Relax, by James Sean Yates
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Relax, by James Sean Yates

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Performer Portraits: Maren Montalbano
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Performer Portraits: Maren Montalbano

Maren Montalbano began her vocal career with the San Francisco Girls Chorus at age seven, and has been singing ever since. A graduate of both New England Conservatory of Music and Tufts University, Ms. Montalbano can be heard in three GRAMMY Award-winning albums: John Adams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning work, On the Transmigration of Souls (2005), and Gavin Bryars’ The Fifth Century (2018), and Lansing McLoskey’s Zealot Canticles (2019), on which she is a featured soloist.

Leaving It All Behind - James Hawken
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Leaving It All Behind - James Hawken

Do you ever feel like you've had enough? You need to make changes in your life? I felt like this and as usual, sat at the piano. I used the instrument to 'reset' my frame of mind, as a bridge from one life experience to another. The result is an expressive, dynamic piece full of changes of pace and touch. The overall effect instilling an air of calm and closing of a chapter. It's mood is also positive and conveys a feeling of optimism for the future.

Tom Lewis (Lost You) - Alone
03:55
Tom Lewis (Lost You) - Alone

Lost You - Alone, by Tom Lewis

We're Not Alike, by Taia Thompson
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We're Not Alike, by Taia Thompson

We're Not Alike, by singer-songwriter Taia Thompson

Performer Portraits: Maren Montalbano
08:39
Performer Portraits: Maren Montalbano

Maren Montalbano began her vocal career with the San Francisco Girls Chorus at age seven, and has been singing ever since. A graduate of both New England Conservatory of Music and Tufts University, Ms. Montalbano can be heard in three GRAMMY Award-winning albums: John Adams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning work, On the Transmigration of Souls (2005), and Gavin Bryars’ The Fifth Century (2018), and Lansing McLoskey’s Zealot Canticles (2019), on which she is a featured soloist.


Leaving It All Behind - James Hawken
03:22
Leaving It All Behind - James Hawken

Do you ever feel like you've had enough? You need to make changes in your life? I felt like this and as usual, sat at the piano. I used the instrument to 'reset' my frame of mind, as a bridge from one life experience to another. The result is an expressive, dynamic piece full of changes of pace and touch. The overall effect instilling an air of calm and closing of a chapter. It's mood is also positive and conveys a feeling of optimism for the future.


Tom Lewis (Lost You) - Alone
03:55
Tom Lewis (Lost You) - Alone

Lost You - Alone, by Tom Lewis


We're Not Alike, by Taia Thompson
02:36
We're Not Alike, by Taia Thompson

We're Not Alike, by singer-songwriter Taia Thompson