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      <title>Adam Werner</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Adam Werner is a solo acoustic guitarist with an interest in unconventional techniques, styles and applications to fingerstyle guitar playing. He has an impressive musical background of experience and education. Ada...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Mar 2017 17:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Adam Werner is a solo acoustic guitarist with an interest in unconventional techniques, styles and applications to<span class="text_exposed_show"> fingerstyle guitar playing. He has an impressive musical background of experience and education. Adam continues to move forward and grow as an accomplished musician and artist. Indigenous to California, Adam grew up with rock guitar legends, such as: Randy Rhoads, Steve Vai and Joe Satriani, among many others. Adam started his first rock band, IMAGINE, in the early 1990's and gained much respect as an innovative and progressive musician who incorporated odd meters, unorthodox key changes and intricate instrumentation with compositions that pushed the boundaries of rock music. He soon found the desire to explore the acoustic guitar when introduced to Windham Hill and its artists, such as: William Ackerman and Michael Hedges. Soon after, Adam decided this was the direction he was destined to go.<br /><br />Adam Werner&rsquo;s debut label release, "Signatures," a 2008 Grammy Awards contender for Best New Age album, has become a new addition to solo acoustic guitar. This album is a culmination of emotionally intense compositions with technically exceptional playing and profound musical energy. Merging the traditions of finger-style techniques with provocative percussive elements adds extra flavor to this music. A touch of electric bass, masterfully created by Kentaro Otsuka, is featured on this album. <br /><br />Adam has also produced &ldquo;Woodsongs: An Acoustic Guitar Collection&rdquo;, which is a 17 track guitar album of previously unreleased music from artists, such as: Will Ackerman, Alex de Grassi, Preston Reed, William Coulter, John Keawe as well as, Chris Yeaton, Michael Hewett, Scott Burwell, Dylan Schorer, Rudy Perrone, Robert Walling, and many others! This is an album NOT to be missed.<br /><br />Adam&rsquo;s extensive performance schedule, as a solo artist, as well as with Chris Yeaton and the Woodsong Acoustics Group, has exposed many people to his wonderful guitar styles throughout the Mid-Western United States and the Hawaiian Islands. He has performed with such people as Alex de Grassi, Michael Manring, William Coulter, Ben Verdery, Hawaiian Slack-Key Masters John Keawe &amp; Chris Yeaton, Antonio Calogero, among others.</span></p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Alan Hewitt</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2020 03:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hewitt began his career as a drummer in the club scene but changed over to keyboards after realizing &nbsp;he needed a bigger palette for his composing ambitions. He &nbsp;graduated to the production room, where he had the honor of working as a co-producer alongside Maurice White of Earth Wind and Fire (EWF) for over half a decade with EWF&rsquo;s Greatest Hits album going platinum in 2000. However, it was co-writing and piano/B-3 contributions on the triple platinum record Cherry Pie with Warrant that would solidify Hewitt as a monster musical talent capable of crossing genres.</p>
<p>Hewitt&rsquo;s list of record production credits as both a producer and recording artist spans across the various major labels and genres with over 12 million records sold.</p>
<p>As a solo artist, the uniqueness of the Hewitt signature sound lies in his ability to draw from the diverse worlds of contemporary jazz, world, pop and rock, while simultaneously bridging the gap between instrumental and vocal music, with intoxicating stage performances that are a fusion of energy, style and grace. It was his 2004 release, Noche de Pasion, that marked his emergence on the pop instrumental scene, which was followed by his critically acclaimed 2006 release Metropolis. The Baltimore Times hailed, &ldquo;Metropolis is the album to put in your CD player (then turn up the volume).&rdquo;</p>
<p>Since 2010 Alan has been the keyboardist on tour with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band, The Moody Blues whom have been on a continuous world tour performing for sold out audiences and released The Days of Future Past DVD which is airing on PBS currently topping the Billboard charts . &nbsp;</p>
<p>Some of the performing highlights include Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, Hollywood Bowl,Red Rocks in Denver, O2 Arena in London, Heineken Center in Amsterdam, Coca Cola Center in Johannesburg S. Africa, four Moody Blues Cruises and the 2018 Hall of Fame Induction performance!<br />Alan was invited to play keyboards on Moody Blues lead singer, Justin Hayward&rsquo;s &ldquo;Spirit&rsquo;s of the Western Sky&rdquo; solo tour in 2013 , which was also released as a DVD on EagleRock and &nbsp;is currently airing on PBS .</p>
<p>Alan &nbsp;co- produced and co-wrote &nbsp;for Moody Blues bassist John Lodge&rsquo;s CD &ldquo;10,000 Light Years Ago&rdquo; released on Cherry Records. Their song &ldquo;In My Mind&rdquo; was nominated for the 2015 UK PROG Awards &ldquo;Best Anthem.&rdquo; and in 2017 &nbsp;he also co-wrote, produced, did&nbsp;keys and backing vocals for the John Lodge Live in Birmingham DVD as well as his 2019&nbsp;release &ldquo;BYOND The Very Best Of&rdquo; on BMG . Alan is John Lodge&rsquo;s music director and keyboardist for his live band which just finished The &ldquo;Royal Affair&rdquo; 2019 summer tour in the US with Yes, Asia and Carl Palmer of ELP .</p>
<p>Hewitt&rsquo;s list of record production credits as both a producer and recording artist spans across the various major labels and genres. &nbsp;Composer for a long list of major film and television productions, Hewitt&rsquo;s credits include National Lampoon&rsquo;s Van Wilder, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, Survivor, MTV, Dancing With The Stars, and is a &nbsp;composer for the Oprah Winfrey shows (including Oprah&rsquo;s Big Give &amp; Dr Oz).&nbsp;He also has &nbsp;scored the music for Sony/Lionsgate TV series &ldquo;Tom Holland&rsquo;s Twisted Tales&rdquo; and many more.</p>
