New album: Sky Watching with Michael Fitzpatrick

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February 2014	Hello Friends,
Featured Song Click here to hear this unique piano & cello collaboration.  From the Album Skywatching. We all do it.  We all know how it looks.  But how does it sound?   These sonic renderings are journeys  into the sounds and spaces  of the skies . Look up Look out Look in . The  sky  is  the  heart . . . Keeping in Touch... Did you know you can read back issues of this newsletter on my blog, "Spiraling Stories?" Was this forwarded to you? Join the Mailing List!  Email Address:	We are SO EXCITED to announce our newest CD, a collaboration with Michael Fitzpatrick:Sky Watching! You may have seen Michael Fitzpatrick performing on the United States Capitol West Lawn in conjunction with His Holiness the Dalai Lama's public talk on World Peace. His Tuning The Planet project takes harmonic instrumental music around the globe to caves that touch the pulse of the earth. And with Merrill, he has explored the sky in a series of thru-composed pieces with grand piano and cello. Sounds like... Here are some reviews by inspired listeners... "Sky Watching: an harmonic conversion, dancing on the head of a pin, falling off into improvised conversation between piano and cello with the inventiveness of an ivory bow." — Gary Denk "KIND is a beautiful song. The piano asks... the cello answers, then teaches, telling stories that float over the question like the wind over ripples. And yes, kind. Like an elder with a child. Who soars, on the last note, to their own innocence." —CD Baby reviewer Would you like to review the new songs or the album? We'd love to hear your impressions! Looks Like... Yvon Chausseblanche has illustrated our feature song, KIND, with another beautiful video. Sit back and enjoy the sky scapes on YouTubeor on our Featured Page. CD Release Concert 2/22 We will be launching Sky Watching at the "Harmonic Convergence" concert sponsored by the Peace Awareness Labrynth & Gardensin Los Angeles on Saturday, February 22. Please join us for a special evening, featuring Michael, Merrill, and clarinettist Alethea Lamb. Tickets are only $5... and the skies should be beautiful. Peace to all of us, Merrill Collins www.spiralingmusic.com www.facebook.com

Peace Week starts this Wednesday

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September 2013	Hello Friends,
Featured Song Our featured song is I give you my peace... a 14-minute piano piece that could be a wonderful soundtrack for your meditation on Peace Day... or any day.  $2.99 Do you "Like" the work Merrill Collins does? Then LIKE her on Facebook!      Was this forwarded to you? Join the Mailing List! Email Address: * More information about the International Day of Peace can be found at www.internationaldayofpeace.org .	Peace Week starts Sunday! Peace Week begins this week on September 15, and culminates next week on the International Day of Peace* on Saturday, September 21st. To celebrate the highlight of Peace Day, we're continuing to share our video that promotes the Minute of Silence the world will share at noon! Spanish Version French Version We are also promoting our PSA about this event to radio stations. Please send this link to anyone you know with a broadcast! And finally, please forward this link today to anyone you know who teaches preschool, kindergarten, or first grade. It contains a simple curriculum for preparing a classroom full of kids to observe the Minute of Silence on the 21st. New Music The title of our new  track, Fullness of Sorrow, belies our joy at publishing the first track of "Cascades," a forthcoming album with cellist Michael Fitzpatrick. Stay tuned for more developments.  More Peaceful Music All of the music we make is peaceful and promoting of peace and harmony. From our We Agree! Curricula to our acoustic albums like Blossoms and Sanctuary, we dedicate all of our work to creating a more peaceful world, one pair of ears at a time. Dr. Michael Irwin of the Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology / Jane & Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior, said this about our music: "The relaxation response induces a profound state of deep rest, which when practiced and applied to our daily lives, can alter how we respond to physical and emotional stress. The music of Merrill Collins is, in my view, important in facilitating the transition into this state of deep relaxation." Keep in Touch!  Peace to all of us, Merrill Collins www.spiralingmusic.com www.merrillcollins.com www.myspace.com www.facebook.com
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Spiraling Music at the Mini-Movies

