Matt Van  Brink, composer, pianist, accordionist

May 16, 2012

Be Music, Night Published

Be Music, Night
for SATB choir a cappella
commissioned by C4
published by Hayo

Hayo | HY2077G


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May 13, 2012

Students of Concordia Conservatory performed Echo Song

Students of Concordia Conservatory's Chamber Music Program premiered ECHO SONG, commissioned for them for their performance on 12 May 2012 at Concordia College's Sommer Center. Having an inclusive chamber music program open to all instruments and abilities inevitably results a few unusual ensembles, and finding repertoire is a amusing challenge! Sometimes an arrangement of an existing piece does the trick, and in fact some short baroque pieces lend themselves quite cheerfully to flexible instrumentation. But by utilizing the composers at the Conservatory, we can combine students of roughly similar ability in sometimes oddball instrumentations. ECHO SONG, for example, is for three guitarists and piano four-hands!

live performance by students of Concordia Conservatory

May 7, 2012

Photos from Hong Kong & The Intimacy of Creativity 2012

I just spent two rewarding weeks on the campus of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, taking part in Bright Sheng's program there, called The Intimacy of Creativity. I will be writing a short piece about the experience for NewMusicBox, but in the meantime here is a hemorrhage of photos from the workshops and from touring around Hong Kong. LINK.

April 4, 2012

Interview with Victoria Bond

In which I cut an edge with C Major, discussing my piece ONLY THE PIANO WILL GIVE US OUR PEACE, which will be performed by the Great Noise Ensemble on Victoria Bond's Cutting Edge Concerts at Symphony Space on April 16.


April 2, 2012

San Francisco Choral Artists performed They Disappear

in three Bay Area concerts March 11-18.
SATB chorus, violin, cimbalom and contrabass | 4 mins
setting of "So" by Abraham Reisen, translated by Leonard Wolf

live performance by San Francisco Choral Artists, Magen Solomon director

March 8, 2012

Singing in Good Company

Here is a nice preview interview with director Magen Solomon for San Francisco Choral Artists' concerts on 11-18 March.

February 21, 2012

George Psomas performed "Falling with Grace"

at Soundscapes, December 12, 2011. Orchestrated and conducted by MVB

February 3, 2012

San Francisco Choral Artists performed Lull the Solemn Night

... in concerts in December in San Francisco, Oakland, Palo Alto and San Anselmo. The piece is a setting for mixed chorus a cappella of the poem setting of "Carol" by Thomas Merton


San Francisco Choral Artists. Magen Solomon, director

January 31, 2012

The World Youth Choir performed "White, Those That Stayed Still"

And they blew me away from their first notes. This is a recording of the dress rehearsal; there's there's a baby in the hall making cute baby noises toward the end, but I sort of like it.


World Youth Choir, Grete Pedersen, conducting, December 2011

more about WHITE, THOSE THAT STAYED STILL

December 24, 2011

Scrap Happy 2012: 100 mp3s!

100 favorites, new and old. Das Schnitzel macht dich glücklich!
LINK (100 mp3s, 438MB).

Previously: Scrap Happy 2011, Scrap Happy 2010, Scrap Happy 2009, Scrap Happy 2008

December 19, 2011

My Year in Composing 2011

They Disappear (December)
Lull the Solemn Night (September)
Arrangements for Polkastra (June)
Flip the Switch (July)
The Loudest Voice (July)
Where are You Now (March)
Flopitopitot (February)

Publication & recording of Sonata for Alto Saxophone & Piano
Publication of Flopitopitot
Publication of White, Those That Stayed Still

My Year in Cities 2011

Ko Lanta, Thailand
Bangkok, Thailand

Brooklyn, NY *
Bronxville, NY
East Northport, NY *
Lincoln, NH *
Manhattan, NY *
San Francisco, CA
Santa Cruz, CA

Ocean Beach, NY
Tuckahoe, NY *
Manchester, UK
Metaxata, GR
Athens, GR

Iraklio, GR
Chania, GR
Paleachora, GR
Chora Sfakia, GR

Pigadia, GR *
Diafani, GR

Rhodes Town, GR
Marmaris, TK
Pamukkale, TK

Goreme, TK
Konya, TK
Antalya, TK
Olympos, TK

Istanbul, TK
Montreal, QC
Oslo, NO

September 20, 2011

Flopitopitot published

Flopitopitot published by Hayo Music

Hayo Music | HY15.017.0

August 29, 2011

SFCA Composer-not-in-Residence

I am San Francisco Choral Artists' 2012 Composer Not-in-Residence. I will write three new works which they will perform throughout their 2011-2012 season

August 17, 2011

White, Those that Stayed Still published

White, Those that Stayed Still published by earthsongs

earthsongs | S-358
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