The Secret Song
Symphony for Nature
My Morning Jacket on Boing Boing
Music is Alive
New World Symphony
Strings in the Temple
Ford Econoline
The Secret Song(2022) Doug Goodkin, a much-beloved music teacher prepares to retire after forty-five transformative years educating children in San Francisco, but the pandemic abruptly upends the school year, spurring a deeper inquiry into the meaning of music itself in our lives, schools, and communities. After receiving a warm reception at festivals around world The Secret Song was released on PBS in 2024. The film won the Marion Herrman Excellence in Filmmaking at the Sedona International Film Festival and was listed as one of the top 10 films to see at the Cinequest film festival. Here you see one the film’s establishing scenes showing Goodkin’s engaging teaching style.
Symphony for Nature(2018) This half hour documentary captures the world premiere of “Natural History,” an original composition inspired by and performed at Oregon’s breathtaking Crater Lake. More than a performance the event had the effect of an art installation, enveloping the audience in the natural world and mingling music with the natural soundscape. It was a treat to experience the event vicariously as the film’s editor, working alongside director Anne Flatté. The film was broadcast on PBS stations nationally, garnering two regional Emmy Nominations and has played in numerous film festivals. Here you see the film's trailer.
My Morning Jacket on Boing Boing(2011) When My Morning Jacket descended on Oakland's historic Fox Theater for an epic performance in support of their album, Circuital, director Scott Compton hit the scene. The result: this 21 minute interview/live performance/rock-doc hybrid. The film debuted on Boing Boing Video. This was the first video that I cut entirely on Adobe Premiere Pro. Premiere Pro has since become my editing platform of choice.
New World SymphonyIn this episode of PBS Arts' web series Music Makes a City Now conductor Teddy Abrams returns to his alma mater in Miami to guest conduct a concert at the state-of-the-art New World Center. This is one of two episodes in the series that I cut for director Anne Flatté and Executive Producer Owsley Brown. See the whole series here: www.musicmakesacity.com
Strings in the Temple(2015) 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 includes the full performance plus interstitial scenes from rehearsals. It won a Van Gogh Award for documentary directing at the 2015 Amsterdam International Film Festival. Here you see the film's trailer which I also cut.
Ford Econoline(2014) "Bands and vans have always gone together, so it's fitting that singer-songwriter Chuck Prophet pays homage to one of their most famous incarnations with the track 'Ford Econoline' " An apt description from the All Music debut of Prophet's Ford Econoline music video. I steered this piece through editorial and color correction. The moody 5K footage, provided by director Darrel Flowers and dp Eli Adler, offered a stunning palette. Thanks to Adobe Premiere and Da Vinci Resolve we arrived at a super-wide "scope" final through an entirely native workflow.
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