single beat, we feel it.
To the ends of the earth,
Our echo carries on...

We are sacred, we are strong.
We are beautiful. We belong.
Please hear our unheard song.

There is hope in our voice
When we listen to each other.
Our barriers disappear
With every story told.

We are sacred, we strong.
We are beautiful. We belong.
Please hear our unheard song.

There is hope in our eyes
When we truly see each other,
So we raise our flag, lift our voice!

(This is our hopeland)
We are sacred, we strong.
(This is our hopeland)
We are beautiful. We belong.
(This is our hopeland)
We are worthy, we are true.
(This is our hopeland)
There are no borders from this view,
Please help us raise our flag.

There is hope in our eyes
When we truly see each other.

Hope

"Edge Of a Dream" for violin and orchestra by Tim Fain

Edge Of A Dream - Part I (Allegro)

Edge Of A Dream - Part III (Allegro vivace, quasi presto)

Opening

Machine Learning

Gathering

Endless Rain

Sanitorium

Hallucinations

Composed by Philip Glass
Arranged by Tim Fain
Performed by Tim Fain and Nicholas Britell

This work is a one-movement arrangement I made of Philip Glass's score for the film The Hours. I gave its first performance at Chicago's Ravinia Festival with composer/pianist Nicholas Britell and have frequently performed the work with pianist Simone Dinnerstein as well. Huge thanks to Michael Riesman, who inspired me to create this arrangement.

Suite from Philip Glass' The Hours - LIVE with Nicholas Britell

From the "Munch" Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, a film about the Norwegian painter, in four chapters each with a different lead actor playing the part of Edvard Munch.

Composed and Performed by Tim Fain

Munch (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Onward

I created this track with Sleeping At Last. I hope you enjoy it!

Saturn (feat. Tim Fain)

A collection of diverse American violin music I recorded with pianist Pei-Yao Wang. I’ve brought together such diverse musical works as the concert version of Philip Glass’s Einstein on the Beach, William Bolcom’s nostalgic Graceful Ghost Rag, Jennifer Higdon’s Legacy, and Aaron Jay Kernis’ Air. Also includes the soaringly lyrical Aria by Kevin Puts, Lev Zhurbin’s lovely Sicilienne. My hope was that  these pieces could offer a vibrant portrait of contemporary violin repertoire.

River of Light

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Tim Fain, violin
Wendy Sutter, cello
The Hague Philharmonic
conducted by Jurjen Hempel

Double Concerto For Violin, Cello And Orchestra  Part I

Czardas (Vittorio Monti)

Graceful Ghost Rag (William Bolcom)

Tim Fain, violin
Francisco Fullana, violin
Robert Koenig, piano

Por Una Cabeza (Carlos Gardel)

Mercy (Max RIchter)

A collaboration with guitarist Giovanni Piacentini, this EP was recorded during the Covid-19 pandemic with both of us playing/recording our parts in separate states across the country. The title work, written by Piacentini refers, in a metaphorical way, to a kind of hallucination where we wander through a magical space with an epicurean abandon simply rejoicing in pleasure and instant euphoria, free and without any kind of remorse or sense of guilt. Also features an version of my own composition Resonance, arranged for violin and guitar, and Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise.

Resonance (violin and guitar)

Music by Tim Fain
from "You Are Seen" (dir. Wesley Wang)

You Are Seen

Tim Fain, violin
Mariangela Vacatello, piano
Live from Disney Hall, Los Angeles CA

Mendelssohn Double Concerto Mvmt II

From my new album, Unraveling expresses my coming to terms with our broken, unstable world - a cry for understanding, but also a call to action, coming back to gratitude, and an attempt to get out of my own head. I composed and recorded it for 17 layered and looped violins, and really wanted to explore the limits of pitch and intensity on the violin. 

