by Dan Blake | Apr 18, 2022 | Compositions, Featured
This is the result of a 2-year project reflecting on the life and writings of the incarcerated Buddhist practitioner and author Jarvis Jay Masters. Featuring Westchester Ballet Company, choreography by Todd Hall and Tomiko Magario Got My Wings—Jan. 22, 2022...
by Dan Blake | Jun 3, 2021 | Compositions, Dan Blake
The piano solo, with score, that begins my latest Sunnyside release (2021) called Da Fé Played by Carmen Staaf (piano) and Leo Genovese (electronics)
by Dan Blake | Jan 28, 2021 | Compositions, Dan Blake, Featured
Laugh and Lie Down by Robert Dick and Dan BlakeI’m very happy to be a part of this new release with the legendary flutist and composer Robert Dick. Artwork by Sabina Hahn, and click the link above to read the notes by renowned journalist Allan Kozinn!...
by Dan Blake | Oct 12, 2020 | Compositions
Here is some film music, which found a home in this Extinction Rebellion video on Citizens Assembly! Activism is becoming increasingly important to my creative work and I’m proud to serve this amazing organization musically. See that video here And hear the rest...
by Dan Blake | Oct 12, 2020 | Compositions
Dedicated to Jarvis Jay Masters, who has been wrongly held on death row for many years and whose commitment to finding spiritual truth in the most difficult of circumstances (especially as an aging man living in prison during Covid-19) is a true inspiration....
by Dan Blake | Jan 24, 2019 | Compositions, Dan Blake
Upasiva’s Question is a recent composition. This work sets one verse from the the Parayana (“Way to the Far Shore”), an ancient Buddhist text. The work will be premiered October 26 in Brooklyn, NY by Threeds, a Brooklyn-based oboe trio. Feel free to contact me to...
