Shalom Singers Video for United Methodist General Conference
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Carribean, Music, Tim Frakes Productions
This February I will be back in Haiti recording several new music videos which will be integrated into worship settings at the United Methodist Church’s 2012 General Conference, scheduled for April 24-May 4 in Tampa, Fla. The music group, The Shalom Singers, are part of a UMC funded development project known as Haitian Artisans for Peace International in Mizak, Haiti.
Here is a short piece I cut together during a live worship in Mizak in 2011.
Tags: Haiti, Haitian Artisans for Peace International, Music, Tim Frakes Productions, Video
Edongo Band, Kitgum, Northern Uganda
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Africa, Education, Interesting Places, Music, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel
Jim Quattrocki and I were in Kitgum, Northern Uganda, recording a story at the Anglican Cathedral. I can’t remember if this is out of his camera or mine. Either way, it was a great day and beautiful music.
Tags: Africa, Church, Faith, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel, Uganda, Video
Carrie Newcomer – 30 Good Minutes, Spiritual Journey
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Chicago Sunday Evening Club, Faith Based Production, Interesting People, Music, Peace and Justice, Spiritual Journey, Tim Frakes Productions, women
This is a spiritual journey I produced for 30 Good Minutes, WTTW Channel 11, PBS, Chicago. Singer and songwriter, Carrie Newcomer, drawn to the social justice and peace focus of the Quakers, writes songs about the sacred in the ordinary things of life.
Tags: Faith, Music, Peace, Tim Frakes Productions, women
D`Cámara Opus 5, J. Strauss
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Carribean, Culture, Education, Interesting People, Music, Tim Frakes Productions
My friend Tony Fernandez is the bass player in this wonderful string quintet. D`Cámara Opus 5 is popular in Cuba and has toured in the United States, Europe and around the Caribbean. Tony asked me to record them during my visit in Matanza, Cuba. Here they perform Johann Strauss, Roses from the South.
Tags: Caribbean, Cuba, Johann Strauss, Music, Tim Frakes Productions
Music Education: A Sign of Hope in Haiti
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Carribean, Disaster, Education, Interesting People, Interesting Places, Music, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel
January 12, 2010, Holy Trinity Cathedral in downtown Port Au Prince Haiti was destroyed by an earthquake. One year later, a youth orchestra rehearses in a shelter next to the ruined sanctuary. It is a sign of hope in Haiti.
Tags: Church, Education, Haiti, Music, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel, Video
Glory to God Alone: The Life of J.S. Bach
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Europe, History, Music, Travel
This is a documentary I produced while working for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. I re-post it here, in honor of J.S. Bach’s birthday! Soli Deo Gloria!
Tags: Classical, Eisenach, Germany, History, J.S.Bach, Leipzig, Music, Weimar
Steve Goodman: A Dying Cubs Fan’s Last Request
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Music, Sports
Of course, I had nothing to do with this recording. I just spotted it on YouTube. But, with the winter wind blowing sub-zero across the Mid-West, it seemed like a good time to think of warmer days when pitchers and catchers will report in Arizona and the Cubs will launch into another season. Here’s to you Steve Goodman!
Tags: Tim Frakes Productions
Bus Rides and Music
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Middle East, Music, Peace and Justice, Travel
Members of the IVAP team spend the day with 60 Iraqi refugee children on a bus ride up to a mountain retreat outside Beirut, Lebanon.
Tags: Iraq, Middle East, Refugee, Tim Frakes Productions, Video
Tamil Nadu Drummers
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Asia, Culture, Education, Interesting Places, Music, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel
In the Southern Indian State of Tamil Nadu, drumming is popular. First, the animal hide instruments are warmed over an open fire. Then, let the music play…
Tags: drumming, India, tamil nadu
“Martha” Theater Organ
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Culture, Education, Faith Based Production, Music, Tim Frakes Productions
This is a video I produced back in 1986 for the now defunct WCFC-TV 38 in Chicago. It is a story about Paul Van Der Molen of Wheaton, Illinois, and his Robert Morton Theatre Pipe Organ affectionately named, Martha.
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Tags: Music, Robert Morton, Theater Pipe Organ