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Home News and events About me Biography, background, press, and tidbits both musical and nonmusical My musicals Five shows I've written, including one that ran Off-Broadway in 2006 and one currently in development The Chagall Suite A commissioned 8-movement piano piece inspired by Marc Chagall's artworks, and a tribute to Chagall and Elvis Listen Hear my music on this site and buy my recordings Musical direction See my ideas regarding musical direction, see my resume, or let me coach you for auditions and give you accompaniment tracks to practice with Transcription services Send me a recording to create sheet music from, or have me transpose or arrange a song or instrumental work Travelogues Read accounts of my long-term trips and my experience on the Fosse tour Mailing list Subscribe to receive news and travelogues | NewsJune 11 | The Yiddish Philharmonic Chorus: "Chutzpah! Yiddish Songs of Defiance"Binyumen Schaechter, conductor | Seth Weinstein, pianistFueled by optimism, faith, and pride, the Jewish nation has prevailed, resilient in the face of hatred and oppression. The program will feature Yiddish anthems, theatre songs, a liturgical setting, a children's song, and selections from a choral tone poem of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising -- all in some way rallying for solidarity or declaring the need for freedom.
June 15 | Otto Walberg at Don't Tell MamaStarring Otto Walberg | Directed by Mark Nadler | Seth Weinstein, pianistAn encore performance after last month's sold-out show! Making his long-awaited cabaret debut, Otto Walberg has assembled an evening of songs that range from well-known standards to lesser-known gems by such songwriters as the Gershwins, Hoagy Carmichael, Stephen Sondheim, and Marshall Barer, incorporating stories from New York, Louisiana, and Mr. Walberg's childhood home in rural Oregon.
July 12 | Iolanthe, or Peer Pressure with Light Opera of New YorkStaging by Carol Davis and Lesley Berry | Musical direction by Seth WeinsteinWhat happens when a small operetta company is between stage directors and the musical director finds Gilbert & Sullivan stuffy and has allowed the performers to impose their own musical styles on the score? You get a little bit country, a little bit rock 'n' roll...a little bit barbershop, a little bit girl group...and yes, some real G&S. And a whole lot of LOONY fun!
The Abecedarian Walks | Updates on Twitter and InstagramI'm halfway through my endeavor to walk the perimeters of 26 islands, starting with each letter of the alphabet. Recent walks: Diners of New Jersey
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(October 2020) The Train to That Thing in the Desert (by train, mostly, from the 2022 Scrabble Players Championship in Baltimore to Burning Man in the Nevada desert)
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