80. In Memoriam
Robert Gans Sr. 1930 - 2023 Evelyn Gans 1928 - 2023 I have many fond childhood memories of my dad and my stepmother Evelyn… putting up...
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Robert
- Sep 10
- 1 min
79. Breathing Space: Follow-up
Once again, I've been lax in keeping this blog current. I guess I've been caught up this summer in these strange and difficult times....
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Robert
- Jul 3
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78. The Human Touch
It's been almost 3 months since my last post because I've been devoting as much time as possible to composing Breathing Space which is...
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Robert
- Apr 9
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77. Breathing Space
I recently read a collection of essays and interviews in a book entitled Contemporary Composers on Contemporary Music. I especially...
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Robert
- Feb 17
- 1 min
76. Faculty Concert Cancelled
3/4/23 Update: The PCM Faculty Concert Fundraiser has been cancelled due to blizzard conditions. I was hoping for a postponement but it...
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Robert
- Jan 14
- 2 min
75. Beck-Ola
Jeff and Sandra Beck at the Grammys I haven't been moved to write an epitaph since pianist/composer Chick Corea departed, but this week I...
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Robert
- Jan 2
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74. Six Love Poems
Confidences by Pierre Auguste Renoir Some years ago, I was asked to submit some love poems to be considered for a Valentine's Day reading...
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Robert
- Oct 21, 2022
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73. 1111
I will be playing two sets of jazz covers and originals at the Stroudwater Distillery at Thompson's Point in Portland, Maine starting at...
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Robert
- Sep 9, 2022
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72. The Great War
La Tempesta by Giorgione (ca. 1500) I am almost done re-reading a truly great novel called A Soldier of the Great War by Mark Helprin in...
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Robert
- Jul 25, 2022
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71. Touch and Go Released
After extensive composing, practicing, planning, recording, mixing, remixing, editing and mastering, my twentieth album, Touch and Go is...
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Robert
- Jun 26, 2022
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70. Touch and Go: Part Two
After months (and in some cases years) of work, I went into Acadia Recording Studios on June 16th and 23rd to record three original...
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Robert
- May 6, 2022
- 1 min
69. Touch and Go
It's been a little over a year since I released my last album, The Presence of That Absence and almost six months since my Islands in the...
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Robert
- Apr 15, 2022
- 2 min
68. It's The Soul That Matters
Today is Good Friday, the day Christians commemorate the suffering and death of Christ 2000 years ago. Easter Sunday is two days away,...
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Robert
- Mar 19, 2022
- 1 min
67. Out of the Blue...
One day when I was home this week, I received a large envelope in the mail from The American Prize. As I had only recently submitted...
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Robert
- Feb 19, 2022
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66. The Eyes Have It
Shoulders, arms and hidden hands, The lip that curls and makes demands. Ears that hear our silent thoughts Filled with woulds and shoulds...
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Robert
- Jan 29, 2022
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65. Parade
The Three Muses by Eustache Le Sueur It was 1917, a year before the great flu pandemic, the end of World War I, and the death of Claude...
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Robert
- Jan 7, 2022
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64. Two Resolutions
I sit here entering 2022, feeling humbled, a bit weary, and watching the snow fall. Accordingly, my first resolution is to formulate and...
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Robert
- Dec 6, 2021
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63. The Rest is Noise
First came the sounds of nature. Waves breaking on the shore, And wind in the treetops. Then music poured from the human spirit. And...
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Robert
- Nov 5, 2021
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62. Islands in the Stream
A Half Hour of Music and Stories at the Portland Conservatory of Music 12:15 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 2nd, 2021 Music is part of life. And...
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Robert
- Oct 16, 2021
- 1 min
61. T.S. Eliot on the Edge
....The endless cycle of idea and action, Endless invention, endless experiment, Brings knowledge of motion, but not of stillness;...
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