Upcoming Concert in NYC

If you're in New York on November 22nd, please come and hear this marvelous trio (Eight Strings & a Whistle - flute, viola and 'cello) perform at the Tenri Cultural Institute. They will perform "... and nothing remains the same." More information about the concert is available at this link:

http://eightstringsandawhistle.com/in-concert/upcoming.html 

Another Primitive YouTube Video

This is a digital demo performance of my recent work for orchestra, completed in early 2013. It is an eight minute piece in one movement. Samsara is a concept common to Hinduism and Buddhism; it is the realm or cycle of suffering in which all beings in the universe participate and which can be escaped only through enlightenment. Samsara is presided over by Yama, the wrathful god of death. Beings are driven by the three poisons: delusion (ignorance of their true nature, represented by a pig), attachment (desire or greed, represented by a bird), and aversion (anger or hatred, represented by a snake).

There are seventeen photos used in the video. As far as I can determine most are in the public domain and appear in numerous sites on the internet without attribution. Here is the list of exceptions, which are used under the indicated Creative Commons licenses:

Photos 5 & 6: BY-NC 3.0 by RigpaWiki.org, site of Rigpa Shedra  -- Nepal
Photo 7: BY-NC-ND 2.5 AU by ccdoh1 (Flickr name... can't determine the actual name) -- Australia
Photo 8: BY-NC 2.0 UK by Wllcome Library -- England
Photo 9: BY-NC-SA 2.0 by Maren Yumi Motamura -- Brazil

If anyone can demonstrate that a photo has been used improperly please contact me via my web site (johnnewellmusic.com). I will be happy to make any necessary changes.