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February 2013	Hello, Friends!
Get the Soundtracks This is the short version of We Are Interdependent: Ethno-Trance Dance (11 min.) is on the We Declare album:   Originally written for the gardens to hear: A version of L'Orange is on the Cinema Musiqe soundtrack, as are more of "les couleurs:" The theme of the "happy musician:"    Get the Sheet Music (also availble in G, B-flat, and A) Was this forwarded to you? Join our Mailing List! Email Address:	Video Co-Creations 2012 was a notable creative year for Spiraling Music. Even though we didn't release any new albums, there were many wonderful live performances and video co-creations. Check out them all, or pick one for a nice little break in your day! Yvon shot an amazing video of "Pelicans Sky Dancing Over the Pacific" and set it to We Are Interdependent (Ethno Trance Dance). Hundreds of birds diving for fish is simply mesmerizing! You'll want to watch this.                     We had a blast playing "les couleurs" at the Prana concert. My favorite was L'Orange Mediterranie featuring cellist Michael Fitzpatrick. Michael is celebrating 19 years of Tuning the Planet and we are looking forward to more co-creations in 2013. We had a 3-hour jam session on my birthday (which coincided with the Harmonic Convergence!) and look forward to more co-creativity in 2013!                    Yvon made this slideshow of a beautiful 1,000 Buddha Peace Garden in Montana, with the soundtrack of I Give You My Peace, my 14-minute musical instrumental peace prayer: I am interested in learning about other peace gardens around the planet. One of my creative projects for 2013 is music for peace gardens. Please send me links or information if you know of any! We performed a moving version of Soyez Gentille live at the opening of Christmas Midnight Mass, a carol dedicated to the children and especially those who died in Connecticut. This performance by Andrew Bennett at Christmas Eve mass includes subtitles for English translation: Hodie, performed by Joseph Hebert's choir in 2007 was uploaded by a friend, Jose Velazquez, who spent many hours on the tech of turning a video from 2007 into a Youtube of 2012! We are thankful to Jose this tune is finally up!  This energetic carol of an enormous family choir will really get your spirits up.                   I Just Dropped In was featured in Kristen Caven's book trailer for her charming and creative memoir, Perfectly Revolting. Check it out!                   Keep in Touch!  Please let me know if you ever need music for a video or film production. I love to collaborate, and am always happy to work out a mutually agreeable licensing agreement. Peace, Merrill Collins www.spiralingmusic.com www.merrillcollins.com www.facebook.com
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A Dozen Roses for Mom

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May 2012	A Dozen Living Roses
Featured Song the roses told me... from  It's a poem... it's a collection of songs... it's a picture book. near a mountain stream on the path to the garden of blossoms one morning in the sunlight i heard whispering. the roses told me tho plant my heart's wish unconditionally sooner or later, love will be greater peace, be still. Was this forwarded to you? Join the Mailing List! Email Address:	So..., did you remember to send something to mom? Here's something special you can send via email.... Happy mothers day to all who nurture and love.   Peace to all of us, Merrill Collins www.spiralingmusic.com www.merrillcollins.com www.myspace.com www.facebook.com
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Songs for Holy Week

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April 2012	Hello ,
Featured Song Click here to enjoy an amazing moment of harmony and grace.   From the Album  New Ways to Connect! I'd love to see your face in my "like" box on Facebook - you can also see my archives on my blog.     Was this forwarded to you? Join the Mailing List! Email Address:	This month's featured songs are Holy Week "hits". If you open the featured song page to play in the background while you read this, you can be sunk deep into the tones of Pange Lingua before you even get to the end of the letter... and in a perfect reflective mood. Pange Lingua Pange Lingua Gloriosi Proelium Certaminis by Venantius Fortunatus, has been a traditional Holy Thursday hymn since the 6th century. It is from Cello and Piano Sanctuary, this month's featured album, which is a best-seller at San Francisco's Grace Cathedral, and is often played for those walking their famous labrynth. My Father's House We just finished a brand-new recording of My Father's House. The song comes from a musical I wrote in 1979 called Follow That Star.  Historically, it's one of people's favorites of all the songs I've ever written. This is the first time this version has been recorded, and it features tenor Andrew Bennett and 'cellist Michael Fitzpatrick, www.michaelfitzpatrick.com . If you want to perform the song for a service this week, or at any time, sheet music is now available on Scribd.  NEW WORLD MUSIC PROJECTS Clarinetist Alethea Lamb and I have continued jamming in the after flow of two wonderful concerts at Peace Labyrinth Gardens (see ychausseblanche channel, http://www.youtube.com/user/ychausseblanche ) We will keep you posted of forthcoming performances and releases. Looking forward to tasty additions of world percussion and strings...stay tuned! Keep in Touch!  Who do you know who is celebrating Holy Week? Please forward this to them to share the gift of music. Peace, Merrill Collins www.spiralingmusic.com www.merrillcollins.com www.myspace.com www.facebook.com Forward this message to a friend

 

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