Matt Van  Brink, composer, pianist, accordionist

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

July 20, 2011

"Maestro in the Making..."

Here's a lovely profile of my student JP Redmond in The Bronxville-Eastchester Patch. LINK

July 10, 2011

Sax Sonata recorded

Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano recorded by Noah Getz & Andrew Simspson on Still Life (Albany).

Albany Records | TROY1276

May 6, 2011

Erfection, Brooklyn

Union Street, Gowanus, Brooklyn

January 23, 2011

Picc your Poison

Is it arts awareness? Is it a spell checking error? Who cares! It's great! Spotted at Concordia College, New York:

January 14, 2011

My Year in Books 2010

Alpha by author (including children's books).

Dan Brown: Angels & Demons
Andre Agassi: Open: An Autobiography
Woody Allen: Without Feathers
Woody Allen: Side Effects
Dan Brown: The Lost Symbol
Charles Burns: Black Hole
Dave Cullen: Columbine
Roald Dahl: Kiss Kiss
Roald Dahl: George's Marvelous Medicine
Jonathan Safran Foer Eating Animals
Stieg Larsson: The Girl Who Played with Fire
Stieg Larsson: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo  
Charles Mingus: Beneath the Underdog: His World as Composed by Mingus  
Alan Moore: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1  
Alan Moore: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 2  
Joshua Prager: The Echoing Green: The Untold Story of Bobby Thomson, Ralph Branca and the Shot Heard Round the World
Matthew Reinhart & Robert Sabuda: Encyclopedia Mythologica: Fairies and Magical Creatures
Borat Sagdiyev: BORAT: Touristic Guidings to Minor Nation of U.S. and A. and Touristic Guidings to Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
David Sedaris: Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays
David Sedaris: When You Are Engulfed in Flames
Charles Seife: Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea
Lemony Snicket: The Ersatz Elevator (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 6)  
Lemony Snicket: The Austere Academy (A Series of Unfortunate Events #5)
Lemony Snicket: The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events #8)
Lemony Snicket: The Carnivorous Carnival (A Series of Unfortunate Events # 9)
Lemony Snicket: The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events #7)
Sarah Vowell: Radio On: A Listener's Diary
Andrew Zimbalist: Baseball And Billions: A Probing Look Inside The Big Business Of Our National Pastime  

January 1, 2011

My Year in Concerts & Shows 2010

I keep lists.

Continue reading "My Year in Concerts & Shows 2010" »

December 31, 2010

My Year in Cities 2010

My Year in Cities 2010

Brooklyn, NY *
East Northport, NY *
Cleveland, OH
Toronto, ON
Bronxville, NY
Manhattan, NY
Lincoln, NH *
Peterborough, NH
Greenport, NY
Bangkok, Thailand *
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Chiang Kong, Thailand
Pakbeng, Laos
Luang Prabang, Laos
Vang Vieng, Laos
Vientiane, Laos
Phuket, Thailand
Ko Phi Phi, Thailand
Ko Lanta, Thailand

One or more nights spent in each place. Cities marked with * represent non-consecutive nights. Previously: Year in Cities 2003-2009

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