<p>The list of accolades from the industry includes The Golden Planet, New York International Film Fest Award, San Francisco Ocean Film Fest, both for best music score, 2 Global Music Awards, ESPY Award and 2 triple platinum albums, Warrant&rsquo;s Cherry Pie and Earth,Wind &amp; Fire&rsquo;s Best Of Vol 1. &nbsp;<br /><br />His latest project Alan Hewitt &amp; One Nation has won two Global Music&nbsp;Awards for 2015. &ldquo;Best Instrumental Album &amp; Best Instrumentalist&rdquo; Alan&rsquo;s latest project is a critically acclaimed&nbsp;fusion of great songs combined with great performances influenced by Return to Forever, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Todd Rungren&rsquo;s Utopia and others. &nbsp;</p>
<p><br />Alan Hewitt, keyboardist for The Moody Blues and multi-platinum composer/writer/producer, has assembled super bassist &nbsp;JV Collier from Bruce Hornsby Noisemakers, Grammy winning drummer Sonny Emory (EWF, Steely Dan, Bruce Hornsby), guitarist Jamie Glaser (Anderson/Ponty Band, Chick Corea&rsquo;s Electric Band, Lenny White Band), and 6 time Detroit music award winner, guitarist Duffy King to form &nbsp;<br />Alan Hewitt &amp; One Nation. This music has no boundaries nor relies on the current norm. Inspired, energetic, artful, melodic and edgy! &nbsp;Special guests on Evolution include phenom guitarist Orianthi from Michael Jackson&rsquo;s &ldquo;This is It&rdquo; and &ldquo;#1 You Tube Artist of the Year&rdquo; vocalist Alex Boye.</p>
<p>Alan is a vegetarian and passionate advocate for animal rights . He was a member of the Whale Rescue Team&nbsp;in&nbsp;Los Angeles and is on the board&nbsp;of &ldquo;Animal Fund / Earthviews Productions&rdquo; providing films&nbsp;on animal welfare issues and is now on the board of &ldquo;Fetch Fido A Flight&rdquo;, this group gives dogs from Oklahoma that are&nbsp;going to be euthanized a new life, flying them to pet partners where they will be adopted to loving homes. &nbsp; &nbsp;</p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Andy Tallent</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 09 Jun 2019 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Angela Tursi</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Angela Tursi is an Italian pianist and a singer based in London.
In 2015 she took a Master in Piano Classical Music at Conservatorio N.Piccinni in Bari and in 2017 she took a Master in Jazz Music at Conservatorio Nino Rot...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2021 00:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="">Angela Tursi is an Italian pianist and a singer based in London.</p>
<p class="">In 2015 she took a Master in Piano Classical Music at Conservatorio N.Piccinni in Bari and in 2017 she took a Master in Jazz Music at Conservatorio Nino Rota Monopoli where she studied with Gianni Lenoci.</p>
<p class="">In May 2018 she published her first album <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Blue-Paintings-Angela-Tursi/dp/B07D1DFXF9">BLUE PAINTINGS</a> about the connection between the colour blue and music, inspired by the Concerning the Spirituality on Art by the Russian painter W. Kandinsky.</p>
<p class="">Angela has performed her compositions during the Piano Lab Festival in Martina Franca in Italy, Open Piano at Feltrinelli bookshop in Milan, Oceania Exhibition at Royal Academy of Arts, Piano Day at Shoreditch Treehouse, Play Piano for the Planet and The Swiss Church, Covent Garden in London.</p>
<p class="">As a chorister, she has performed&nbsp;with several choirs at Casa de Musica in Porto, Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome, Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, Royal Court Theatre in London, National Concert Hall in Dublin, Casa del Jazz in Rome; and she sang&nbsp;for Matthew Herbert, the Brexit Big Band and for the Hugh Jackman London tour.</p>
<p class="">She has performed as assistant conductor on several projects with Esmeralda Conde Ruiz. She has written scores for two short films for <a href="https://www.screenjam.org/">ScreenJam Productions</a>: <a href="https://screenjam.org/hannah-i">Hannah &amp; I</a> and <a href="https://screenjam.org/life-after-death">Life After Death</a>.</p>
<p class="">In February 2020 she performed her new piano piece <a href="https://www.angelatursi.org/pure-love">Pure love</a> at Libreria Feltrinelli in Milan.</p>
<p class="">Pure love has been selected by several important British film festivals and won second prize in the Audience Award at the Brighton Rock Film Festival.</p>
<p class="">In September 2020 she released her new album &ldquo;Journey&rdquo;.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Angelo Rapan</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Pianist Angelo R&acirc;pan&rsquo;s musical pathway is both very similar to and also completely unlike most other artists who reside under the umbrella term of &ldquo;contemporary instrumental music&rdquo; today. It was a road that was challenging ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2018 22:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pianist Angelo R&acirc;pan&rsquo;s musical pathway is both very similar to and also completely unlike most other artists who reside under the umbrella term of &ldquo;contemporary instrumental music&rdquo; today. It was a road that was challenging at times and yet also filled with many rewarding moments and triumphs. More than anything else, his voyage to where (and who) he is now displays that the courage to follow your dreams, coupled with support and love from family, and fueled by passion, talent, and perseverance, can propel you to a lofty place and, with some luck along the way, make your dreams come true.</p>
<p>Angelo started taking piano lessons at a very early age. His mother, a classical musician herself, began tutoring him at age 4. By the age of 6, following in his sister&rsquo;s footsteps, he was accepted into the prestigious George Enescu Music Academy in his native Romania where he was a pupil of Cristina Georgescu. Six years later, he won his first piano competition, a national one at that, in Bucharest, Romania. Over the next several years, he took first and second place at competitions in Romania, Spain and Belgium. However, getting there took sacrifice by both him and his parents. His early studies allowed him to be close to his family, but by the age of 13, as the political climate in Romania worsened, his parents encouraged him to leave and he went to study at the Ars Nova Academy in Barcelona, Spain (which would later be followed by stints at schools in both Switzerland and Belgium). Even with his parents complete support, this was obviously not easy for a boy of 13 to do, but R&acirc;pan not only forged ahead, but prospered, earning a degree in Music Performance at Conservatoir Royal de Bruxelles in Belgium.</p>
