(5.13 MB - 5:36 min)
The Great Library, The Story of
Hypatia of Alexandria : Musical Theatre (dedicated to Carl Sagan)
This major work brings together songs, music and history in a multi-media
presentation for live theatre. Set In Alexandria, Egypt, In 415 AD,
This show recreates the events leading to the final destruction of
the Great Library, the assassination of it’s last director, Hypatia,
and the subsequent decline of the scientific method, bringing about
the ensuing dark ages.
Sample track Soldier's
Tale, composed
and performed by Jerome Jarvis
(2.85 MB - 3:07 min}
Historical background to the story of Hypatia excerpted from Carl Sagan's COSMOS. Narrated by Jerome Jarvis
Jerome, original
material recorded and produced by Jerome Jarvis. Mixed at Tone Deaf Studio,
Vancouver. Released on Rural Records 1991.
Jerome's second independant release and his first solo recording. Making
use of MIDI sequencing and overdubbed electro-acoustic instruments, Jerome
assembled eight of his original songs in an eclectic package to demonstrate the
variety of sounds and styles he has at his command.
(electric sitar and bass - Jimmy Walker) (4.00MB - 4:22 min)
Recorded at Chaytan Studio, Kullu India
Engineered by Mayunk
In 2002 Jerome began recording this collection of songs written and performed by the attendees of the International Meditation Institute’ inspired by the writings and teachings of Swami Shyam.
Some tracks have been enhanced with overdubs and mixed at Jerome’s Rural Recording studio in Vancouver B.C. Canada.
Mandolins by Jerome Jarvis & Utkarsh (6.02 MB - 6:34 min)
Gypsy
Hill, Lady Slipper, Space Age Primitives (Nomad Music)
Susan Cogan and Jerome Jarvis have been frequent collaborators on musical
projects since 1976. Most recently featuring Jerome as co-producer, drummer
/ percussionist, arranger and harmony vocalist on her three latest CDs,
as well as contributing
original material. Recorded at Nomad Studio Saltspring Island B.C. Susan
is well known as a singer
and
performer
across Canada and as part of the folk duo Susan and Fran in the middle
east.
See Susan Cogan
performed by Susan Cogan (3.38 MB - 3:41 min)
Created in 1984 at the electro-acoustic recording facility of Simon Fraser University for presentation at the S.F.U Centre for the Arts.
A musical theatre piece set inside a space station in another solar system, wherein the subjects of an experiment in extraterrestrial colonization come to grips with their alienation from the natural environment and a pre-programmed intelligent computer which directs their every move inside their protective habitat.
