05.24.07

Eurythmy – Debussy – The Girl With the Flaxen Hair.

Posted in Uncategorized at 10:25 pm by anthonytobin

This is Julie Lamb and me performing this famous Debussy prelude for eurythmy and piano. We are planning a larger Debussy program with Beth Usher and Barbara Bresette-Mills.

05.18.07

Mind Travel – Seetha

Posted in Uncategorized at 11:05 am by anthonytobin

I have wanted to do something psychological with video and music and have made a first attempt. I shot video of my friend Seetha last year. I combined it with May 2006 footage of Chicago and St Joseph Michigan, April 2007 footage of Paris, and a montage of images I have shot over the past 6 years. It is an experiment that will lead to more, and should affect both the Tokyo Narrative, the next completed project, and the Debussy Film.

Chapparal Eurythmy

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We are eager to promote the work we do with eurythmy and do more and varied performances. Beth Usher, Barbara-Bresette Mills, and Julie Lamb work with me and are planning adult and children’s performances. This video is a combination of two Shostakovich Preludes and “The Girl with the Flaxen Hair” of Debussy.

I am completing a small page for our group.

05.16.07

Shostakovich-Tokyo III

Posted in Uncategorized at 10:11 pm by anthonytobin

It took me a little time this spring to really feel the Shostakovich Preludes I performed on Nikita Storojev’s Jessen Recital. Now that I have lived with them, the humor, sarcasm, pain, and struggle resonate within. This is a short piece of some of my unused Japan footage set to Prelude #22. It is a precursor of the Tokyo Narrative, and a companion piece to Tokyo I and Tokyo II.

Zurich, Debussy, Rochester, and Ithaca

Posted in Uncategorized at 11:56 am by anthonytobin

I just returned from a quick trip to my old haunts, Ithaca (Sunset Park)Sunset Parkand Rochester (Lake Ontario/Durand Eastman Park)
Lake Ontario.
It was nice to go home, to see from whence I came. It gave a new perspective and interest in my work. We need to balance past present and future, and I often focus too much on the future.

Last night I put together this short snippet of Debussy’s “Footprints in the Snow.” I will do more this week with Shostakovich Preludes. I am also planning an improvisation to go with a psychological piece about memory, reality, and time.