February 04, 2012

April 08, 2011

MY LITTLE DAEMON - Original Score



















OBERLIN REVIEW



Original score from recent performance piece, MY LITTLE DÆMON, available for FREE download:

1. CHRISTMAS DREAM (6:45)

2. BRITE XMAS (8:10)

3. JINGLE HELLS (11:00)

4. REDEMPTION (WHY WHY WHY) (2:55)

5. NOËL NOËL (9:40)

6. FALLEN FROM PEACE (5:00)

7. LITTLE DÆMON'S SONG (7:15)

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special thanks to:
my parents
matt marx
mariko sato


© 2011 Calder Kusmierski Singer

February 06, 2011

Keenan Piano Performance Piece

video edited from mix of live & studio performance taken in oberlin ohio:



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meteors, love

the world is gong to end
and i've still not found my love.
many turns have been wasted before;
lives cut short too soon,
possibilities erased.

a silly and beautiful star grows in the nights
and now, too, in the days.
will it just burn up as i burn inside?
or will it be simpler, plainer,
its body quelled (as mine is) in the day's new sun?

the sun has set again
but the sky glows a dim red.
all i think of is love.
i open the cupboard
and sudden
i sense its ripened, swollen presence;
as if it were in the can of preserved litchi fruit, seated right before my eyes;
somewhere past the perfect printed green valley, beneath the even inked azure sky,
waiting to burst in a burst that will outdo any world's end.

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after innumerable millennia,
the meteor drives deep into the earth's body
and is at home.

January 07, 2011

Rumble Ghost, by Jack Ferver – Original Score - 1/9,10,11/2011 @ PS 122















FREE downloads below © 2010 Calder Kusmierski Singer

NY Times Review

Eva Yaa Asantewaa Review

Solo Post on Eva's Blog

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Rumble Ghost (Entire Album)

individual tracks:

1. Beneath Our Sad Home (8:40)

2. Finished (12:30)

3. City Shadow [All Our Hopes Devoured] (6:30)

4. Psychodrama I (9:11)

5. Psychodrama II (9:11)

6. Little Jack’s Song (sung by Calder) (7:15)
(sung from little Jack to adult Jack):

I’ve been making him do things I have wanted.
Do you think that you can really stop it, stop me?

If he didn’t want to, if he didn’t want to stop it,
He could be a man about it, and stop me.

But you, you are so alone, we all are so alone,
there is no hope for change, there is no hope for change,
there is no hope for change, there is no hope for change –
you can’t change.

(lyric by Jack Ferver)

* BONUS TRACKS *

7. Psychodrama (Piano Version) (5:30)

8. City Shadow (Original Vocal Version) (5:20)

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Special Thanks to:
Jack Ferver
PS 122
Oberlin Conservatory
Lisa Ecklund-Flores @ Church St. Music School
Matt Marx
Daniel Solon
Irene Mastro (my grandma)
Janet Kusmierski (my mom)
& Greg Singer (my dad)












© 2010 Calder Kusmierski Singer

January 04, 2011

How Sad It Is

Rediscovering His Office

performance piece from march 2010 in oberlin, ohio. a 30 minute dream-theater piece involving my character, sadly recollecting memories of his love and his love's death on 9/11/2001. actors calder singer & nicholas parlato. special thanks to harry israelson, david sherwin, tristan gordon, peter swendsen, asha tamirisa, allison swaim, samuel corey & mary heatwole.





Towers To Heaven (video) + Cherishing Better Moments (illustration)



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The Moment We Rejoin / Empire Awakening









































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© 2011 Calder Kusmierski Singer

Oddity & 9.11.10

All Photos taken by Jimmy Hagan
































































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9.11.10

December 25, 2010

9 Years Later ––– Around Post Office (1/2)

A photoshoot from summer 2010. With a few exceptions, all photos taken on-site at Ground Zero, in NYC. An unusual exploration into memory, death, and beauty. Referencing the tragedies of 9.11.01 became a way for me to channel my own inner-pain.

Please download & listen to an original track titled "Finished" when viewing the images.

Photographs taken by Ronny Horner, Calder Singer & Claire Lachow. Models Calder Singer, Sarah Ritchards & Linus Ignatius. Costume, Jewelry & Makeup by Calder Singer. Special thanks to my family.



silent prayer I
















silent prayer II
















silent prayer (pedestrian's perspective)














dreaming





















silent prayer (portrait)



















© 2010 Calder Kusmierski Singer

9 Years Later ––– Around Post Office (2/2)

A photoshoot from summer 2010. With a few exceptions, all photos taken on-site at Ground Zero, in NYC. An unusual exploration into memory, death, and beauty. Referencing the tragedies of 9.11.01 became a way for me to channel my own inner-pain.

