Strings in the Temple (2015, feature)When Chuck Prophet considered re-releasing his record, Temple Beautiful, he thought “maybe we’ll re-imagine it with strings.” And so he enlisted an 8 piece string section to join him in a live performance of the album. Prophet also enlisted director Darrel Flowers to capture the event. Flowers orchestrated an 8 camera shoot of the concert and then brought the footage to me for editorial and color correction. The resultant hour long film, Strings in the Temple, includes the full performance plus interstitial scenes from rehearsals and commentary from Chuck and conductor Brad Jones. The film won a Van Gogh Award for documentary directing at the 2015 Amsterdam International Film Festival.
Music is Alive (2015, short)PBS ArtsTeddy Abrams gathers world-class musicians including folk songstress Aoife O’Donovan, classical musicians, bluegrass artists and a maraca virtuoso for an experimental festival at Fairchild Garden in Miami, Florida. Here, the artists “embrace the chaos” as they workshop and perform pieces that defy musical labels. This is one of two episodes that I cut for the PBS Arts web series Music Makes a City Now for director Anne Flatté and executive producer Owsley Brown.
New World Symphony (2015, short)PBS ArtsConductor Teddy Abrams returns to guest conduct for a week at Michael Tilson Thomas’s orchestral academy in Miami Beach, Florida. This is one of two episodes that I cut for the PBS Arts web series Music Makes a City Now for director Anne Flatté and executive producer Owsley Brown.