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Red Rocks 2021 – Joe Bongiorno & Brad Jacobsen

Listen to a recent solo piano concert by Joe Borngiorno and Brad Jacobsen. It was performed live for a Facebook audience above Sedona, Arizona, and features the Kawai ES-920 digital piano. I included the song list from the concert, as well as all the albums that contain them. I love their music and the setting, and thought you might enjoy more of their music too.

Videos

Piano Haven: Red Rocks 2021 – Joe Bongiorno & Brad Jacobsen (Sep 2021) – 1 hr 7 min

Song List

Joe Bongiorno

  • Face to Face – Mesmerized (2009)
  • Call of the Canyon – Love’s Light (2016)

Brad Jacobsen

  • Winter’s Tale – Thirteen Tales (2013)
  • Autumn Walk – Road Home (2011)

Joe Bongiorno

  • I’ll See You Again – When All is Quiet (2020)
  • Come Home to Me – Flight of a Dream (2013)

Brad Jacobsen

  • What the Moon Saw – Thirteen Tales (2013)
  • Path – Shadowlight (2020)

Joe Bongiorno

  • Melancholy Morning – Somewhere Within (2007)
  • Darkness Fades (New – Not released yet)

Brad Jacobsen

  • In the Pines – In the Pines (2012)
  • Abundance – Shadowlight (2020)

Albums

These are the albums that include the songs from this concert.

Mesmerized – Joe Bongiorno (2009) – 12 songs, 53 min

Love’s Light – Joe Bongiorno (Sep 2016) – 13 songs, 59 min

Somewhere Within – Joe Bongiorno (2007) – 11 songs, 53 min

Forever More: The Very Best of (2012) – Joe Bongiorno – 15 songs, 1 hr 11 min

When All is Quiet – Joe Bongiorno (2020) – 10 songs, 45 min

Flight of a Dream – Joe Bongiorno (2013) – 12 songs, 54 min

Symfonia (Orchestrated by Doug Hammer) – Joe Bongiorno (2015) – 10 songs, 46 min

Thirteen Tales – Brad Jacobsen (2013) – 14 songs, 51 min

Shadowlight – Brad Jacobsen (2020) – 10 songs, 42 min

In the Pines – Brad Jacobsen (2012) – 12 songs, 51 min

Road Home – Brad Jacobsen (2011) – 12 songs, 42 min

Listen to more music by Joe Bongiorno or Brad Jacobsen.

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Conspirare: Holiday Big Sing at Home

Participate in the joy of singing with Conspirare for Holiday Big Sing at Home presented on December 22, 2020 at 5:30 pm Central.

Experience the joy of singing as we come together from our homes. For this special Holiday Big Sing at Home, Craig leads the singing from the piano and with a mix of cherished holiday favorites, pop songs, and the Hallelujah Chorus. Conspirare Symphonic Choir continues to serve as hosts and we also welcome singers from our national roster, guitarist Mitch Watkins, and percussionist Thomas Burritt. Lyrics will be on-screen, and you can converse in real-time with the artists in the chat feature.

You can view the Conspirare Holiday Big Sing at Home program on the event webpage, including a PDF booket with lyrics. Click on this link to view this live streaming program, which will still be available through Jan 6, 2021.

Holiday Big Sing at Home – Dec 22, 2020 – 46 min

Please consider a contribution to help engage the power of music to change lives, as well as heal, transform, and elevate the human spirit. Your investment provides the gift of Conspirare’s music to everyone and keeps their nationwide roster of artists employed. There is also a link to go directly to the concert without any donation. Thank you.

Videos

These video recordings from the recent Conspirare Christmas 2020 virtual concert, as well as previous live concerts at The Tobin Center in San Antonio are also available for you to watch.

Conspirare Christmas 2020 – 1 hr 30 min

Conspirare Christmas 2019 – 2 hr

Conspirare Christmas 2018 – 1 hr 57 min

Conspirare Christmas 2017 – 1 hr 53 min

Listen to more of their music at my Conspirare post with additional albums, videos, and links.

Conspirare Christmas 2020
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Conspirare Christmas 2020

Listen to a Conspirare virtual concert of Conspirare Christmas 2020 presented on December 7, 2020 at 7:30 pm Central. This streaming, in-home concert has free admission and no RSVP is needed.

Begin the holidays with songs that go deep with love, courage, and hope. Artistic Director Craig Hella Johnson curates this beloved concert bridging everyday songs with seasonal favorites that speak to our hearts.  This year’s Conspirare Christmas will feature surprise cameos and is a unique virtual choir offering created in the spirit of this beloved annual concert.

Live Concert on Dec 7, 2020 (Mon) @ 7:30 pm Central

Craig Hella johnson and Conspirare are excited to welcome the following special guests:

  • Patty Griffin, multiple Grammy-winning singer-songwriter
  • Joyce DiDonato and Frederica von Stade, internationally-acclaimed mezzo-sopranos
  • Carrie Rodriguez, singer-songwriter and 2017 guest artist
  • members of African Children’s Choir, Dallas Street Choir and Conspirare Symphonic Choir

You can view the Conspirare Christmas program on the event webpage. A printable Conspirare Christmas 2020 program is also availble.