<p>R&acirc;pan quickly ascended to higher heights in the classical music world in Europe and, after moving to America, in the United States as well. He has served as musical director for a variety of organizations in Belgium, New York, Hong Kong, and in his adopted home town of Memphis, Tennessee, where he now resides with his wife. His musical repertoire reaches far beyond his classical roots, encompassing music theatre, opera, dance repertoire, Argentinian tango, world music, and with the latest chapter in his life, contemporary instrumental music of a reflective, soothing nature. This latest page in the book of his life has culminated in his collaboration with the acclaimed production/engineering team of Will Ackerman and Tom Eaton at Imaginary Road Studios in Vermont.</p>
<p>The album that resulted from his visit to Vermont, Songs of Leaving, will be released in the summer of 2015, and it represents a return of sorts for the once shy Romanian boy who was more comfortable playing his own music at the piano than talking. He began an inner journey to explore music as a way of telling his life&rsquo;s story, communicating what it was like for him to endure his early struggles and finally find peace and fulfillment. A friend of his introduced him to the belief in life being an adventure to live and absorb, not so much a destination to achieve. As he recounts, the doorway to musical improvisation opened early. &ldquo;My first improvisation&hellip;was from age 6-7, [I was] very shy then, [and I] loved to stay in front of the piano and explore scenarios and pathways, discovering emotions that I never discovered with any other artistic expression.&rdquo; While classical, dance, opera and music theatre dominated his life once his formal studies ended, he has now returned to this more intuitive and emotive composing approach. When quizzed about his inspiration for Songs of Leaving, Angelo remarks &ldquo;Nature for sure, [and]&nbsp;visiting my grandparents every summer&nbsp;in Transylvania as a little boy&hellip;[it&rsquo;s] amazing the stories and tales that you hear from old folks up in the mountain&hellip;very creative and full of emotions.&nbsp; Life experiences. Thanking my parents for their sacrifice&hellip;My sister for her guidance. My wife for the inspiration and strength in very stormy moments in life.&nbsp; Faith and love that we chose to share with our human family along our journey, that can change our future.&rdquo;</p>
<p>There can be little doubt that, while his future may be full of new experiences and music collaborations as he forges ahead into relatively new musical territory, Angelo R&acirc;pan will not only do &ldquo;just fine,&rdquo; but will face what comes with courage, wit, and the will to weather whatever life has in store for him and he&rsquo;ll come out stronger, wiser, and eager to continue the journey.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Bob Yonker</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2020 04:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.544189453125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="268.377170562744" x="37.7430992126465" y="-681.629272460938" data-test="textbox">Growing up in the northeast, Bob's earliest musical memory</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.544189453125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="297.98197555542" x="37.9352607727051" y="-665.115417480469" data-test="textbox"> is of his mother singing and playing the piano in his</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.544189453125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="272.688804626465" x="37.9712905883789" y="-648.6015625" data-test="textbox"> childhood home. He can remember the curiosity while</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.544189453125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="286.200115203857" x="37.1425971984863" y="-632.087707519531" data-test="textbox"> watching her play and was always fascinated by the</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.544189453125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="272.953006744385" x="37.3227500915527" y="-615.573852539062" data-test="textbox">&nbsp;sounds created by the piano and how it worked.</text></p>
<p><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.544189453125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="301.092597961426" x="37.166618347168" y="-582.546142578125" data-test="textbox">At the age of 4, he began piano lessons, but after a year, </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.544189453125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="297.321464538574" x="37.9712905883789" y="-566.032287597656" data-test="textbox">his teacher realized that Bob was playing by ear and not reading</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.544189453125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="291.328441619873" x="37.9352607727051" y="-549.518432617188" data-test="textbox"> the notes. Bob had had his sister play the song for</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.544189453125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="299.591361999512" x="37.3107376098633" y="-533.004577636719" data-test="textbox"> him and Bob would then learn it by listening and was</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.544189453125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="272.292461395264" x="37.6470222473145" y="-516.49072265625" data-test="textbox">"found out" after playing his piece for a recital in the wrong</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.544189453125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="264.401836395264" x="37.1425971984863" y="-499.976867675781" data-test="textbox"> key. He later did learn how to read, but has always</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.544189453125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="298.96683883667" x="37.6470222473145" y="-483.463012695312" data-test="textbox"> been more comfortable playing his own style and his</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.544189453125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="141.526741027832" x="37.9712905883789" y="-466.949157714844" data-test="textbox"> own compositions best. </text></p>
