Tuesday, January 31, 2012

"A Certain Kind of Nothingness"

A piece which will definitely be charted for "The Charnie Guettel Modern Jazz Twelve"

Monday, January 30, 2012

"Pavane for a Live Piano Player"

This piece from 2009 has some things that are going to go into the final version of the opera.

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Saturday, January 28, 2012

"Study for Maria Callas"

When I first started writing the opera I wrote this study for Maria Callas as a way of finding my feet. When you write an opera, it is out of love for the singers.

Friday, January 27, 2012

"Feature"

This is a piece from 2010 that I find very interesting. Some of it I might chart for "The Modern
Jazz Twelve" as part of the opera.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

"Becalmed"

I'm thinking of making a chart of this for "The Modern Jazz Twelve"

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Modern Jazz Twelve soundtrack

This soundtrack came from a longer piece called "The Magic Mountain". This photograph of my father's mother is from the era of Thomas Mann's "The Magic Mountain"

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Charnie Guettel Modern Jazz Twelve

Modern Jazz Twelve plays original music for soundtrack.

Monday, January 16, 2012

chanrie guettel modern jazz twelve

selections from the modern jazz opera "Ophélie" provide a soundtrack for
a David Bateman demonstration of an abstract painting technique.

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

"Tille Stern" jazz composition

a piece for the opera named for my great grandmother

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Charnie Guettel Modern Jazz twelve

Soundtrack of Charnie Guettel compositions for
art technique video:

Members of The Modern Jazz Twelve play