Category: News

Here is the beginning of a ripple effect of art-consciousness….inspired by Bridge Music, Monticello High School in NY does their own performance in their auditorium with the auditorium as the instrument! It has taken me awhile to get this post up, but here it is. Click here for the Times Herald Record news story. The AP Music Theory class and… Read more →

Stills from the upcoming Greenpeas TV video series of 3 episodes featuring notable chefs creating their cuisine at the Bridge Music installations on the Mid Hudson Bridge. Pictured  here is Peter Kelly and the food table of Noah Sheetz, Executive Chef to the Governor of NY. All pix copyright by Franc Palaia. Read more →

Here is a notice from the Behringer company on their “Instrument of the Week” blog for July 13, 2010  regarding their equipment that was used for Bridge Music: http://www.behringer.com/news/ Read more →

I begin filming the first of 3 episodes today (July 6, 2010)  for a series on the GreenpeasTV.tv internet channel. This will feature notable chefs doing their thing at the Bridge Music installation on the Mid Hudson Bridge. Noah Sheetz, Executive Chef to New York’s Governor Paterson will strut his stuff for the cameras and special guests blues musician Albert… Read more →

These photos were taken by Ed Thompson while standing on the west shore of the Hudson River. I was shooting a video for Greenpeas TV in front of his “Bridge Music” installation. Ed Thompson is a drummer and one of the  biggest fans of Bridge Music. He happens to live on the west shore of the Hudson just below the… Read more →

The Western Wind sings my “Oseh Shalom” with Cantor Gail Hirschenfang, Saturday June 12 at Congregation Shir Chadash in Poughkeepsie, NY. Read more →

Went to Rosendale yesterday and saw Johnny Poux’s concrete artwork exhibit. Friends, if you haven’t seen his work, it’s not what you think. It’s concrete alright and heavy as you’d expect, but the pieces move with the wind as light as a feather. This guy is the real deal.  Check out his videos at  www.johnnypouxdesign.com. Read more →

I had a nice lunch at Cafe Bocca in Poughkeepsie today with Jane Watson, producer for Green Peas TV. Green Peas is a web food show with local farms, chefs, recipes etc. very cool! If you don’t know them, check them out, especially if you love fresh Hudson Valley foodstuffs. Or if, like me, you just like the word “foodstuffs.” Read more →

Bridge Music was featured on AOL News.com Monday! They’re a little premature about the Eiffel Tower thing, but hey, it might help! Read more →

April 7 at 12 noon at the Stafford Center for Arts Science & Technology, sponsored by Clinton Community College Cultural Affairs Committee and and SUNY Plattsburgh Music Dept. Free and open to the public. Clinton Community College, 136 Clinton Point Dr., Plattsburgh, NY 12901, www.clinton.edu, (518) 562-4200. BRIDGES: An art,  music and historical celebration of what connects us to one… Read more →