Gerry Connell's  been composing music his entire life, while having careers as a tradesman, actor, television host, and construction consultant to the world of commercial finance.

In 2016 he met Joseph Charles Smith, orchestrator of Star Trek Deep Space Nine and The Next Generation, and former Dean of Film Scoring at the Berklee College of Music; and began their 1st collaboration: ELEMENTS I & II

Multimedia Artists weaving organic and electronic elements

Percussionist specializing in Middle Eastern and Handpan

Peter Blanchette is the inventor of the 11-string archguitar. His repertoire of unusual and internationally acclaimed arrangements and compositions spans from medieval to contemporary to ethnic, played in solo recital or with selected other instrumentalists to form the Virtual Consort. A recipient of the MCC Artist Grant in Music Composition, Blanchette is a veteran performer of such high profile venues as NPR's "A Prairie Home Companion," and The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. His CDs receive heavy airplay on "Sunday Baroque," "The Thistle and Shamrock," and regionally on WAMC, WNYC, and WFCR. In 2009, he was a WFCR Foundation nominee as one of the region's most valuable artists. As a composer, he has contributed to such television programs as HBO's "Sex and the City," and PBS' "Inside the Tuscan Hills." Among other film work, Blanchette worked extensively with Pulitzer Prize-winning composer William Bolcom and director John Turturro on Turturro’s film Illuminata.
In the late 1990's, the Massachusetts International Festival of the Arts (MIFA) commissioned Peter Blanchette to compose scores to the Buster Keaton silent comedies “The General” and “The Navigator” which resulted in sell-out performances in RealArtWays in Hartford CT, and at Memorial Hall in Shelburne Falls, MA. In 2009 Blanchette received grants from New England Foundation for the Arts "Meet the Composer," and the Northampton Arts Council to complete the trio of Keaton's masterpieces by composing a multi-instrumental score to the 1928 comedy, Steamboat Bill, Jr. which he premiered, along with master classes in film scoring, to resounding success at the Dingle Film Festival in Ireland in September 2009, and Amherst Cinema Arts Center in October 2009.  He is also the founder and Artistic Director of the Happy Valley Guitar Orchestra, and holds a Master’s Degree in Music Composition from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts and a Bachelor’s of Arts Degree from Marlboro College in Marlboro, Vermont.


I compose and recite tales based on ancient epics and poetry, as well as perform on a variety of traditional & modern instruments; longed necked lutes, various flutes, lyre and yes, even accordion. Folk music, history and ancient art & literature are my passions. 

Visit my website www.echoesofantiquity.net to hear, see and read about my realm.

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