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Christopher Trapani: “Sunk 45s” (2025)

Ensemble Nikel: Brian Archinal, percussion Yaron Deutsch, electric guitar Antoine Françoise, piano/keyboards Patrick Stadler, saxophone Christopher Trapani, electronics

H. Paul Moon, cameras and editing Kyabell Glass, additional camera Dennis Cembalo, additional camera Nathaniel Butler, audio recording engineer Nico Osborne, assistant audio engineer Caley Monahon-Ward, audio mixer Abigail Hoke-Brady, lighting design

Filmed at Mary Flagler Cary Hall DiMenna Center for Classical Music on August 13, 2025

Yarn/Wire: Laura Barger, piano Julie Den Boer, piano Russell Greenberg, percussion Bill Solomon, percussion Endlings: Raven Chacon, electronics John Dieterich, electronics

H. Paul Moon, cameras and editing Kyabell Glass, additional cameras Dennis Cembalo, additional camera Nathaniel Butler, audio recording engineer Nico Osborne, assistant audio engineer Caley Monahon-Ward, audio mixer Abigail Hoke-Brady, lighting design

BOWERY MUSIC + POETRY + FILM: Jerome Sala, Don Yorty, Kyabell Glass & Black Saturn

Kevin Ramsay, guitar/electronics T.J. Borden, cello Ken Filiano, bass Nick Neuburg, drums/percussion

produced, filmed & edited by H. Paul Moon TJ Borden, music director Dennis Cembalo, additional camera projections & films by H. Paul Moon "Facing West" performed by Darrel Blaine Ford & Mivos Quartet with music by Frank Horvat "Poet Laundromat" filmed & directed by Tom Miller Ashton Spencer, technical director Heath Antonio, house manager

The electric guitar has been the most iconic instrument of musical inspiration and social change for almost one hundred years. Today, Yaron Deutsch is the world's leading electric guitarist who bridges classical and contemporary music. This documentary is a portrait of the artist, and an exploration of the guitar's evolution in music and electricity. Combining interview, master class, concert, and movie clips, the film asks what it means to interpret a composer's work, and how legacy thrives in shadows of greatness.

Directed by H. Paul Moon Produced by Thomas Fichter Music composed by Fausto Romitelli, Pierluigi Billone, Rebecca Saunders & Klaus Lang Music performed by ‪Yaron Deutsch‬ & ‪Talea Ensemble‬ Cameras and editing by H. Paul Moon Additional camera by Kyabell Glass Concert lighting design by Abigail Hoke-Brady Concert recording and mix by Caley Monahon-Ward Additional recording by Nico Osborne Produced with the Earle Brown Music Foundation Charitable Trust, and the ‪TIME:SPANS Festival‬

"Life Poem" is a play of Bob Holman reading poems from his life, in concert with Mivos Quartet. Bob and Mivos will perform the world premiere on April 28 and 29, 2026 at Bowery Poetry Club.

This short clip is an audio excerpt from Bob Holman's first rehearsal session with Mivos Quartet, featuring the new composition "Call and Response" by longtime Holman collaborator Vito Ricci.

JACK Quartet performs "Aphid and a Palm on the Top of Orange Cliff" by Nursalim Yadi Anugerah (world premiere commissioned by JACK Quartet)

JACK Quartet Christopher Otto, violin Austin Wulliman, violin John Pickford Richards, viola Jay Campbell, cello

H. Paul Moon, Cameras and Editing Kyabell Glass, Additional Camera Dennis Cembalo, Additional Camera Nico Osborne, Audio Recording Em Jacobson, Assistant Engineer Caley Monahon-Ward, Audio Mixing Burke Brown, Lighting Design

Thomas Fichter, executive/artistic director Caley Monahon-Ward, director of production Kayleigh Butcher, program coordinator Carly Levin, production manager Chris Griswold, assistant production manager

Filmed at Mary Flagler Cary Hall DiMenna Center for Classical Music on August 10, 2025

"Radamisto: The Queen's Heart" by George Frideric Handel a distillation of the 1720 original, created by Jeffrey Mandelbaum filmed & edited by H. Paul Moon additional camera by Kyabell Glass, Erik Ryding, and Dennis Cembalo

featuring: Jeffrey Mandelbaum as Radamisto Kristin Renee Young as Zenobia Teresa Castillo as Polissena Katherine Lerner Lee as Fraarte Hans Tashjian as Tiridate

Baroque Orchestra: Amelia Sie, first violin Ryan Cheng, second violin Kristina Giles, viola Serafim Smigelskiy, cello Rebecca Pechefsky, harpsichord

dancers: Adelle Lorraine Patrick Pride, Jr.