<p><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.544189453125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="141.526741027832" x="37.9712905883789" y="-466.949157714844" data-test="textbox">B</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.544189453125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="278.42964553833" x="38.1274223327637" y="-433.921447753906" data-test="textbox">eing told by colleges that his style of music was not what</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.544189453125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="299.675426483154" x="37.1425971984863" y="-417.407623291016" data-test="textbox"> they were looking for without classical training, Bob decided</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.544189453125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="289.923198699951" x="37.6470222473145" y="-400.893768310547" data-test="textbox"> to change career paths and received a degree in</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.544189453125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="290.49974822998" x="37.9472732543945" y="-384.379913330078" data-test="textbox"> agricultural science from Penn State, and worked for many</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.544189453125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="270.659099578857" x="37.9352607727051" y="-367.866058349609" data-test="textbox"> years helping the environment, while working second</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.544189453125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="298.846714019775" x="37.4788780212402" y="-351.352203369141" data-test="textbox"> jobs in group homes for the mentally challenged,&nbsp;</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.544189453125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="265.014324188232" x="37.1425971984863" y="-334.838348388672" data-test="textbox">which he enjoyed immensely, as well as being the organist</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.544189453125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="251.23881149292" x="37.6470222473145" y="-318.324493408203" data-test="textbox">&nbsp;for multiple churches in his community.</text></p>
<p><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.544189453125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="296.793064117432" x="38.2475242614746" y="-285.296783447266" data-test="textbox">In the '90s, while still working full-time, Bob went back to school</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.544189453125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="300.840396881104" x="37.4788780212402" y="-268.782928466797" data-test="textbox"> and received a triple degree in Special Education,&nbsp;</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.544189453125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="286.836627960205" x="38.1274223327637" y="-252.269073486328" data-test="textbox">Elementary Education, and Early Childhood Education, </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.544189453125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="292.373302459717" x="37.1425971984863" y="-235.755218505859" data-test="textbox">which allowed him to switch career paths once again to become</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.544189453125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="174.314220428467" x="37.9112434387207" y="-219.241333007812" data-test="textbox">&nbsp;a special needs teacher.</text></p>
<p><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.544189453125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="299.182971954346" x="38.1274223327637" y="-186.213684082031" data-test="textbox">Now approaching his re-passioning years, Bob has been returning</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.544189453125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="279.94291305542" x="37.9352607727051" y="-169.699829101562" data-test="textbox"> to his first love - music - and has composed three</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.544189453125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="298.882724761963" x="37.3227500915527" y="-153.185974121094" data-test="textbox"> albums of contemplative and meditative solo piano music</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.544189453125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="155.962856292725" x="37.9352607727051" y="-136.672119140625" data-test="textbox">. His newest recording, </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.5442047119141" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="108.655136108398" x="194.205215454102" y="-136.672103881836" data-test="textbox">Peace In This Land</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.5442047119141" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="13.8115844726562" x="303.852600097656" y="-136.672103881836" data-test="textbox">, is comprised</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.5441970825195" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="301.981334686279" x="37.6470222473145" y="-120.158256530762" data-test="textbox"> of songs that were composed for individuals who</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.5442047119141" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="268.08890914917" x="37.1425971984863" y="-103.644401550293" data-test="textbox"> were seeking either physical and/or emotional healing</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.5442047119141" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="283.149559020996" x="37.9712905883789" y="-87.1305465698242" data-test="textbox">. Many of his co-workers use his music in their classrooms</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.5442047119141" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="238.231884002686" x="37.6470222473145" y="-70.6166915893555" data-test="textbox"> to help students study, focus and concentrate</text></p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Brenda Warren</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Pianist/Composer, songwriter and recording artist Brenda Warren began playing piano at four years of age and entered the Detroit Conservatory of Music at eight. Brenda chose to attend San Francisco State University to continue studying music and r...