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Starting in February, I'm going to post some sounds clips of my newest endeavor, the "Vincent van Gogh" project. It's a duo with Jim Ridl, my longtime collaborator. Check back to hear some new music for oboe, alto flute and bass clarinet and synth.
I am pleased to announce that our long awaited version of "The Planets" is now available on artistshare.com. It's my version, loosely based on the famous orchestral work by Gustav Holst and it features Jim Ridl, Chuck Bergeron, Graham Hawthorne, JJ McGeehan, Andy Snitzer and some very special guests.
If you'd like to purchase my previous CD, "Pictures at an Exhibition", please go to the Participant offers section of my site, (just to the right and up of where you are reading now) and click on "Witness the Creative Process" and then scroll to "Pictures and Planets Quintet offer". You'll get a CD of "Pictures" PLUS a download of my current project, Gustav Holts' "The Planets", now available. That's the way artistshare works; you get to follow along with the entire creative process, by being privy to rehearsal tapes, manuscripts that are developing; you'll get to sample demos of the project as it progresses to it's final shape. My two previous CD’s, “In this World” and “Currents” are available as well and they feature my tenor, soprano, and oboe playing. The players on these albums include Ben Monder, Pete McCann, Peter Erskine, Adam Nussbaum, Chuck Bergeron and Michael Holober.
Also available are my books, “Woodwind Doubling, the saxophonists’ guide to playing Flute, Clarinet and Oboe” the first book of its kind and “Jazz Improvisation for Oboe and English Horn” which is a play along with my music tailored for the oboe players who want to learn about the art of improvisation.
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  | The new project, "Vincent van Goghs letters"
| 1/20/2010 - Join us as we turn the letters of Vincent van Gogh to his brother Theo into music. The project is a duo with keyboardist, Jim Ridl, who appears on both "Pictures at an Exhibition" and "The Planets". A quieter, more subdued suite of pieces, the project has its beginnings in the texts of the words Vincent spoke to Theo. Titles like "Did you see the Storm" and "The Brush in my fingers is like a bow on a Violin" (all his words) seem to express his understanding of who he was and what he had to offer the world with his art. We are using mostly oboe, alto flute and bass clarinet and synthesizer; utilizing a vast array of keyboard sounds using the computer program Logic. It seemed like the right time in my life to do a smaller, chamber like setting, using the influences of jazz, classical impressionistic music and electronica
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 | Students Look Here!
| | 9/20/2005 - Charles Pillow is offering many on-line lessons from which you can choose. From Eb Saxophone, to Jazz Oboe to Arranging lessons. Take a look around and find out which one fits you the best. | |
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