Spiraling Music

06/12/2024

'Tis the Season! You can now purchase the 2008 Christmas Presence album, or individual tracks, at whatever price you choose! Beautiful, harmonizing improvisations on sacred and secular classics on Grand Piano with Bells.

20/11/2024

Today is World Children's Day, the day that the United Nations General Assembly adopted both the Declaration and the Convention on Children's Rights!

We're excited to announce the publication of our new book, Everybody's Everybody, a musical play for children to help hungry children that highlights this awesome document.

Please share with everyone you know who works with children, including schools, Sunday schools, after school programs, and child care centers!

https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?gcxvIZXTd7AVdF4GR1qpOV5vCJBnFpiMD8RkPb8ESOh

01/04/2024

Faure Requiem Op.48 Gabriel Fauré (Composer), Robert Shaw (Conductor), Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus (Orchestra), Judith Blegen (Soprano), James Morri...

30/03/2024

Love this Faure Requiem.

Faure: Requiem in dSinfonia RotterdamLaurenscantorij RotterdamConductor : Conrad van AlphenIlse Eerens - sopranoMartijn Cornet - baritoneWiecher Mandemaker -...

08/03/2024

https://youtu.be/nclj6vJjp20?si=aMdsEHj5VMCaPDtW

“Every Living Soul”, World Premiere April 27th 2023A musical setting of the UDHR. Merrill Collins, Composer. Orchestral arrangement by David Stern.Published ...

13/01/2024

Martin Luther King day is a day for activism around civil rights and human rights. Come learn about a creative project designed to engage any community in a reading of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

To hear the articles read, or paraphrased, in the context of a community that is already engaged with each other is an incredibly powerful experience. It creates an opportunity to celebrate our values, and to spark conversation about what rights are, who gets them, who gives them, and how the world is better when we aspire to honor them.

Join us Monday morning 9am PST on ZOOM for our class about activating the Every Man, Woman and Child + Every Living Soul Music Project! Participants receive a free book.

9am - 9:10 welcome & introductions
9:10 overview of possibilities
9:40 Q & A: guidance for YOUR idea for a UDHR reading in your community.

This workbook can guide every type of community in producing musical presentations of the UDHR. Presented by authors Merrill Collins and Kristen Caven.

Please share!

Learn how to engage your community in human rights education using the original musical project that opened the door to easy understanding.

12/01/2024

Interview with Merrill Collins and Kristen Caven on the Cooper Union show with ThinkTech Hawaii this week!
https://youtu.be/psvNSvRKhxM

As artists, we're talking about Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Freedom of Expression. Check out the show for discussions on each of the 30 articles during .

Want to learn more about how to teach the UDHR with music? Join us Monday morning for an overview and Q & A at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/teaching-human-rights-with-music-tickets-759999778797

Article 19: Freedom of Expression for UDHR. The host for this show is Joshua Cooper. The guests are Merrill Collins and Kristen Caven. Peace and Human Rig...