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2019 23:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pianist/Composer, songwriter and recording artist Brenda Warren began playing piano at four years of age and entered the Detroit Conservatory of Music at eight. Brenda chose to attend San Francisco State University to continue studying music and received a Bachelors degree in music composition and theory. While at San Francisco State she studied classical piano with Dutch concert pianist Herman Vanderkamp and after graduation with pianist/composer William Allaudin Mathieu. While in college and after graduation Brenda performed her original solo piano pieces throughout the Bay Area. Her senior thesis was"The Writing and Producing of a Musical" and she went on to write the musical "Breakfast in Marin" which ran in San Francisco for one year and was nominated for a Cable Car award for best musical. Brenda moved to Los Angeles and continued songwriting for other artists and formed a pop band which debuted at the legendary Troubador.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Shortly after moving to Los Angeles Brenda signed a recording contract with Priority Records and released her first collection of solo piano works entitled "Childhood Dreams". &nbsp;This debut album received worldwide airplay and many of the pieces have been used in tv and documentary films. Her music is featured in "Edens Lost and Found" &nbsp;and "The Grass is Greener" documentaries which aired on PBS. &nbsp;Brenda scored part of the documentary film &nbsp;"The Spirit in Architecture" about legendary architect John Lautner which premeried at MOCA in Los Angeles and has been screened worldwide.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Brenda released her second critically acclaimed solo piano album &nbsp;"As Years Go By". &nbsp;It was recorded at Warner Brothers Eastwood Scoring Stage with sound designer John Paul Fasal as her co-producer. Two of the pieces "Remembering You" and "Ancient One" feature the Los Angeles based string quartet &nbsp;"The Section Quartet" with arrangements by the founder violinist Eric Gorfain. &nbsp;Three selections from this album are included in two compilation albums, "Baby Chill" and "Piano Zen".&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Brenda is a member of the piano artist group Whisperings Solo Piano Radio founded by pianist/composer David Nevue. Her music can be heard on Pandora, Apple Music and Spotify as well as Music Soundscapes, Enlightened Piano Radio and many digital outlets. After a 10 year hiatus, &nbsp;Brenda released her third solo piano album 'Beautiful Journey" with instrumentation in April, 2018. It was recorded at Imaginary Road Studios in Vermont with Grammy award winning producer and Windham Hill founder Will Ackerman.&nbsp; This album features Grammy winning musicians adding their talents to many of the twelve new songs.&nbsp; Brenda performed one of the pieces from the new album at Carnegie Hall. &nbsp;"Imagine Spring" , the first track on "Beautiful Journey" is included in "The Gathering IV" &nbsp;compilation album featuring various artists produced by Will Ackerman.</p>
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<p>Primary among Brenda's influences are Erik Satie, Keith Jarrett, and her favorite artists Laura Nyro And Joni Mitchell. Her music is called "hypnotic" "joyful""introspective" "soothing" &nbsp;"healing" "romantic" &nbsp;and "quite gorgeous". One reviewer described her music after seeing her play live as &nbsp;"painting pictures with each piece". &nbsp;Improvisation has always been a part of Brenda's performances and "A Revelation" on 'Childhood Dreams' and "Goodnight" on 'As Years Go By' were improvised at the end of the recording sessions.&nbsp;</p>
<p>"Music has always been my passion. I sat down at the piano at 4 years old and I am still there, looking to find the magic in the keys. &nbsp;I am forever inspired to create pieces of music that are true expressions of what I feel but can't express in words."&nbsp;</p>
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      <title>Brian Golden</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Pianist, composer and recording artist Brian Golden was born in New York City and resides in Colorado. &nbsp;As a solo pianist, Golden's&nbsp;albums have aired on music networks and radio stations throughout the world inc...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2018 01:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: left;">Pianist, composer and recording artist Brian Golden was born in New York City and resides in Colorado. &nbsp;As a solo pianist, Golden's&nbsp;albums have aired on music networks and radio stations throughout the world including Pandora,&nbsp;Spotify,&nbsp;YouTube, Google Play and Apple Music. &nbsp;A classically-trained pianist, Golden is a graduate of the Crane School of Music at Potsdam,&nbsp;New York where he earned the&nbsp;<em>Performer's Certificate in Piano</em>&nbsp;as well as induction into the honorary music organization Kappa Delta Pi. &nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Among his many musical influences he includes J.S. Bach,&nbsp;Frederic Chopin, George Gershwin, Bela Bartok, Glenn Gould, Keith Jarrett, Hoagy Carmichael, Scott Joplin and The Beatles.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">In addition to his piano albums,&nbsp;Golden&nbsp;has also written music for dance and film and produces&nbsp;<em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.cricketdance.com/" rel="noopener">Ballets for Children</a></em>&nbsp;with his wife Christy, a classically-trained dancer and illustrator. &nbsp;Their album&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://www.cricketdance.com/ballets/fairy-light" rel="noopener"><em>Fairy Light</em></a>,&nbsp;is a recipient of a 2015&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://www.parents-choice.org/product.cfm?product_id=33641&amp;StepNum=1&amp;award=aw" rel="noopener">"Parents' Choice Award."</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;He&nbsp;has recently completed work on his&nbsp;<em><a href="http://www.briangoldencomposer.com/new-2">24 Preludes&nbsp;</a></em><em><a href="http://www.briangoldencomposer.com/new-2">for the Piano in Major and Minor Modes</a></em>, in the tradition of J.S. Bach and Frederic Chopin, available on this website.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Golden is the Music Composition Coordinator, and Instructor of Piano and Music Composition at&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://www.coloradoacademy.org/page/arts/music" rel="noopener">Colorado Academy</a>&nbsp;in Denver, where he has taught since 2000.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Bryan Cumming</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Bilateral Music CD contains one hour of meditative instrumental music, slowly panning back and forth from left to right, a technique designed specifically for use by EMDR clients.
