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album, conceptual, mass, music, requiem

My second album, Requiem, will be released on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, Pandora, and many other sites on February 13. 

The album is a secular conceptualist setting of the Mass.  It consists of seven movements: 

– Kyrie
– Gloria
– Credo
– Sanctus
– Benedictus
– Agnus Dei
– Dona Nobis

The Kyrie movemebt can be heard here.

The work is dedicated to my father and grandfather.

For Tender Buttons featuring Gertrude Stein

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Coursera, Gertrude Stein, ModPo, Nicola Quinn, Tender Buttons

For Tender Buttons featuring Gertrude Stein
Written and performed by Nicola Quinn
Produced by Mark Snyder

Alchemy

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choir, Gertrude Stein, ModPo

Alchemy, an experimental work inspired by Gertrude Stein and dedicated to the Button Collective in Modpo ’13.

Sardines and Oranges

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bass guitar, Coursera, Frank O'Hara, jazz, ModPo, trumpet, Why I Am Not A Painter

Sardines and Oranges, an original jazz piece composed and performed by Mark Snyder.  Inspired by Frank O’Hara’s poem “Why I Am Not A Painter.”

On “Howl”

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Al Filreis, Allen Ginsberg, Coursera, Howl, ModPo, soundscape

On “Howl,” an electronic composition by Mark Snyder created from the audio track of the ModPo ’12 lecture video on Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl.”  Every sound in the piece is from the video; nothing has been added to the sound.

Carillon’s Dream

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abstract, bass guitar, carillon, electronic, guitar, music

Carillon’s Dream, an original composition performed by Mark Snyder.

Solstice

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abstract, music, soundscape

Solstice, composed and performed by Mark Snyder.

Sonnet 18

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Al Filreis, bass guitar, Mark Herron, ModPo, music, poetry, Shakespeare, Sonnet 18

Sonnet 18 (demo) by William Shakespeare, adapted and arranged by Mark Herron and Mark Snyder. Performed by Mark Snyder.

A rough sketch, quickly done to get the basic form of the song down.

Armed Forces Salute

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Armed Forces Salute, double bass, Lee County Community Orchestra, music

Armed Forces Salute, arr. Lowden, performed by the Lee County Community Orchestra, Sanford, NC.  May 13, 2013.

I’m the tall bass in the back, far stage left, with sunglasses hanging off my collar.

Mozart- Symphony No. 25 in G minor. I. Allegro con brio

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double bass, Lee County Community Orchestra, Mozart, music, Symphony No. 25

Mozart- Symphony No. 25 in G minor.  I.  Allegro con brio, performed by the Lee County Community Orchestra, Sanford, NC.  May 13, 2013.

I’m the tall bass in the back, far stage left, with sunglasses hanging off my collar.