Click on this link to view the recorded live virtual concert, which will still be available through Jan 6, 2021.

Conspirare Christmas 2020 – 1 hr 45 min

Please consider a contribution to help engage the power of music to change lives, as well as heal, transform, and elevate the human spirit. Your investment provides the gift of Conspirare’s music to everyone and keeps their nationwide roster of artists employed. There is also a link to go directly to the concert without any donation. Thank you.

Videos

These video recordings from previous concerts at The Tobin Center in San Antonio are also available for you to watch.

Conspirare Christmas 2019 – 2 hr

Conspirare Christmas 2018 – 1 hr 57 min

Conspirare Christmas 2017 – 1 hr 53 min

Listen to more of their music at my Conspirare post with additional albums, videos, and links.

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Conspirare – Unity: Songs of Invitation

Listen to the a Conspirare virtual concert of Unity: Songs of Invitation presented over the weekend as a streaming event via YouTube.

Unity invites viewers into a reverie that breaks new ground and elevates the virtual concert space from the familiar grid of squares. Artistic Director Craig Hella Johnson will ground the concert in two selections of Bach, connecting with the organization’s musical roots and including Conspirare favorites “Requiem,” “1000 Beautiful Things,” and Samuel Barber’s iconic “Agnus Dei.” The timely poetry of Joy Harjo, Erika Fine, N. Scott Momaday, and Herman Hesse complete the program. South African Director Andrew Timm and his team have masterfully combined the elements of the artists’ audio and video recordings and will stage them in a virtual 3-D amphitheater design. Timm and his team were influenced by Kintsugi, the Japanese art of using gold to repair cracks in a piece of broken pottery.

The program is available as a PDF document for viewing and/or printing here. If you prefer to watch this video directly on YouTube in another window (or even full-screen), click on this link or “YouTube” on the bottom right in the embedded player below. If you don’t have time for the entire program, you might just watch them perform God Bless America.

Videos

Unity: Songs of Invitation (Nov 2, 2020) – 1 hr

God Bless America (from Unity) – 3 mins

Listen to more of his music at my Conspirare post with additional albums, videos, and links.

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Piano Haven Concerts

Listen to free live solo piano concerts this weekend by Michael Martinez and Joe Bongiorno from Sedona, Arizona. On Saturday Oct 17 at 6:30 PM Central time, they will perform out in nature amidst the Red Rocks, and on Sunday Oct 18 at 8pm Central time in Piano Haven Studio. These studio-quality live HD concerts will be presented live on Facebook Live. Please consider leaving a tip for the artists.

How to Watch

Click HERE, “like” the page, and the show will should appear in your feed at start time. You can also go straight to the page at concert time and the broadcast will show up as the first “post”. Click the “play” arrow in the post image and un-mute the volume in the player. In the meantime, sit back and enjoy the videos below.

facebook.com/pianohaven

Videos

Tender Love – Michael Martinez (2019) – 5 min

Imagine This – Joe Bongiorno (2020) – 4 min

Mystical – Joe Bongiorno (2018) – on Into the Wind – 5 min

Fly for Her – Joe Bongiorno (2018) – 5 min

With You in Spirit – Joe Bongiorno (2019) – 4 min

Feeling the Distance – Joe Bongiorno (2018) – 4 min

Melancholy Morning – Joe Bongiorno (2015) – 6 min

Flight of a Dream – Joe Bongiorno (2014) – 5 min

Awaking Moment – Joe Bongiorno (2014) – 5 min

A Candlelight Waltz – Joe Bongiorno (2011) – 5 min

Mesmerized – Joe Bongiorno (2010) – 5 min

Listen to more music by Michael Martinez or Joe Bongiorno.

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Conspirare: Go Light Your World

Listen to choral music by Conspirare on their latest album Go Light Your World from their Christmas 2018 concert with special guests Ruthie Foster and Matt Alber that was recorded live st the Carillon in Austin, Texas. I also included another recent album.

Albums

Go Light Your World (2020) – 21 songs, 1 hr 11 min

 

The Hope of Loving (2019) – 15 songs, 1 hr 19 min

 

Listen to more of their music at my Conspirare post with additional albums, videos, and links.

Photo credit: Go Light Your World @ Amazon (album cover)

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Music Calendars

I’m trying to catch up from being dormant last year, so I’m looking over everything and doing some necessary maintenance. These are a few initial changes.

Music Calendars

I updated my Music Calendar pages, as well as the Music menu options. I created  new Music Calendars for Jan 2020 and Feb 2020, as well as an annual index for 2020 and a master index of all music.

Piano Haven Concerts

Also, I updated the Piano Haven Concert Series post so more visitors would get to enjoy this wonderful music. I made it “sticky” so it always appears first (even before my Welcome page), embedded the concert videos inline rather than links to separate tabs, and included links to more music for many of the artists.

