Anthony Grieco & Rocco Anthony Jerry will play Joseph Bertolozzi‘s “Trances & Visions” and “Slovenia” from The Balkan Suite Sunday July 31, 2011 at the American Accordionists’ Association Concert Series. The event takes place at the Tenri Cultural Institute, 43 W 13th St # A, New York, NY (212) 645-2800, www.ameraccord.com/annualmasterclass.html. Both works will be featured in a Masterclass at… Read more →
Tag: Bridge Music
Pitching the Eiffel Tower – 5 of 6
DAY 4, November 10, 2010 Arriving at the offices of the Eiffel Tower administration (SETE), Peter and I were prepared to present Tower Music. The Director of SETE was supposed to meet with us but was in another conference. She was going to join us when she was finished, but in the end didn’t get out in time. The other… Read more →
Pitching the Eiffel Tower – 4 of 6 (Part 2)
DAY 3 – Part 2, November 9, 2010 After practicing my presentation with Peter and Becky for Tower Music, I decided to get a bite at “The Creperie,” a little hole-in-the-wall restaurant just adjacent to my apartment building. It didn’t seem open but I pushed on the door and the proprietors Natalie & DJ (or as I later found out,… Read more →
Pitching the Eiffel Tower – 3 of 6 (Part 1)
DAY 3 – Part 1, November 9, 2010 I got up at around 11am after struggling with sleep and how to set my alarm clocks the night before. I went out in search of the “Cafe de Deux Moulins” where the movie ‘Amelie‘ was shot. My daughter loves the movie and I hoped to get a souvenir or two for her,… Read more →
New Interview from DELOS
The Delos Insider has just released my interview with Lindsay Koob, ranging from Bridge Music to Tower Music. Click here and enjoy. Read more →
New Accordion Music
I have been working with Rocco Anthony Jerry on some new music for accordion. I was not familiar with this instrument (in terms of effectively writing for it), but Rocco had heard my music, asked if I’d be interested in composing for him and we have been working together for a few months now both online and in person. I… Read more →
Pitching the Eiffel Tower – 1/6
On Saturday November 6 (2010), I play the organ for a Bar Mitzvah at Vassar Temple and then jump in the car headed for the airport (I scheduled my trip so that I would leave immediately after the bar mitzvah and return for regular Friday night worship services the following week!). In four days I present my plans to the… Read more →
First things first…
In my next blog I’ll take you with me on my trip to Paris to pitch the idea of Tower Music to the tower’s administration (SETE), but first let me introduce you to Peter Emminger, Executive Producer of Tower Music. He helped develop the Bridge Music budget and timeline when it was still slated to be a live event. He… Read more →
Approaching the French
After having launched Bridge Music I had a working example of my original idea for Tower Music, where before all I had was a cool idea in my head. Always looking for some official endorsements for my projects (credibility is more important than financial support for these big projects…in the beginning anyway), I reached out to Congressman Maurice Hinchey, who… Read more →
Revving the engines
“Technically difficult,” “logistically doubtful,” politically improbable,” “you’re crazy, but good luck,”….I’ve heard it before. Sitting in my studio one day, about a year after Bridge Music was launched, it occurred to me that whenever anyone asked “what’s next?” I would say something to the effect of “getting to play music on the Eiffel Tower, my original inspiration, would be nice.”… Read more →