Pre-order the album and listen to this single on all digital platforms: https://lnk.to/Unraveling_TimFainAr

Recorded at Blind Bay Studios, MT
Produced by Tim Fain and Oscar Zambrano
Mastered by Jeanne Velonis
Edited by Michael Riesman
Mixed by Tim Fain and Oscar Zambrano at Zampol Studios, NY and Audiosmith Digital Solutions, DiMenna Center, NY
Assisted by Piotr Garbaczonek

© Delos Records
℗ Tim Fain, Blind Bay Records

Unraveling

First Loves
Tim Fain, violin
Robert Koenig, piano

First Loves is a collection of quintessential violin masterpieces which first inspired me to be a violinist. Includes showpieces by Rachmaninoff, Sarasate, Wieniawski, and more, plus “Swan Remix,” my own arrangement of themes from Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake.
As a kid, I was surrounded by classical, pop, rock, jazz, film and contemporary concert music – finding a balance of old and new music is still very important to me. Many of the works on First Loves are the ones that drew me in as a child – Rachmaninoff, Sarasate, and Wieniawski, arrangements by Heifetz, and Kreisler – and remain profoundly relevant today. I’ve also included “Swan Remix,” my own arrangement of themes from Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake, which I made after my work on-camera and on the soundtrack of the film Black Swan. Each track is dedicated to someone who inspired me or made it possible for me to be the person and the artist that I am today. My hope is that First Loves will inspire others, young and old, to fall in love with the violin as I did.

First Loves

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Scherzo Tarantella - Henryk Wieniawski

Praeludium And Allegro - Fritz Kreisler

Swan Remix - P. I. Tchaikovsky/Tim Fain

Meditation from Thais - Jules Massenet

Vocalise - Sergei Rachmaninoff

Estrellita - Manuel Ponce/Jascha Heifetz

Liebeslied - Fritz Kreisler

Introduction And Tarantelle - Pablo de Sarasate

Resonance

Resonance (Single Version)

iTunes

Written and performed by Tim Fain

All proceeds from downloads and streaming in 2016 went to support Made in a Free World, to help put an end to modern slavery.

I wrote and recorded Freedom to support Made in a Free World, an organization dedicated to putting an end to modern slavery. As a father of two young girls, I was deeply moved by its mission to make the world a safer place for all our children. Every day I’m inspired by the boundless creativity I see in my own daughters. As a musician, I’m continually amazed by the power of music to connect and heal.

It pains me to recall that we still live in a world where many young people are not allowed the basic rights of education, play, and the liberty to make their own choices in life. In composing this work, I was inspired to imagine a future in which freedom is within every child’s reach.

The music is an expression of joy, and an attempt to capture a feeling of flow and weightlessness, but also empowerment. There is a kinetic quality in the music as it unfolds, with the faster rhythms in the violin giving way to larger, broader phrases, as if “zooming” out, revealing the ways in which we are all interdependent and connected to one another.

I was also particularly satisfied in having the opportunity to collaborate with my elder daughter, who created the recording’s cover art. In this spirit of intergenerational collaboration, I hoped that in some way the song would help to empower my daughters and other young people to embrace a new way of living that will enable us all to be free in mind, body, and soul.

Freedom

River Of Light

Einstein on the Beach by Philip Glass feat. Tim Fain

from "Arches"
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Arches by Kevin Puts feat. Tim Fain

After working on so many VR and extended reality projects the past few years, I really wanted to try it out and make something myself. So I picked up a virtual reality camera (big thanks to my friends at Google) and a Zoom VR ambisonic mic and hit up one of my favorite spots in the world, the San Juan Islands. 

Hiking out to some of these remote beaches and knolls you see in the film wasn't always easy...but a few scrapes and a couple of near misses later, here it is:

https://youtu.be/5epIEKfK1Bk

"Knee Play 2" from Einstein on The Beach
Music by Philip Glass
Performed and directed by Tim Fain
Film edited by Jordan English
Titles by John Fitzgerald
Audio mix by Robert Parr

And special thanks to:

The Whiteley Center
Robin Shore, SilVR

Philip Glass On The Beach

Einstein on the Beach - Knee Play 2

Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for "Untouchable: Children of God" (2014)

Sounds Of Freedom

With his adventuresome spirit and vast musical gifts, violinist Tim Fain has emerged as a mesmerizing new presence on the music scene.  The “charismatic young violinist with a matinee idol profile, strong musical instincts, and first rate chops” (Boston Globe) was most recently seen on screen and heard on the soundtrack of the new hit film Black Swan, and heard as the sound of Richard Gere’s violin in Fox Searchlight’s feature film Bee Season. Selected as one of Symphony and Strad magazines’ “Up-and-Coming Musicians,” Fain captured the Avery Fisher Career Grant  and a Young Concert Artists International Award.  As The Washington Post recently raved, “Fain has everything he needs for a first-rate career.”