Feedback

I would love to hear whether you like these features, and if there is anything else I can do to improve my site. Comments are encouraged here, and I really appreciate the feedback and suggestions. Of course, you can always use the Contact page under the About menu as well. Thanks.

 

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Piano Haven Concert Series

During the weekend Jan 20-21, 2020 Piano Haven Studio from Sedona, Arizona held a special solo piano concert series at Kim’s Pianos in Stanton, California (Orange county). These high-quality live concerts were presented on Facebook Live, but the videos are still available for you to enjoy.

Each one is over 2 hours, including even additional solo piano performances during the show’s intermission. I have also included links to my music pages for many of these artists if you would like to listen to more of their music.

Concert # 1 – Saturday, January 20, 2020

The first concert on Saturday featured Matthew Mayer, Joe Yamada, Joe Bongiorno, Michele McLaughlin, and David Nevue, with special guest Michael Whalen. Intermission includes previous live performances by Janine De Lorenzo, Dan Chadburn, Michael Martinez, Emilee Hartley, and Wayne Gratz.

The audio breaks up briefly during Joe Yamada’s performance, but just be patient because it doesn’t last long.

Concert #2 – Sunday, January 21, 2020

The second concert on Sunday featured Steve Rivera, Michael Martinez, Scott D. Davis, Joseph Akins, and Doug Hammer, with special guest Pam Asberry. Intermission includes previous live performances by Brad Jacobsen, Adam Andrews, Ryan Marvel, and Neil Patton. This concert actually starts about 15 minutes into the recording.

Tickets to each concert were $30, but you get to hear them free. Of course, you can donate to their Internet Broadcast Tip Jar to show your appreciation and benefit the artists (just click HERE).

I updated this post so more visitors would get to enjoy this wonderful music. I included links to more music for many of the artists, and included a bookmark link to this post in the sidebar.

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Conspirare: Christmas 2017

Listen to the Conspirare Christmas concert with Austin singer-songwriter Carrie Rodriguez as special guest that was recorded live on Dec 10 at 7:30 pm CST from the Tobin Center in San Antonio, Texas.

It was streamed on their YouTube channel at Conspirare Christmas, but it is still available so you can watch it whenever you have time to enjoy it.  Sometimes it’s not easy to catch these live events, especially during this busy time of the year. Please see  the Conspirare website for more information. A PDF version of the printed program is available here.

Conspirare is a Grammy® award-winning choral ensemble that creates exceptional concert experiences and world-class recordings under the incomparable direction of Craig Hella Johnson. A repertoire as diverse as our talent showcases our artists’ rigorous classical training while expressing the voices of distinctive composers from Bach to Barber, Handel to Kyr, Lassus to Lang.  Inspired by the power of music to transform lives, Conspirare performances are musical magic.

If you have never experienced listening to Conspirare, they are absolutely wonderful!  Truly amazing.  This is your opportunity to hear them live.  If you have a smart TV, Apple TV, or Roku, you can enjoy the event on a large screen and high-quality  speakers.

They were excited to share this program with friends around the world. Please invite your friends and family to watch too!

Christmas 2017 – Tobin Center in San Antonio, Texas (Dec 10, 2017) – 1 hr 55 min

 

Albums

Enjoy their Christmas albums recorded live at The Carillon in Austin, Texas..

Beautiful City – Christmas 2016 – 28 songs, 1 hr 11 min

 

Singing Heart – Christmas 2015 – 29 songs, 1 hr 12 min

 

Unclouded Day – Christmas 2013 – 32 songs, 1 hr 17 min

 

One Voice – Christmas 2012 – 27 songs, 1 hr, 13 min

 

Love Again – Christmas 2007 – 29 songs, 1 hr, 18 min

Listen to more of his music at my Conspirare post with additional albums, videos, and links. This new album has been included there as well along with an updated playlist.

Photo credit: Beautiful City – Christmas 2016 @ Amazon (album cover)

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Michael Logozar & Louis Landon

I had the wonderful opportunity to attend a Whisperings solo piano concert by Michael Logozar & Louis Landon last night at the Steinway Piano Gallery showroom in Austin, Texas. We were lucky to have a front row seat listening to them play a 9-foot Steinway model D Concert Grand piano. I have attended several house concerts at Michael & Kendra Logozar’s, but this was the first time I had the chance to meet Louis and hear him in person.

Concert Playlist

It was a lovely evening listening to their music, and I thought I would share the concert playlist for you to enjoy as well. They finished the evening with a two-person improvisation based on just 3 notes selected by an audience member. Amazing talent!

Michael Logozar & Louis Landon (Playlist) – Whisperings concert @ Steinway Austin (3/31/17) – 17 songs, 1 hr 10 min

 

Extended Playlists

These are my extended playlists if you would like to listen to more of their music, and click on artist names for albums, videos, and links.

Michael Logozar (Playlist) – 37 songs, 2 hr 31 min

 

Louis Landon (Playlist) – 70 songs, 5 hr 18 min