Matt Van Brink, composer, pianist accordionist

Sybarite5 @ The Cell | Turceasca

2010-10-24T15:47:40Z

Sybarite5 will perform my arrangement of Perapaskero's Turceasca on three concerts at The Cell. Also includes music by Deborah Barnekow, Tom Osborne, Led Zeppelin, Dave Brubeck, and Radiohead. "Explore/Innovate/Advance" The Cell Theatre 338 West 23rd St. NYC Tickets $20/$15

Kiss the Stars Goodnight @ Concordia College

2010-05-07T23:30:00Z

The students of Concordia Conservatory's chamber music program will premiere a new song cycle of mine commissioned by the Conservatory with support from the ASCAP Foundation. FREE Sommer Center, Concordia College, Bronxville, NY

The Animal Estates Home Buyers' Tour @ Shortened Attention Span Musical Festival

2010-04-25T19:00:00Z

THE ANIMAL ESTATES HOME BUYERS' TOUR, a 30-minute musical for children featuring irascible singing animals and kazoos.

The Animal Estates Home Buyers' Tour Book by Jennifer Greene & Matt Van Brink Music & Lyrics by Matt Van Brink Based on Fritz Haeg's "Animal Estates" Shortened Attention Span Musical Festival The Players Theater 115 MacDougal St, New York

Gamelan Galak Tika mini tour

2010-03-06T01:00:00Z

Performing on accordion and keyboard with Gamelan Galak Tika.

ALEA III @ Boston University | Guru

2010-03-03T00:30:00Z

"Celebrating Lukas" a concert of 5 works by Lukas Foss and a collection of short pieces written by his students, including my 60-second piece GURU ALEA III, Boston University Chamber Chorus Theodore Antoniou, conductor, Ann Howard Jones, conductor, Kathleen Boyd, flute, Yukiko Shimazaki, piano, Justin Blackwell, piano Elegy for Anne Frank, Echoi, For Toru, The Prairie, Behold! I Build an House plus Eighteen Epigrams (a new work written by Lukas Foss’ students in honor of their teacher Mark Berger, Ramon Castillo, Michalis Economou, Sunggone Hwang , Jakov Jakoulov, Panos Liaropoulos, Ivana Lisak, Pedro Malpica, Margaret McAllister, Apostolos Paraskevas, Mauricio Pauly, Matt Van Brink, Jeremy Van Buskirk, Paul Vash, Ronald G. Vigue, Julian Wachner, John H. Wallace, Po-Chun Wang.) FREE Tsai Performance Center Boston University

Scrap Happy 2010 | 100 mp3s!

2010-03-01T18:23:54Z

100 bits of musicky mp3 music. Let's shuffle. LINK (413MB). Previously: Scrap Happy 2009, Scrap Happy 2008

Guru

2010-02-08T17:05:59Z

Chamber orchestra | 1 min. | Score | MP3
One of 18 Epigrams commissioned by ALEA III in honor of Lukas Foss First performed by ALEA III 2 March 2010, Boston University]]> PROGRAM NOTE Studying with Lukas meant studying Lukas: An 80-year-old prodigy, an enemy of soulless “musical tasks,” and a paragon of “write what you love.” This short piece is a small tribute to Lukas’s uninhibited joy in composing.

Initial Ascent @ Concordia College

2010-01-30T23:00:00Z

Music at Concordia Gala Concert. Matt Van Brink & George Francois, pianos. Sommer Center, Concordia College, Bronxville NY

Kiss the Stars Goodnight

2010-01-12T14:00:54Z

song cycle for voice(s) and chamber ensemble | 30 mins.
Commissioned by Concordia Conservatory with support from the ASCAP Foundation
First performed by students of Concordia Conservatory 7 May 2010, Sommer Center, Bronxville, NY

Polygraph Lounge with members of the Cleveland Orchestra

2010-01-09T01:30:00Z

The indomitable Polygraph Lounge perform with members of the Cleveland Orchestra, using my orchestrations of their songs and medleys. Severance Hall, Cleveland

Arrangements & Orchestrations for Polygraph Lounge

2010-01-08T15:24:22Z

Mark Stewart & Rob Schwimmer: Coulda Woulda Shoulda (Arrangement)
Rob Schwimmer: Fabulous Flying Jellyfish (Orchestration)
John Barry: Goldfinger (Orchestration) (2010)
Spike Jones: Pal-Yat-Chee (Orchestration) (2010)
piano, guitar, drums, flute, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, violin and cello
First performed by Polygraph Lounge with members of the Cleveland Orchestra
8 January 2010; Severance Hall, Cleveland

Cleaner! Faster! Stronger!

2010-01-05T14:14:46Z

A new musical, telling the story of a housewife’s journey towards sexual liberation after the outing of her favorite cleaning products pitch woman as a porn star. With lyrics by Charlie Sohne. VIDEO 1 "Shine" (Amy Justman) & VIDEO 2 "I've Got Hope" (Amy Justman & Celina Carvajal)

My Year in Cities 2009

2010-01-01T04:55:29Z

My Year in Cities 2009 New York, NY * St James, NY Somerville, MA Tallahassee, FL Lincoln, NH * Henderson, NV Woodland Hills, CA * San Diego,CA St Petersburg, Russia East Northport, NY * Raleigh, NC Aspen, CO St. Louis, MO Wells, VT San Francisco, CA Tokyo, Japan Nikko, Japan Kyoto, Japan Waltham, MA Brooklyn, NY * One or more nights spent in each place. Those cities marked with an * represent non-consecutive nights. Previously: Year in Cities 2003-2007

Joelle Lurie @ The Metropolitan Room

2009-12-22T02:30:00Z

... music directing and playing Joelle Lurie's Christmas cabaret "The First Joelle.' with Sean Hackett, guitar & Connor Meehan, drums The Metropolitan Room 34 West 22nd St., NYC Reservations: (212) 206-0440

Among the redwoods

2009-12-09T17:56:20Z

Standing among the redwoods from Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck

Can it be that we do not love to be reminded that we are very young and callow in a world that was old when we came into it? And could here be a strong resistance to the certainty that a living world will continue its stately way when we no longer inhabit it?