Here is a trailer I edited of a performance piece I scored by the most incredible choreographer @lonifaye in the fall of 2022 at @purchasedance@purchasecollege . It was one of my first major scores and it was one of the most fulfilling collaborations of my life and watching it being performed alongside other legends like Bill T. Jones, it was so moving. I will be sharing more videos of this piece with more of the music soon!
“FLOCK, GO FORTH” Loni Landon - Purchase Dance Company 2022
“FLOCK, GO FORTH”
Performed at the Pepsico Theater in November of 2022 for Purchase Dance Company’s Fall 2022 season.
Choreography by Loni Landon
Lighting by Becky Nussbaum
Costumes by Gail Baldoni
Music composed by Marcus Foster
Video edited by Marcus Foster
#dance #dancescore #Purchase #musiccomposer #filmcomposer #filmscoring #choreography #contemporary #dancecomposer
Merry Ickmas! 🎅 If you are wondering what to watch this Christmas, check out this hilarious Christmas movie I scored for
@submityourick called A Very Icky Christmas - link in bio 🔗
Thank you to NPR for sharing the story behind The Secret Symphony of Plants, and to Brent Chancellor for speaking on behalf of ONNA and Artpark.
We’re grateful to see this project continue to resonate as it finds its way into the world. 🌿
Special thanks to @artparkwny and the incredible composers for bringing this project to life so beautifully.
@kaitlynaurelia@brentchancellor@composernyc@marcusfoster1@johnkaefer
London-born and Brooklyn-based, Marcus Foster is an interdisciplinary artist whose work spans sculpture, sound and visual installation.
Over the past decade, Foster has applied his creative sensibilities to music and composition — writing scores for dance, film and installation, and exploring the meeting of visual form and sonic architecture.
With “Black Cherry”, Foster bridges his artistic background and musical practice, translating the living rhythms of the wild black cherry plant into both sound and image — bringing texture and form to the language of nature.
🎧 Stream “Black Cherry” — every listen gives back to nature. Link in bio.
📷: @maxwell.montante
#nature #newmusic #thesecretsymphonyofplants #artpark #blackcherry #marcusfoster #onnasounds
🌿 OUT TODAY — The Secret Symphony of Plants
A regenerative music project where living plants and composers create together — transforming bioelectrical data into sound.
• Track list •
1 SPEEDWELL — BRENT CHANCELLOR
2 I MISS THE WAY YOU SWIM — KAITLYN AURELIA SMITH
3 STIL DE GRAIN: FADING YELLOW — JOHN KAEFER
4 BLACK CHERRY — MARCUS FOSTER
5 WILD RESONANCE — RICARDO ROMANEIRO
Recorded at Artpark, NY.
Thank you to the team at Artpark, the musicians, composers, and nature — our greatest collaborator.
Every stream supports Artpark’s conservation fund.
🎧 Listen now to give back to nature.
Link in bio.
I am pleased to announce that my piece I scored for the Ultrasound concert: The Secret Symphony of Plants is getting a Live Album release in 2025 on @onnasounds Records!
Proceeds from the album will support Artpark Conservancy @artparkwny and their conservation initiatives. I am so grateful to have collaborated on such a special project alongside some truly inspiring composers. By simply listening, you are contributing to help preserve the natural environment that inspired this unique project. 🌱
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📸 @maxwell.montante
Visuals by me
#SecretSymphonyOfPlants #ONNAMusic #Musicandnature #ArtparkConservancy #SupportConservation #composer #scoremusic
Slides of solo green bushes growing by closed down stores. Music by me.
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#filmphotography #analogfilm #Kodak #score #filmscore #composer #slideshow #retro #soundtrack #filmmusic #filmcomposer #alteredlandscape #documentingspace
Here is a clip of the slide show projections I made for The Secret Symphony of Plants to play along side the orchestra. Using images I have made/found/collected over the years, I started pairing two images together, making visual connections which turned into a kind of game. These unusual marriages started to highlight themes around human nature and our connections to the landscape. I really loved how the slideshow would drift in an out of sync with the music. I will share more about this process over the next few weeks.
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Here are a few clips of a really beautiful dance performance piece I scored by @sannafrayman choreographed by @_stefanienoll which was performed at @purchasedance it was a really special project to work on.
#dance #dancescore #choreography #musicfordance
