Because it's COOL!

I posted a few times about how Sonos was working on a DVD. We were actually working on 2 of them - and the first is now ready!! It's called "Ringing Up" and the blurb says:

Sonos leads you through music of three worlds: Europe, Asia and America. With stunning virtuosity this contemporary ensemble performs the famous Bach Toccata in D Minor, Gershwin's beloved Porgy and Bess, James Meredith's groundbreaking Kodo Tryptich and Smirti, his hauntingly intense elegy on the bombing of the World Trade Center with cellist Emil Miland, and more.

Here are a couple of excerpts from the DVD:

First is Edward MacDowell's "To a Humming Bird".

And here is James Meredith's "Smirti" with cellist Emil Miland.

I would have embedded the YouTube videos, but Humming Bird's width wouldn't behave when I tried it, so just click on the linkies, m'kay?

The DVD is available on Amazon -- the page says it's encoded for Region 1 (US & Canada), but I confirmed with Jim that that is incorrect; it is Region 0 (worldwide). We're working on getting the Amazon page fixed.

ps. I haven't seen the whole thing yet, but I understand that I have a lot of "face time" in it. It's probably a combination of the fact that I played flute on a couple of the pieces, plus my hair color makes me stand out even when I'm not the center of attention (*gasp!*), but when Kevin saw the video at the Rio Theater in Santa Cruz last week, he said to me, "The videographer must really like you!" LOL!

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