Please download & listen to an original track titled "Finished" when viewing the images.

Photographs taken by Ronny Horner, Calder Singer & Claire Lachow. Models Calder Singer, Sarah Ritchards & Linus Ignatius. Costume, Jewelry & Makeup by Calder Singer. Special thanks to my family.



first, gather energy



















second, release energy


















last, express the terrible explosion



















silent prayer III
















silent prayer IV














© 2010 Calder Kusmierski Singer

9 Years Later ––– Around Tower 7 (1/2)

A photoshoot from summer 2010. With a few exceptions, all photos taken on-site at Ground Zero, in NYC. An unusual exploration into memory, death, and beauty. Referencing the tragedies of 9.11.01 became a way for me to channel my own inner-pain.

Please download & listen to an original track titled "Finished" when viewing the images.

Photographs taken by Ronny Horner, Calder Singer & Claire Lachow. Models Calder Singer, Sarah Ritchards & Linus Ignatius. Costume, Jewelry & Makeup by Calder Singer. Special thanks to my family.



behind closed lids





















waiting





















death blows through me
















as the tower's spirit soars past I





















as the tower's spirit soars past II



















© 2010 Calder Kusmierski Singer

9 Years Later ––– Around Tower 7 (2/2)

A photoshoot from summer 2010. With a few exceptions, all photos taken on-site at Ground Zero, in NYC. An unusual exploration into memory, death, and beauty. Referencing the tragedies of 9.11.01 became a way for me to channel my own inner-pain.

Please download & listen to an original track titled "Finished" when viewing the images.

Photographs taken by Ronny Horner, Calder Singer & Claire Lachow. Models Calder Singer, Sarah Ritchards & Linus Ignatius. Costume, Jewelry & Makeup by Calder Singer. Special thanks to my family.



self-possessed, sad
















and when they struck
















disillusioned (or just seeing)















diving in















diving in, detail














© 2010 Calder Kusmierski Singer

9 Years Later ––– Towers & Self-Portraits

A photoshoot from summer 2010. With a few exceptions, all photos taken on-site at Ground Zero, in NYC. An unusual exploration into memory, death, and beauty. Referencing the tragedies of 9.11.01 became a way for me to channel my own inner-pain.

Please download & listen to an original track titled "Finished" when viewing the images.

Photographs taken by Ronny Horner, Calder Singer & Claire Lachow. Models Calder Singer, Sarah Ritchards & Linus Ignatius. Costume, Jewelry & Makeup by Calder Singer. Special thanks to my family.



north tower





















south tower





















trapped I





















trapped II





















grave
















© 2010 Calder Kusmierski Singer

9 Years Later ––– Jewelry (detail)

A photoshoot from summer 2010. With a few exceptions, all photos taken on-site at Ground Zero, in NYC. An unusual exploration into memory, death, and beauty. Referencing the tragedies of 9.11.01 became a way for me to channel my own inner-pain.

Please download & listen to an original track titled "Finished" when viewing the images.

Photographs taken by Ronny Horner, Calder Singer & Claire Lachow. Models Calder Singer, Sarah Ritchards & Linus Ignatius. Costume, Jewelry & Makeup by Calder Singer. Special thanks to my family.



my sad alien hand





















miniature flight





















the desire to burn














overlapped towers


















remember?













© 2010 Calder Kusmierski Singer

9 Years Later ––– Covered Bridge (1/2)

A photoshoot from summer 2010. With a few exceptions, all photos taken on-site at Ground Zero, in NYC. An unusual exploration into memory, death, and beauty. Referencing the tragedies of 9.11.01 became a way for me to channel my own inner-pain.

Please download & listen to an original track titled "Finished" when viewing the images.

Photographs taken by Ronny Horner, Calder Singer & Claire Lachow. Models Calder Singer, Sarah Ritchards & Linus Ignatius. Costume, Jewelry & Makeup by Calder Singer. Special thanks to my family.



remembering the air blown back





















from which death is sent


















doll arms lord over jet





















sky lady empathizes


















imagining death frees me



















© 2010 Calder Kusmierski Singer