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Orchestrations performed by Sutton Foster and the Boston Pops

6/6/2018

 
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​June 6th and 7th, 2018: Went to Boston to hear Sutton Foster perform several of my orchestrations with the amazing Boston Pops! Such a thrill to hear this top orchestra perform notes I had put on paper.

Orchestrations on new Sutton Foster CD "Take Me To The World"

6/1/2018

 
Sutton Foster's new CD "Take Me To The World" released June 1, featuring four songs I orchestrated, performed with the Ball State Symphony Orchestra. Please check out this beautiful recording! Available here, and in all the usual online locations.
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New Videos from "In The Works"

4/18/2018

 

​Christiana Cole and Aaron Phillips sang with all the feelings when Jessica Fleitman and I presented songs from our new musical "The Average-Sized Mermaid" at the Duplex, NYC on March 25, 2018. Check out Christiana doing everything in this song! More songs on the Video tab.

Fleitman & Bassett songs at The Duplex NYC, Sunday, 3/25, 9:30pm.

3/22/2018

 
Jessica Fleitman and Rick Bassett will present four songs from their musical-in-progress THE AVERAGE-SIZED MERMAID, sung by Christiana Cole and Aaron Phillips, as part of the In The Works series at The Duplex, NYC, Sunday, March 25, at 9:30pm. Details and ticket info can be found here.
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A new song to be performed at the BMI Smoker, March 8.

3/5/2018

 
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A new song I wrote with Jessica Fleitman will be performed by Christiana Cole at the BMI Smoker, Thursday, March 8, 5PM at the BMI Media Center, 7 World Trade Center, NYC. The performance is free to the public, reservations required. More info here, and RSVP by emailing at the link here. 

A Little New Music - Los Angeles

3/5/2018

 
A song Jessica Fleitman and I wrote for our musical-in-progress "The Average-Sized Mermaid" will be performed March 6 as part of the A Little New Music series in Los Angeles. LA friends, please check it out! More details here and here.
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A Zombie Song - available on Bandcamp

10/30/2017

 
Be prepared for any ghoulish things happening in the next couple days! Bill Nelson's and my Zombie Song is available for listening or purchase on Bandcamp - see below:
Sheet music for the song can also be ordered at
​ www.billnelsonbillnelson.com/purchase-songs

A Zombie Song...

10/17/2017

 
Getting into the Halloween spirit, Bill Nelson and I wrote A Zombie Song, and made a recording of it with some amazing singers. Listen to it below! Click here for credits and more info.

New Fleitman and Bassett songs on SoundCloud

7/18/2017

 
Put up three new recordings of songs that I wrote along with Jessica Fleitman. Brand new, full arrangements. Killer vocals by Christiana Cole and Arri Lawton Simon. Some funky guitar by Reed Robins. Listen by clicking song titles in the window below, or click here to go to our SoundCloud page. Thanks!

Makrokosmos Orchestra at ShapeShifter, Brooklyn

7/10/2017

 



​Was thrilled to play keyboards and do sound design for Tim O'Dell and Richard Nelson's Makrokosmos Orchestra at ShapeShifter Lab in Brooklyn, July 7th. It was an inspiring blast.
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Pacific Overtures at Classic Stage Company

4/21/2017

 
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Reed Robins and I are doing keyboard programming for this fantastic production of Sondheim's Pacific Overtures at Classic Stage Company. Now in previews, opening May 4. 136 East 13th Street, NYC. Get tickets here!

Musematch 9.0 at Feinstein's/54 Below

4/14/2017

 
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Bill Nelson and I wrote a new song for Noah Zachary, who sang it along with Christina Eskridge, Lora Nicolas, and KC Comeaux as part of MuseMatch 9.0 at Feinstein's/54 Below,  

​MuseMatch is a Musical Theater Blind Date Collaboration, where composers are paired with singers they don’t know and are asked to share their deepest, personal joys and fears; and make a song together. All for charity. All proceeds go to the ACLU.

Sutton Foster with Cincinnati Pops and Rochester Philharmonic

2/28/2017

 
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Thrilled to have written several brand new orchestrations for Sutton Foster's concerts with the Rochester Philharmonic (Feb 10-11) and the Cincinnati Pops (Feb 24-26). New versions of Cole Porter songs, plus medleys and mashups of songs old and new. It was particularly fun to be out in Cincinnati for rehearsals and a performance. What a fantastic orchestra!

Big River - Encores

2/6/2017

 
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Honored to have the chance to do keyboard programming again for NY City Center's Encores - this time for this beautiful production of Big River.

New Christmas Choral Composition Premiere

12/18/2016

 
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My new composition "The Way To Bethlehem" with text by the Rev. Dr. Barrie Shepherd was sung beautifully by the choir at First Presbyterian Church in the City of New York as part of the Candlelight Carol Service. 
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