Find out more about the performance: Circus Harmony
Circus Harmony is:
- Part of Circus Day Foundation, an organization focused on Social Circus programs that use circus arts to inspire individuals and connect communities
- a show that is a confluence of tumbling, juggling, balancing, aerial artistry and clowning performed by children from different backgrounds and set to a medley of melodies played by different musicians from various cultures
- a concept of crossing cultural boundaries musically, artistically and socially
- this exciting, eclectic CD collection of marvelous music from multicultural musicians who accompany youth circus performers
Circus Harmony gives hope to its audiences by demonstrating that people from different cultures can work and live and perform together in a constructive, cooperative way to create symphonies of sensational performance art to inspire all of us.
Circus Harmony: First Movement is the first in a series of CDs and shows featuring fantastically talented musicians and youth circus performers. The First Movement CD is on sale NOW! The CD release party will be Sunday, January 23rd at City Museum from 1 to 4. The full show, Circus Harmony: First Movement, will be on Saturday, February 26 at 3 and 8. Tickets go on sale on January 23rd. This CD is available for sale here or at City Museum (go to www.citymuseum.org for times and directions.)
Purchasing this CD supports our Social Circus programs!
Circus Harmony: First Movement
Artists and Songs
Click on highlighted song titles for 30 second samples (each mp3 file approximately 475 Kb).
- Farshid Soltanshahi
- Iranian-born and world-influenced, Farshid fuses jazz, blues, Latin and middle-eastern music into a unique blend that defies category.
- Farshid Soltanshahi: Guitar, Hammered Dulcimer (Santur), Percussion
- Phil Gomez: Piano Billy Engel: Bass
- Circus Swing by Farshid Soltanshahi
- Music Box Dream by Farshid Soltanshahi
- Percolation by Farshid Soltanshahi
- Jessica’s Day by Quincy Jones
- St. Louis Community Circus Band
- The St. Louis Community Circus Band plays the memory-evoking, musically-demanding, traditional circus music that represents American culture in this multicultural musical mix.
- Lesa Hall: band director/ French horn, John Beabout: trumpet, Max Brown: percussion, Jack Brown: tenor sax, Stacey Cassmeyer: percussion, Tom Crouch: trombone, Chuck Green: flute, Matt Haegele: clarinet, Atena Kasprzak: trumpet, Doug Luke: French Horn, Andrea Mazo: flute, Dale Skornia: alto sax, Lisa Smith: flute, JD Tolman: tuba, Bob Wilkinson: trumpet, Virginia Winters: clarinet
- Desperation Rag by P.T. Richards
- On The Bandwagon by P.T. Richards
- Ringmaster Rob by P.T. Richards
- Hurry Up! by P.T. Richards
- Sandy Weltman and the Hebrew Hillbillies
- Sandy and his musical collaborators play traditional Klezmer music with non-traditional instruments creating an original and culture-connecting version of this soul-stirring Jewish Gypsy jazz sound.
- Sandy Weltman: Harmonica, percussion
- Beth Tuttle: Piano, Janis Rieman: Cello
- Terk In America Traditional
- Varshavers/Leibedig Medley Traditional
- Oy Tate Traditional
- Xiaoyu Yan Zheng
- The Zheng is one of the most ancient instruments in China and, though only in high school, Xiaoyu is a Zheng virtuoso and one of the few professional Zheng players in the United States. The haunting and beautiful sound of this instrument evokes a timeless tribute to Chinese culture.
- Dance of the Yao People by Tieshan Liu
- Red Flowers on the Mountain by Jinghai Jiao
- Fishing Boat in the Sunset by Shuhua Lou
- Snowy Mountain by Shange Fan
- St. Louis Osuwa Taiko Drummers
- This modern day Taiko troupe adds facets of jazz and dance to the power of the ancient art of Japanese drumming. This music has roots in both the historical and present culture of Japan.
- Andrew Thalheimer (Co-Director), Aya Yoshida (Co-Director)
- Michael Bowdern, Junsei Ito, Jaclynn Lett, Carol Lin, Emiko Morimoto,
Kiyomi Yamada
- Drive by Michele Tang
- Kaifuu (Ocean Wind) by Andrew Thalheimer
- Tsurugi No Mai (Swords’ Dance) by Robin Yang
- Koroko No Koe (Voice of the Heart) by Jaclynn Lett
- Tenchi (Heaven and Earth) by Joe Kimura
Produced by Jessica Hentoff and Billy Engel
Executive Producer: Catherine Ponder
Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Billy Engel at EARStudios, Fenton MO
Graphic Design: Amie Schilson
Photos: Jeane Vogel and Jessica Hentoff
Dedicated to Rev. Dr. L. David Harris who loved circus music and to our flying children.