Marty Jeiven, Executive Producer Jeffrey Mandelbaum, Artistic Director Rod Gomez, Co-Stage Director/Project Manager Julia Bengtsson, Choreographer Ian Cheng Gonzales, Costume Designer H. Paul Moon, Sound Recording & Mastering

Music by Susan Botti Performed by InfraSound Ensemble

Amber Evans as Medusa Luke Paulino as Leander Infrasound Ensemble: Yoshi Weinberg - Flutes Stefanie Proulx - Flutes Kathryn Vetter - Bass Clarinet Giancarlo Latta - Violin Dudley Raine IV - Viola Sam Zagnit - Double Bass J Clancy - Percussion Daniel Schreiner - Piano David Bloom - Conductor

Filmed & Edited by H. Paul Moon at St. Malachy's Church - The Actors' Chapel, New York City, on April 25, 2025 Additional Camera by Dennis Cembalo Audio Recorded and Mixed by Alex Gray Lighting Design by Rick Butler Costume Design by Leslie Taylor Projection Design by H. Paul Moon Production Assistant - M. Turner McCabe

Infrasound Administrative Team: Stefanie Proulx - Executive Director Yoshi Weinberg - Artistic Director Luke Paulino - Marketing Director Alex Gray - Tech Director M. Turner McCabe - Production Assistant

Performance Poem, written and recited by Bob Holman (https://bobholman.com | ‪@bobholmanpoet‬ at CUNY Graduate Center on October 3, 2025

Richard Barber, double bass Paul Cigan, clarinet Aaron Engebreth, baritone Daniel Foster, viola Sarah Frisof, flute Don Johns, percussion Katherine Lerner Lee, soprano Irina Muresanu, violin James Nickel, horn Susan Robinson, harp Boyd Sarratt, wind machine Jane Stewart, violin Evan Williams. trombone Rachel Young, cello Christopher Kendall, conductor

The Impossible Rap (The Other Thought), written and recited by Bob Holman (bobholman.com) at CUNY Graduate Center on October 3, 2025

0:00 Prologue 1:47 Adeena Karasick 23:57 Robert Scotto 33:15 Adela Sinclair 46:26 Deneise Jennings-Houston (djHouston)

Erica Dicker, violin Zosha Warpeha, hardanger fiddle TJ Borden, cello Steve Long, piano

produced, filmed & edited by H. Paul Moon TJ Borden, music director Kyabell Glass, production manager Dennis Cembalo, additional camera Warren Lehrer & H. Paul Moon, projections Ashton Spencer, technical director Heath Antonio, house manager

Read the pertaining blog post at: https://www.focuspulling.com/osmo360

This is a split-screen DCI-4k film of my bicycle ride around downtown Washington, D.C. using the DJI Osmo 360 shooting in 8k resolution, 10-bit D-Log M color, maximum bitrate, formatted to "Asteroid" mode, alongside exactly matching GPS real-time data fed to and rendered from Google Earth Pro. The location audio is from the Osmo 360 internal microphones, and the music is from a live performance of "Last Signs of Speed" by Eli Keszler via his Creative Commons license.

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Any chance you'll be in midtown Manhattan this August 13 at 6pm? Honored and excited to share my newest documentary "Shadow Axe" at the TIME SPANS Festival for its NYC premiere: https://timespans.org/concert/shadow-axe

Free tickets are available for you at: https://www.eventbrite.com/.../ts25-presents-shadow-axe... (please come!)

The film features music by Fausto Romitelli, Pierluigi Billone, Rebecca Saunders & Klaus Lang, including Talea Ensemble with Juliet Fraser -- full credits at zenviolence.com/shadowaxe

Thanks to producer Thomas Fichter, additional camera by Belle Glass, and of course the great Yaron Deutsch whose Ensemble Nikel performs immediately after the screening, separately ticketed at: https://timespans.org/concert/ensemble-nikel-noa-frenkel

Sarah Frisof, flute Rachel Young, cello Lisa Emenheiser, piano