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West Coast Premiere of “Through A Glass, Darkly” Announced

The San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus will be performing the West Coast premiere of Mike’s oratorio “Through A Glass, Darkly” on April 9-10, 2011 in La Jolla at the 500-seat Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center’s David and Dorothea Garfield Theatre.

The SDGMC production will be the 6th for “Darkly” since the World Premiere by the Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus in March 2008.

Tickets are $25-$40 and can be purchased online at SDGMC.org.

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posted by brent - February 23, 2011 in Music, News and Through A Glass, Darkly. 0 Comments
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It Is Very Simple

Just finished up Movement #1, It Is Very Simple, from the three-part choral piece, Trilogy, commissioned by the Minneapolis Gay Men’s Chorus. Now I’m on to Movement #2, There Is A Little House In Heaven – (Movement #3, I Want More Life has been finished, and if you wanna check it out, it’s right here on our blog.) It’s been fun setting texts by Tony Kushner – now, if only I’d get a call saying that he wants to write a full length piece with me! Well, I’d have to check my schedule … but I’m pretty sure I could fit him in.

posted by mike - November 23, 2009 in I Want More Life and Music. 0 Comments
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I Want More Life

I was fortunate enough to receive another commission last January from The Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus to set a text from Tony Kushner’s Angels In America. The piece is called “I Want More Life”, and Brent just finished mixing a recording of it in our studio.

Dr. Stan Hill, Artistic Director of TCGMC, (also responsible for my last TC-GMC commission, Through A Glass, Darkly) asked me to write “I Want More Life” for the Tony Kushner Celebration at the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis. The commission was made possible by the generosity of Jeffrey Bores and with the permission of Tony Kushner.

 

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I Want More Life
Vocals by Michael Marcotte, Alex Richardson, Drew Santini, and Mike
Music by Mike
Text adapted from “Angels In America: Perestroika”, Scene 5 by Tony Kushner
Produced by Brent
(c) and (p) 2009 FatLab Music
All Rights Reserved, Text used by permission of Tony Kushner

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posted by mike - August 25, 2009 in I Want More Life and Music. 2 Comments
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Demo Reel of Children’s Theme Park Show Music

For three summers now, FatLab Music has supplied soundtracks to theme parks for IAAPA Award-Winning medley shows, fireworks spectacles, and lately, more and more kids’ shows. We provide original theme songs, reinterpreted arrangements, karaoke-style transcriptions, audio editing, pre-tracked vocals, and so on.

We are the “music guys” for two great companies: RWS & Associates Entertainment, Inc., whose live entertainment character properties include the CBS Television lineup and HIT Entertainment’s portfolio (“Thomas and Friends”, “Barney”, “Bob The Builder”), and Manhattan Creative Group.

Our shows are wrapping up their summer season, so we thought it was a good time to share a demo reel of some of our Children’s Show work to-date.

 

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[0:00] “Beyond The Castle Walls” – Original music and lyric
From Beyond The Castle Walls (RWS)

[0:39] “Garfield The Great” – Original music and lyric
From Garfield The Great & Friends (RWS)

[1:04] “Believe” – Arrangement
From The Spirit of Christmas (RWS)

[1:18] “Kidapalooza” – Original music
Lyric by Stephen Tomac
From Kidapalooza (RWS)

[1:35] “Rockin’ on Route 66″ – Original music and lyric
From Rockin’ on Route 66 (RWS)

[1:53] “Who Left My Bologna In The Sun?” – Arrangement
From The Hopsicals (MCG)

posted by brent - August 10, 2008 in Just Stuff and Music. 0 Comments
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If You Only Knew

Here is track 13 from Through A Glass, Darkly, “If You Only Knew”. Zack knows what he must do, and leaves, hoping that one day Sebastian can see in himself what Zack saw in him.

Mike originally wrote this for my sister’s 21st birthday present, a little EP called brina.21. At the request of Dr. Stan Hill, this song was incorporated into “Darkly” and expanded from a solo into the choral finale heard below.

See the Official Site for complete information on Through A Glass, Darkly.

 

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If You Only Knew
Music and Lyrics by Mike
Vocals by James Sasser and Michael Marcotte
Ensemble Vocals by David Giuliano, Michael Marcotte, Alex Richardson, James Sasser, and Joe Spieldenner
(c) and (p) 2007 FatLab Music (ASCAP)
All Rights Reserved

from Through A Glass, Darkly – commissioned by Dr. Stan Hill and the Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus

Through A Glass, Darkly - TCGMC

posted by brent - August 2, 2008 in Music and Through A Glass, Darkly. 0 Comments
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What Problem

Here is track 12 from Through A Glass, Darkly, “What Problem”. Sebastian hurls a string of excuses at Zack in a desperate attempt to make him stay.

See the Official Site for complete information on Through A Glass, Darkly.

 

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What Problem
Music and Lyrics by Mike
Vocals by Kevin Massey
Ensemble Vocals by David Giuliano, Michael Marcotte, Alex Richardson, James Sasser, and Joe Spieldenner
(c) and (p) 2007 FatLab Music (ASCAP)
All Rights Reserved

from Through A Glass, Darkly – commissioned by Dr. Stan Hill and the Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus

Through A Glass, Darkly - TCGMC

posted by brent - August 1, 2008 in Music and Through A Glass, Darkly. 0 Comments
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Messages

Here is track 11 from Through A Glass, Darkly, “Messages”. Voice mails to Sebastian’s cell phone go unreturned as people try to reach him in vain.

See the Official Site for complete information on Through A Glass, Darkly.

 

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Messages
Music and Lyrics by Mike
Vocals by James Sasser, Michael Marcotte
Ensemble Vocals by David Giuliano, Michael Marcotte, Alex Richardson, James Sasser, and Joe Spieldenner
(c) and (p) 2007 FatLab Music (ASCAP)
All Rights Reserved

from Through A Glass, Darkly – commissioned by Dr. Stan Hill and the Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus

Through A Glass, Darkly - TCGMC

posted by brent - July 31, 2008 in Music and Through A Glass, Darkly. 0 Comments
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