Glenn Stallcop Composer, Performer
SIMPLE RIFFS – Doing a lot with a little has almost universal value in all things, not just the arts.
THE FOREVER YEAR – Stir crazy doesn’t even begin to cover it. The only ones happy were our pets, as my meatloaf of a cat on the cover fully demonstrates.
STORYTELLER – Clearing the air – lessons learned, misguided assumptions, a couple of wide-eyed encounters with racism, a funny story about a squirrel moving in, and a testimony on the benefits of dolls.
DIVERTIMENTI – A reference to pieces dating from the Classical period, which were meant to be performed in social settings; literally meant to be diversions or entertainment.
UNCIVILIZATION – As Climate Change has now become a forgone conclusion, I have started to think seriously about the many possible human crises that are lurking.
CAMPAIGN- About how real people can interact on a more human level and add depth, subtlety, and reality to another’s life and beliefs, and it is about how people can change.
TURNING – A “turn” in music is a melodic embellishment in which a note is modified, or rather replaced, by five specific notes. More than just a play on words, it is a fundamental way in which I conceive of music.
INTERFACE – Music is a nexus that nourishes human interaction. It is an interface of intention and intrigue.
CONDENSATION – What is interesting to me is that the water seems to just materialize out of thin air.
LONGHAND– Was one of the few skills taught in which some personal stylistic traits were expected.
WIND AND CHIMES – Intriguing partly due to the random selection of the chimes that ring, and partly the natural rhythmic pulsation of the wind.
DIVERGENCE – To take a different path entirely, to veer off on a tangent, to take a decidedly marginal stance.
DELIRIOUS – An exploration of that rather delirious stream of unconsciousness when improvising.
CELESTIAL PALETTE – The sky, fascinating, always full of variety and subtlety and often an object of stunning beauty
ADORN– Exploring several different adornments, their (possible) meanings and emotional possibilities.
FEINT– A sly diversion; a comment on our ‘continually evolving’ culture and technology.
FRAGILE – A piano album pondering impermanence, climate change and other fragile pillars of our existence.
DIVINES – Cultivating intuition, exploring reason and the intermingling of cultures.
GYRO – An Exploration of Spiral Motion.
RETREAT – A solo piano album of reflection and hope.
HOLD THAT THOUGHT – Focused attention seems to be often mistaken for trance.
WAITING INTO THE NIGHT – An album exploring the tragedy of worry.
BRIDGE TO NOWHERE – An album of piano improvisation that explores the idea of spiritual awakening.
OF THE BELLS BELLS BELLS – My most recent album of piano improvisation reverberates through some literary terrain.
MYTHS AND FAIRY TALES – Lovely and fanciful Little White Lies we tell ourselves and our children, that fuel our dreams and aspirations.
HAIBUN FOR THOSE WASHED AWAY – A memorial to the 17,000 people who perished in the terrible tsunami that struck Japan in March, 2011.
ASH FORK VERSES SET #3 – Remembering the hermit who lived for decades in the 200 sq. ft. cabin.
ASH FOR VERSES SET #2 – The den was deep and the ground was hard. I can only imagine what life was like for the family that lived there.
ASH FORK VERSES SET #1 – Even in a small breeze, the window howls mercilessly; it mixes with the birds to make howling, chirping duets! I watched that mountain each day for hours, and it changed my music forever.
CRICKET CAGES – A nice personal conversation on a warm, quiet, peaceful summer evening . . . with the sounds of crickets.
SNOW MELT – The melting of snow, the breaking of ice, the flowering of life, the rejuvenation of the spirit.
DREAMCATCHER – Capturing dreams, inferring that dreams have an independent existence of their own.