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
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
“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
The Best Way to Rock and Roll
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Award winning video, Faith Based Production, Music
This is story from my archives. Back in the 90′s my buddy Jim Parks and I did a story on Jim and Peter Mayer. The Mayer brothers are the sons of Lutheran missionaries. They grew up in Tamil Nadu, India. Today they play bass and lead guitar for Jimmy Buffett’s Coral Reefer Band.
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Tags: Faith, Jim Mayer, Jimmy Buffett, Music, Peter Mayer