Hear Tom Quiner interviewed on the radio tomorrow

By Tom Quiner I have the honor of being a guest on a Saturday morning radio show tomorrow called “Coffee, T, and Me” with Tony and Eileen Valdez. The show runs from 9 AM to 11 AM.  I will be on at about 10 AM. We’ll be talking about my new musical, The Pope of…

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The end of time

What kind of music would a man write who doesn’t know what tomorrow will bring, whether he will live or die?

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Hallelujah!

By Tom Quiner It happened one day at a food court: a little spontaneous joy. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXh7JR9oKVE] Handel’s Messiah Hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah Hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah For the lord God omnipotent reigneth Hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah For the lord God omnipotent reigneth Hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah For the lord God omnipotent reigneth Hallelujah…

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An interview with the composer of The Pope of the People

By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zXfPcO1kFM&feature] I consider the late Pope John Paul II to be one of the most important persons of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. I have written a musical, The Pope of the People, on the dramatic first ten years of his papacy. I talk a little about the piece in the interview…

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Who is the greatest American composer?

By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft1qAOW4znM] Three of my favorite American composers are George Gershwin, Aaron Copland, and Duke Ellington. Today on the classical radio, I listened to Aaron Copland’s great Rodeo Ballet. The Hoe Down movement is so utterly American, so exquisitely compelling, so deliciously seductive that I felt compelled to share it with Quiner’s Diners…

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Death of a composer

By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBHZFYpQ6nc] His name may not be on the tip of your tongue, but his music is. The great Broadway composer, Jerry Bock died this week at the age of 81. He wrote the music to what is arguably the most beloved musical in Broadway history, Fiddler on the Roof. And if you…

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The Pope of the People

By Tom Quiner Regular readers of this blog may have detected my affection for the late Pope John Paul II. I have posted seven different commentaries on JPII over the past several months. What is there about John Paul II that so inspires the young and the old? For me, his trips to Poland and…

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The world will be won by beauty

By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKhmFSV-XB0] You’ve probably seen this video by now.  Ten year old Jackie Evancho is taking America by storm with the voice of an angel floating from the mouth of a child. What is refreshing about Ms. Evancho is that she looks like a kid.  She acts like a kid. But she sings…

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In tribute …

By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7Wt4XlXUrc] The world changed nine years ago.  We pay tribute to those who lost their lives that fateful day with a song by an American original, the late Ray Charles.

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Live this Friday night!

By Tom Quiner Scott Stilwell plays at Grounds for Celebration this Friday at 6:30 PM I had the pleasure of working with Scott Stilwell in a musical I produced earlier this year called “A Living Heaven.”  Scott was that perfect blend of being fun, professional, and just plain good!  Check out the music section of…

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