Recorded live 12.13.18
Button Factory Stage, WSCA
Portsmouth, NH

Mike Connors--drums, bells
Mike Effenberger--Rhodes
Rob Gerry--bass, compositions

Engineer--Dave Entrekin

It's a Very Gerry Christmas

For the Mattanawcook Academy band, commissioned by Ron Dobra (2001), this recording  performed by the UNH Wind Ensemble dir. Andrew Boysen Jr.

Hail Alma Mater (2001)

Matt Langley--soprano sax
Mike Effenberger--Rhodes
Jim Rudolf--drums
Rob Gerry--bass

Recorded at the Barley Pub, 10/16/11

The Old Pub (in D)

Zach Lange--Brighton Parade

Performed by OURBIGBAND, ne "State Line Big Band" at the PARMA Music Festival on August 16th, 2014 at The Music Hall in Portsmouth, NH.

For Three Friends

No Beer In PA

Tunes 2: Brief Reprieve/Track 1/Swim

Rob Gerry-bass
Mike Effenberger-Rhodes
Mike Connors-drums

Recorded on October 11th, 2015 at 1130ft Studio Rollinsford, NH
Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Chris Chase

Swim

Brief Reprieve/Track 4/Pocket Fun

Rob Gerry-bass
Mike Effenberger-Rhodes
Mike Connors-drums

Recorded on October 11th, 2015 at 1130ft Studio Rollinsford, NH
Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Chris Chase

Pocket Fun

Mystery tune ii

Kimberly Oppelt--mezzo-soprano
Mike Effenberger--piano

"Were you there?" (2012, text: traditional) is a setting of the spiritual turned Lutheran hymn of the same name. I've always found the melody and text quite haunting, especially the "Sometimes it causes me to tremble" refrain. In my setting, the piano accompaniment (after a sparse, traditional harmonization) is set in stark relief to the original tune, both harmonically and rhythmically. I hope that the piano underscores or emphasizes some of the emotions present in each line, which range from somber to brutal to joyful, all of which are tempered by the refrain's "tremble."

Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Were you there when they nailed Him to the tree?
Were you there when they laid Him in the tomb?
Were you there when they rolled the stone away?


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