Anita Brown

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This is a test to see if this old blog is still feeding in to Facebook...

If anyone knows how to stop this feed and change it to my current blog (same website) which is interactive, let me know.  I am clueless...

~AB

This is a test to see if this old blog, previously called "Anita's Blog" and now called "Anita's Old Blog" on my website, is still feeding into facebook. My new and interactive blog is called "Anita' Blog" (very original) and is now interactive, but I have no idea how to feed it into facebook because the last time I did that, it was purely by accident that I accomplished that. SO! That's enough for today. :-) Back to writing the two charts for Judi Silvano (see website...) www.anitabrownmusic.com

I'm happy to report that I completed two arrangements for hire for The Frank Wess Nonet. Both of these tunes are original ballads by Frank, one of which is entitled "Entre Nous" and the other, "If You Can't Call, Don't Come And If You Can't Come, Don't Call," in typical Frank humor, of course! Both are beautiful tunes and I'm honored to have had the opportunity to offer renditions through my filter in their support Frequently, specifications for arrangements for hire are pretty open, and offer the…

I guess I'm just not used to thinking about keeping the blog going so regularly. As you can see it has been a while since the last entry. Considering my excitement with the last two commissions to write arrangements, I thought I'd share that information with you...whoever may be listening out there! :-) First, I have to say that after years of friendship and mutual admiration for each others' work, I was absolutely thrilled to get a call from internationally renowned vocalist, Judi Silvano, to write…

WOW!!! I SO love teaching college level students. What a great pleasure it was to teach Mike Holober's arranging class tonight. We talked about instrument ranges, the physics of tone production, the importance of the overtone series and its relationship to writing...and then we looked at some of my sketches in my favorite 11x17 notebook and the construction of "Shifting Tides of Montauk." After playing the melody and its developmental elements for them at the piano, we listened to the track from "27…

Anita is happy to announce that she has been hired to write two arrangements for the internationally renowned jazz singer, Judi Silvano, to be performed with Thurman Barker's Jazz Program at Bard College in December 2009. Concert details forthcoming After being friends for years, Judi and I are very happy to finally have the chance to work together and are looking forward to a number of additional collaborations down the road Some of you may know Judi's husband, the legendary saxophonist, Joe Lovano.…

ATTENTION Music Educators and Band Leaders for music students and players of all ages: I hope you will continue reading today's blog entry! Welcome to the fall season. I sincerely hope to hear from you so that we might schedule something fun for your program or ensemble With the start of this school year I am embarking on a campaign to offer clinics of varying design for K-12 and college music programs, as well as co-commission opportunities with my new, extended work, 'Slices of the Gradient', for…

Ten years ago today, at this hour (2:06 am, EDT), I was enjoying time on a gorgeous 70 foot sportfish yacht, docked at Trump Marina in Atlantic City, NJ. After we arrived from Montauk, NY in pretty turbulent seas (9 foot swells as we left Montauk Harbour) the captain and first mate decided that winning several thousand dollars at Black Jack on AC's main strip was simply not enough. While they ventured into Trump Tower to play with their winnings, I remained on the "Angela Z", enjoying the luxury of such…

WHAT AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE TO BE AT YANKEE STADIUM IN THE 4TH ROW!!!!!! "Legends Seats" and access to everything you ever wanted, including a great menu of free food, a private bar, all the Poland Springs, Pellegrino & Gatorade you want, on ice in big vats...and a TV screen embedded into the mirror, between two sinks in the ladies' room of that bar. Service at your seat via wait staff. Pay only for alcoholic drinks...so I had...(LOL) sushi, lobster roll & cabernet!! HA! And a TWIX bar from the nice…