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Numinous: The Music of Joseph C. Phillips Jr.

Read "The Music of Joseph C. Phillips Jr." reviewed by John Kelman


Numinous is the name of the ensemble that composer Joseph C. Phillips has been operating in the New York City area since 2000 to provide a vehicle for his ambitious compositions. Part new music, part improvisation, part world music, he composes works that are both challenging and hypnotically enthralling. The Music of Joseph C. Phillips Jr. is the first recording, with his ever-changing ensemble, with the expressed intention of promoting his compositions to a larger audience. Phillips has said that ...

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Numinous Presents Vipassana by Joseph C. Phillips Jr.

Numinous Presents Vipassana by Joseph C. Phillips Jr.

Source: All About Jazz

Numinous will present Joseph C. Phillips Jr.'s epic four-movement composition, Vipassana, on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 at 8:00 PM at Makor (www.makor.org) located at 35 West 67th Street. Tickets are $15 at the door.

In the Pali language of the early Buddhist texts, vipassana means “to see things as they really are." Vipassana is an epic four-movement, 70-minute composition that “stimulates the mind and refreshes the spirit." Featuring 25 classical and jazz instrumentalists and singers, Vipassana is partly inspired by ...

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