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      <pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2018 01:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Bilateral Music CD contains one hour of meditative instrumental music, slowly panning back and forth from left to right, a technique designed specifically for use by EMDR clients.</div>
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<div>EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing) is a therapy that has been proven effective for the treatment of trauma. Bilateral stimulation, which can be achieved with music, is essential in EMDR therapy.</div>
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<div>The mission behind Bilateral Music is to provide relaxation for patients in betweentheir therapy sessions.</div>
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<div>Bryan composed and arranged the music, using acoustic guitars, gentle keyboards, wind instruments, light percussion, and the natural sounds of water and wind.</div>
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<div>The concept and cover photo for Bilateral Music were brought to life by Holly Cumming, Bryan's wife, who is also a therapist trained in EMDR.</div>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Cathy Oakes</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Cathy began piano lessons at the age of six, but quickly got bored. Her parents sold the piano when her mother found her lying on the piano stool tryin...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 04:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr"><span data-mce-mark="1">Cathy began piano lessons at the age of six, but quickly got </span><span data-mce-mark="1">bored. Her parents sold the piano when her mother found </span><span data-mce-mark="1">her lying on the piano stool trying to play with her toes! She </span><span data-mce-mark="1">found her love for music through marching band and high </span><span data-mce-mark="1">school choir and began to seriously study piano. She enrolled&nbsp;</span><span data-mce-mark="1">in the music program at West Virginia Wesleyan College, </span><span data-mce-mark="1">a small private college in the beautiful mountains of West </span><span data-mce-mark="1">Virginia. There she studied piano, voice, music theory and</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span data-mce-mark="1">history and choral conducting. She holds a bachelor's degree &nbsp;</span><span data-mce-mark="1">in music with an applied major in piano. After two years of </span><span data-mce-mark="1">trying to decide whether to major in piano or voice, she finally </span><span data-mce-mark="1">chose piano. Her professor said that she didn&rsquo;t really choose, </span><span data-mce-mark="1">she simply &ldquo;decided to sing on the piano.&rdquo;&nbsp; Her melodic style continues to sing through her compositions.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span data-mce-mark="1">Cathy has spent over 20 years in music ministry and has taught piano and voice for over 30 years. &nbsp;She serves as the Vice President and Director of Artist Relations at Enlightened Piano Radio, where she received the Lifetime Achievement Award for music and service to the arts in 2017. </span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span data-mce-mark="1">Mrs. Oakes composes and records her original music and has traveled nation-wide performing in various venues including Carnegie Hall (October 2015), Carnival Cruise Lines (2016), The Grand Ole Opry (2017), arts centers, piano halls, homes, churches, schools and opera houses. &nbsp;She has found her music voice and continues to compose and to be inspired by the beautiful sounds of nature, classical music and the music of many of her fellow piano artists.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>Her works include Like a Song (June 2012), which rose to #21 on the Zone Music Reporter chart, &nbsp;Let There Be Joy (October 2012), which was nominated for Holiday Album of the Year at SoloPiano.com and To See You Again (September 2013), which won the Best Solo Piano Album at the Enlightened Piano Radio Awards in 2016 and was a final qualifier for the 2015 ZMR Best Album &ndash; Solo Piano Award. &nbsp;Her fourth album, On the Other Side released on September 27, 2018. Her music can be heard on Pandora, Spotify, Soundscapes, iTunes, Enlightened Piano Radio , Whisperings Solo Piano Radio, Solo Piano Radio.com, Audiosyncracy and many other digital and terrestrial stations.</span></p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Chris Boardman</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Beginning his career in the film, television and recording industry in 1974, Chris Boardman has consistently worked at the top echelon of the entertainment industry. He has received an Academy Award nomination for &ldquo;...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2020 21:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="paragraph"><span>Beginning his career in the film, television and recording industry in 1974, Chris Boardman has consistently worked at the top echelon of the entertainment industry. He has received an Academy Award nomination for &ldquo;The Color Purple&rdquo;, 6 Emmy Awards, 13 Emmy nominations, ASCAP and BMI film awards and multiple platinum records for his work with such iconic artists as Quincy Jones, David Foster, Steven Speilberg, Julie Andrews, Shirley MacLaine, Barbara Streisand, Marvin Hamlisch and Josh Groban.</span><br /><span>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </span></div>
<div class="paragraph"><span>Well known in Hollywood circles as one of a handful of musicians who can write anything, Boardman&rsquo;s credits span both industry and genre. Whether it be conducting David Foster&rsquo;s &ldquo;World Children&rsquo;s Day&rdquo; for television, composing the 70&rsquo;s inspired score for Mel Gibson&rsquo;s &ldquo;Payback&rdquo;, arranging period dance music for &ldquo;Swing Kids&rdquo; and &ldquo;Meet Joe Black&rdquo;, orchestrating Anthony Newley&rsquo;s &ldquo;Chaplin&rdquo; for Broadway or leasing and producing solo recordings as an artist, Boardman embraces these challenges with characteristic integrity and passion. He is one of the most uniquely versatile and highly respected musicians in the industry. &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span></div>