He electrified audiences at debuts with the Baltimore Symphony with conductor Marin Alsop, at Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival and with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s.  He has also appeared with the Mexico City and Oxford (UK) Symphonies, Cincinnati Chamber Symphony, Brooklyn and Hague Philharmonics, and the Curtis Symphony Orchestra in a special performance at Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center.  In addition, he was the featured soloist with the Philip Glass Ensemble at Carnegie Hall in a concert version of Einstein on the Beach and continues to tour the US and Europe in a duo-recital program with Phillip Glass.

Fain appeared in recital at the Ravinia Festival, Amsterdam’s venerable Concertgebouw, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the Kennedy Center Mexico’s Festival de Musica de Camara in San Miguel de Allende, Carnegie’s Weill Hall, California’s Carmel Mozart Society, University of Georgia, Boston’s Ives and Ringling International Festivals, San Diego Art Institute, University of California at Davis, Alice Tully Hall, the 92nd St Y, and elsewhere across the globe. His multi-media evening Portals premiered to sold-out audiences in New York, Los Angeles and at its midwestern premiere at Omaha’s KANEKO. The centerpiece of the evening is Partita for solo violin, a new work written especially for him by Philip Glass, and also features collaborations with Benjamin Millepied, Leonard Cohen, film maker Kate Hackett, and with radio personality Fred Child and pianist Nicholas Brittel appearing on screen.  

A dynamic and compelling performer in traditional works, he is also a fervent champion of 20th and 21st century composers, with a repertoire ranging widely from Beethoven and Tchaikovsky to Aaron Jay Kernis and John Corigliano; as the Los Angeles Times recently noted, his career “is based, in part, on new music and new ways of thinking about classical music.“  His provocative debut CD Arches, music for solo violin, reflects Fain’s inquisitive passion and intellect, combining old and new solo works by J.S. Bach, Fritz Kreisler, Kevin Puts, Mark O’Connor, Daniel Ott, and Randy Woolf. His new disc, River of Light (Naxos), brings the tradition of the virtuosic short piece into the present, with short works by living American composers.

He has collaborated with such luminaries as Pinchas Zukerman, Richard Goode, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Jonathan Biss, has appeared with the Mark Morris Dance Group, Seán Curran Company, and Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, and appeared onstage with the New York City Ballet, performing alongside the dancers in the acclaimed premiere of Benjamin Millepied’s “Double Aria." He has also worked with jazz pianists Billy Childs and Ethan Iverson (The Bad Plus), guitarist Rich Robinson (Black Crowes), and appeared at Jazz at Lincoln Center with singer-songwriter Rob Thomas (Matchbox 20). 

A sought-after chamber musician, Fain has performed at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, New York’s Bargemusic, Chamber Music Northwest, and the Spoleto (Italy), Bridgehampton, Santa Fe, Caramoor, Bard, Lucerne (Switzerland), “Bravo” Vail Valley, Moab, and Martha’s Vineyard Festivals. He has toured nationally with Musicians from Marlboro, and was first violinist of the Rossetti String Quartet. 

A native of Santa Monica, California, Tim Fain is a graduate of The Curtis Institute of Music, in Philadelphia, where he studied with Victor Danchenko, and The Juilliard School, where he worked with Robert Mann.  He performs on a violin made by Franceso Gobetti, Venice 1717, the “Moller,” on extended loan from Clement and Karen Arrison through the generous efforts of the Stradivari Society of Chicago.

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