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The Swan – From the Concert to Honor
the Artistry of Thereminist, Juliet Shaw

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On October 15th, 2023, a live Concert was given at the Silvermine School of Music to honor the
artistry of first generation thereminist/concert pianist/teacher, Juliet Shaw. The concert was the
culmination of The Juliet Shaw Legacy Project, begun in June of 2022 by myself, and Sandra Shaw
Murphy, the daughter of Juliet Shaw. Two marvelous pianists, Peter and Marianne Lauffer, and myself
presented a full program of both classical music, jazz, and occasional mischief. This excerpt from the
concert, a perfomance of Saint Saens’s Le Cynge (The Swan) includes a bit of mischief. Video of the
complete concert is currently in the works.
 
For more information about the Juliet Shaw Legacy Project, please visit: www.jshawlegacy.com

Cookbook Finalist…Winner?…Oh, Well…

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While this still has nothing to do with the theremin, it was worth a try. Our book, Vegetarian Tales
From the Mushroom Rooms,
became a finalist in the Chanticleer Book Awards category of Insightful
and Instructional Non-Fiction. We made it that far but that was it. The end.

 

We’re still making the rounds, submitting to publishers and agent – over thirty so far. The current tally
is four rejections and twenty-six without responses as yet.

 

“Vincent,” Nine Years Later…

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It’s hard to believe I recorded this nine years ago. Thanks always to Dan Burns and his marvelous
creation, the B3 Deluxe Theremin. This instrument’s tone and versatility helped capture the
heartbreaking beauty in Don McLean’s song. Two of Van Gogh’s starry nights in the windows.

Why is This Man Smiling?

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Simple. He has a new lease on life. It used to be a sentence of life in prison. Now it’s life on the outside.
Freedom, for the first time in 50 years. Now he’s rehabilitated. Now he’s helped hundreds of men like
himself to reform. Now he’s a role model – someone you’d look up to, someone you’d want to emulate.
But fifty years ago, he was a serial killer. Not someone you’d admire. Not someone you’d ever want
to run into. Not someone you’d ever want to emulate – unless…

 

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…unless you’re the copycat killer in Michael Jason Allen’s new feature film, “EMULATOR,” premiering
June 20th at Super Saver Cinemas 8, 2710 W. Bell Rd., #1125 in Phoenix, Arizona . Watch for the trailier,
coming May 13th on facebook, Youtube and https://www.hesaidshesaidproductions.com/emulator.html.

The New Film from Michael Jason Allen:
“EMULATOR” – Good News…and Bad News

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The GOOD News is…

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In writer/director/actor Michael Jason Allen’s seventh feature film, EMULATOR, after 50 years in prison,
Dr. Charles Sorland (depicted here with his attorney), is receiving the good news that he’s being granted
limited parole. A convicted serial killer at the age of 18, Sorland has turned his life around. With a degree in
psychology and education, he’s become model prisoner and an author/advocate at the leading edge of prisoner
reform methodology.

 

The BAD news is that a druggy goth weirdo has taken a liking to Charlie’s old M.O. and is killing people
exactly the way Charlie did 50 years ago. Now the cops are after Charlie – for his help.

 

For more information about all of Michael Jason Allen’s films, visit: www.hesaidshesaidproductions.com

 

September 29, 2018 – Save the Date
“A Theremin Smorgasbord” at
Cosmic Crossings Concert Series

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It’s going to be an hour-long assortment of music and monologues, featuring three Lessons from
Vinegar Mother
, a little jazz, a tribute to early electronic music, Disney World, MRIs, what’s going on
in your brain, a classic pop tune with theremin and… swan therapy.

 
The second hour of the evening features electro-maestros Karl Fury, Juan Garces and David Berends,
aka: THE EQUINOX PROJECT

 
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It’s happening at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 268 Washington Crossing Pennington Rd.,
Titusville, NJ. Admission is $10.