<div class="paragraph"><span>In May 2018 Boardman finished a six-year stint as the Director of the Media Writing and Production program at the acclaimed Frost School of Music at The University of Miami. Boardman was twice nominated for &ldquo;Mentor Of The Year&rdquo; honors by The Graduate School of the University of Miami. Continuing his commitment to sharing his expertise Boardman has launched an online education company to continue impacting the lives of those desirous of pursuing a career in the music industry.<br />​</span><span>&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></div>
<div class="paragraph"><span>Always looking for new challenges, Boardman is the founder of a successful social media content consulting practice and is at the forefront of the fast-moving online media space. His current projects include bringing his talents and expertise to the concert hall, public speaking and appearing as a guest lecturer at universities across the country and around the world.</span></div>
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Composer, musician, and singer Christel Veraart finds the core of her inspiration in the many cultures she has experienced while living and working in ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2021 02:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<p class=""><span class=""><span class="" style="font-family: AvenirNext-Regular;">Composer, musician, and singer Christel Veraart finds the core of her inspiration in the many cultures she has experienced while living and working in various parts of the world. Her music has featured internationally in film, dance, and stage productions, and was broadcast nationally and internationally. Christel&rsquo;s compositions range from solo and small ensemble to large orchestra, drawing on a wide variety of musical and cultural influences. Her music is described as ambient, meditative, avant-garde classical.</span></span></p>
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<p class=""><span class=""><span class="" style="font-family: AvenirNext-Regular;">Christel trained in classical piano and voice, but it was only when she left Europe to explore South America that she was able to find her own voice. She grew up in the Netherlands but started roaming the world at an early age. Christel lived in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico, moved to the US in 2001, where she lived in California, Hawaii, and Alaska. In 2018, she moved to Indonesia and Australia before returning to the US in 2019. Each place she has lived has given her a wealth of material for her music, and as a multi-linguist she is grateful for how each new language has provided her with an entirely new sound vocabulary in which to express herself.</span></span></p>
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      <title>Christi Stills</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Christi Stills embarked on her journey of "composing" music at a young age. Being an only child in a quiet home opened many doors for imagination and creativity. After years of learning through opportunities, mostly in church settings, she discove...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2022 21:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Christi Stills embarked on her journey of "composing" music at a young age. Being an only child in a quiet home opened many doors for imagination and creativity. After years of learning through opportunities, mostly in church settings, she discovered that others were interested in listening to her hymn arrangements.&nbsp;</p>
<p>She recorded a couple of CDs and transcribed the arrangements onto sheet music. After encouraging reviews, she became inspired to create and share some original music, which has since been well received by listeners around the globe.</p>
<p>In other windows of her schedule, Christi also enjoys consuming dark chocolate, drinking coffee, reading, hiking, tutoring kids who learn "outside the box," and creating more new tunes to share. On an important note, she is called "DiDi" by the world's two cutest tiny humans.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Thank you for weaving these instrumental melodies into your life story as you study, relax, or take time to heal. Remember that - "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change." &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Christine Brown</title>
      <description><![CDATA[A gifted solo pianist and composer, Christine Brown&rsquo;s music is a unique blend of contemporary, new age and classical sounds. With her graceful, elegant touch, Christine uses the piano to paint colorful landscapes ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2018 19:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="p1"><span class="s1">A gifted solo pianist and composer, Christine Brown&rsquo;s music is a unique blend of contemporary, new age and classical sounds. With her graceful, elegant touch, Christine uses the piano to paint colorful landscapes with her thoughtful, musical interpretations of life&rsquo;s emotions and experiences. &ldquo;Ascend&rdquo; is Christine&rsquo;s 12th album, following the award-winning CD &ldquo;Seamless&rdquo;, awarded&nbsp;<strong>&ldquo;Best Pop/Rock Piano Album 2016&rdquo;</strong>&nbsp;by&nbsp;<a href="http://solopiano.com/"><span class="s2">SoloPiano.com</span></a>, her unique arrangements of classic cover songs, blending classical and new age pieces into clever medleys to create a sophisticated and seamless musical tapestry. &ldquo;Souvenirs&rdquo; was awarded&nbsp;<strong>&ldquo;Best Solo Piano Album of 2014&rdquo;</strong>&nbsp;by Whisperings Solo Piano Radio, selected from over 100 solo piano albums. Christine was also honored to be recognized by Kawai Pianos in 2014 as an official&nbsp;<strong><em>Kawai Piano Artist</em></strong>.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>Previous releases, &ldquo;Promise&rdquo; (2009) and &ldquo;The Wishing Well&rdquo; (2011), were both nominated by Whisperings for &ldquo;Piano Album of the Year&rdquo;. Her compositions have received numerous accolades, including named on &ldquo;Mainly Piano Favorites List&rdquo; for A Classic Christmas (2012), Souvenirs (2014), and Seamless (2016).</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Since the young age of three, Christine has been fascinated by the piano. Receiving the highest honors given by the Guild National Piano Auditions, Christine&rsquo;s childhood classical training is evident in her melodic and thematic compositions, while rich harmonies reflect her background in accompanying various choral groups. From Chopin to Joplin, her influences were varied and many, and she also enjoyed creating her own arrangements of popular songs. While earning a business degree at the University of Colorado Boulder, Christine was inspired by George Winston&rsquo;s new age genre of solo piano, yet the piano remained only a hobby for many years.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">&ldquo;In 1990, my mother requested a cassette tape<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>of my piano music for her birthday, so I went to a local recording studio. It was then that I rediscovered my passion for playing the piano, and I realized my gift to her was really her gift to me.&rdquo; Sadly, her mother passed away just months later. Christine immersed herself into the piano to comfort her grief and voice her emotions, releasing heartfelt compositions that captured listeners. These early compositions were featured on well received solo piano compilation albums, Piano Portraits (1992) and Summer Stories (1994), distributed by Sugo Records. Christine was inspired to release her own solo piano CD, Winter Tapestry (1997). Married and raising two young sons, she also arranged collections of children&rsquo;s songs, Childhood (2004) and Childhood II (2011), Believe (2004), Christmas On My Mind (2004), and Piano Stories (2006).</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Christine&rsquo;s fans have written, &ldquo;There is a richness to your sound, a refined elegance and passionate intelligence that could only come from working hard at your craft, &rdquo; and &rdquo;&hellip;her music is vibrant, colorful and full of life.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>Skilled at the art of blending chords and note progressions into beautiful aural tapestries, her music is at once a welcome retreat from the mundane and ordinary. Her emotions come through her music&hellip;and through her music, she is able to reach out and touch the hearts of millions of appreciative piano music fans.&rdquo; Christine&rsquo;s music can be heard worldwide, featured on Spotify, Pandora, iTunes, Amazon, and most internet and cable/satellite stations.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p>Christine&rsquo;s fans have written, &ldquo;There is a richness to your sound, a refined elegance and passionate intelligence that could only come from working hard at your craft&rdquo;, and &ldquo;Her music is vibrant, colorful and full of life. Skilled at the art of blending chords and note progressions into beautiful aural tapestries, her music is at once a welcome retreat from the mundane and ordinary. Christine&rsquo;s emotions come through her music, and she is able to reach out and touch the hearts of millions of appreciative piano music fans.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Christine is married, has two sons, and currently resides in San Diego, CA.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Pianist and composer&nbsp;<a href="http://christopherboscole.com/new_age_piano_about.html"><span class="s2">Christopher Boscole</span></a>&nbsp;has released&nbsp;<a href="http://christopherboscole.com/neoclassical_new_age_piano_CDs.html"><span class="s2">ten albums</span></a>&nbsp;of inspiriational and uplifting piano music. New Age, Neoclassical, Ambient, Jazz, Piano, Music, Easy Listening, Mood, Melodic, Happy. Modern impressionist piano music that is relaxing and meditative.</span></p>
<p class="p2">Boscole's music is both captivating and amicable, the more one listens, the more it becomes like a familiar friend. The music can both shine in the spotlight with the volume up or&nbsp;<a href="http://christopherboscole.com/neoclassical_piano_CD_shimmer.html"><span class="s2"><em>shimmer</em></span></a>&nbsp;in the twilight with the volume down as background music. These endearing qualities contribute to its popularity as Christopher's last four releases all charted in the top 10 for world radio play at&nbsp;<a href="http://www.zonemusicreporter.com/"><span class="s2">ZMR</span></a>.</p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s2"><a href="http://christopherboscole.com/neoclassical_piano_CD_new_age_of_classical_piano.html"><em>A New Age of Classical Piano</em></a></span><span class="s1">&nbsp;was nominated by dj's worldwide for neo-classical album of the year.&nbsp;<a href="http://christopherboscole.com/christmas_piano_CD_christmas_tree.html"><span class="s2"><em>O Christmas Tree</em></span></a>&nbsp;was nominated for Best Holiday Album with unique arrangements of timeless xmas favorites plus original compositions to warm your winter fireside.&nbsp;<a href="http://christopherboscole.com/neoclassical_piano_CD_presents_angels.html"><span class="s2"><em>Presents of Angels</em></span></a>&nbsp;was nominated for 2009 album of the year by&nbsp;<a href="http://www.solopianoradio.com/"><span class="s2">Whisperings Solo Piano Radio</span></a>. For smooth contemporary jazz piano ensemble check out&nbsp;<a href="http://christopherboscole.com/jazz_fusion_piano_CD_september_song.html"><span class="s2"><em>September Song</em></span></a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://christopherboscole.com/smooth_jazz_piano_CD_land_of_music.html"><span class="s2"><em>Land of Music</em></span></a>&nbsp;with vocals.&nbsp;<a href="http://christopherboscole.com/jazz_piano_CD_natural_instincts.html"><span class="s2"><em>Natural Instincts</em></span></a>&nbsp;delivers traditional acoustic jazz piano trio with bass and drums joined by trumpet, saxophone, and trombone.</span></p>]]></content:encoded>
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