New Music USA Online Library

Under The Sky / Gerald Starlight - composer and performer - D shakuhachi, three alto recorders, synthesizer

On Floating Mist / Gerald Starlight - composer and performer - two  A shakuhachi

Moon Over Lily Pond / Gerald Starlight - composer and performer - C shakuhachi, dripping water, singing bowl

Through The Pines / Gerald Starlight - composer and performer - harp, cymbals, pinewood percussion

Echoes Of Wild Geese / Gerald Starlight - composer and performer -  C shakuhachi, cymbal, casio, harmonica, wild geese, wind, crickets

Return To Silence / Gerald Starlight - composer and performer - A shakuhachi, harmonica, flapping wings of birds

Yellow Leaves / Gerald Starlight - composer and performer -  D shakuhachi,  plastic bags 

With Changing Clouds / Gerald Starlight - composer and performer - C shakuhachi, harp, whistle, ocean waves

The Night Wind Remembers / Gerald Starlight - composer and performer - A shakuhachi, D shakuhachi, tibetan bells

Many White Mountains / Gerald Starlight - composer and performer - tibetan horn, singing bowls, cymbals, tibetan bells, hindu bells, triangles, bass drum, chanting hindu monks

Autumn Rain / Gerald Starlight - composer and performer - C shakuhachi, japanese bamboo wind chimes, brazilian rainsticks, thunder, rain, crickets

Late Afternoon / Gerald Starlight - composer and performer - C shakuhachi

Light And Dark / Gerald Starlight - composer and performer - two C shakuhachi, casio, harmonica, claves, wind

Ocean / Gerald Starlight - composer and performer - two D shakuhachi, ocean waves

Crescent Moon / Gerald Starlight - composer and performer - A shakuhachi

Deep Night Sky / Gerald Starlight - composer and performer - A shakuhachi

Waterfall Spirit / Gerald Starlight - composer and performer - soprano recorder, waterfalls

Returning Silence / Gerald Starlight - composer and performer - A shakuhachi, singing bowl

Moonlight / Gerald Starlight - composer and performer - C shakuhachi, singing bowl

Yellow Leaves (for solo shakuhachi) / Gerald Starlight - composer and performer -  D shakuhachi 

Night Wind / Gerald Starlight - composer and performer - A shakuhachi, D shakuhachi, cymbal, tibetan bells, claves, wind

Clouds Change / Gerald Starlight - composer and performer - C shakuhachi,  harp, whistle, ocean waves, seagulls 

Cloudscapes / Gerald Starlight - composer of the poem Cloudscapes - narrated by Mona Golabek, music by composer William Grant Still (1895-1978), performed by The Manhattan Chamber Music Orchestra, flute, clarinet, harp, string quintet, Richard Auldon Clark conductor 

Juncture Of Light And Dark / Gerald Starlight - composer and performer - two C shakuhachi

The Owl's Answer / Gerald Starlight - composer and performer - ocarina, waterfalls, crickets

Again The Night Wind / Gerald Starlight - composer and performer - A shakuhachi, D shakuhachi, tibetan bells, claves, tabla

Goslings / Gerald Starlight - composer and performer - C shakuhachi, singing bowl, cymbal

Meadow Mist / Gerald Starlight - composer and performer - two A shakuhachi

White Mountains / Gerald Starlight - composer and performer - tibetan horn, singing bowl, cymbals, tibetan bells, hindu bells, triangles, bass drum, chanting hindu monks

Skyline / Gerald Starlight - composer and performer -  D shakuhachi, synthesizer, three alto recorders

Gassho Meditation (Moon Over Lily Pond variant) / Ginny Mackles narrative/teaching with Gerald Starlight - composer and performer - C shakuhachi

Reiki Precepts in English / On Floating Mist (variant) / Ginny Mackles narrative reiki teaching with Gerald Starlight - composer and performer - A shakuhachi

Reiki Precepts translation / On Floating Mist (variant) / Ginny Mackles narrative reiki teaching with Gerald Starlight - composer and performer - A shakuhachi

Reiki Precepts in Japanese / On Floating Mist (variant) / Ginny Mackles narrative reiki teaching with Gerald Starlight - composer and performer - A shakuhachi  
 

Resume & Artist Statement

Gerald Starlight / shakuhachi

library.newmusicusa.org/GeraldStarlight    geraldstarlight@gmail.com

  Gerald Starlight began study of the shakuhachi in 2001 with sensei (teacher) Shoji Hagiwara of Yokohama, Japan, (Mr. Hagiwara was a pupil of the late Goro Yamaguchi). After several years his CD/album Under The Sky - Gerald Starlight, shakuhachi was released in 2009, recorded at Harvestworks studios, Soho, New York, the album consists of ten compositions composed by Starlight. The unique feature of this CD is that Starlight performs on all instruments on this multitracked recording. In late 2009 Starlight composed and performed on all instruments once again on a multitracked CD/single titled Autumn Rain, it consists of a single composition attributed to the rainy season, recorded at Harvestworks studios, Soho, New York, released in 2010; also in the same year a project of thirty-four compositions by Starlight in MP3 format features Starlight's composing skills and improvistations on solo and multitracked works that exceed the limitations of the written score, go to the Compositions tab on this website New Music USA Online Library. In 2011 Gerald Starlight released Cloudscapes featuring the poem Cloudscapes written by Starlight with narration by Mona Golabek set to music composed by William Grant Still (1895-1978), his piece Serenade performed by The Manhattan Chamber Music Orchestra featuring flute, clarinet, harp and string quintet conducted by Richard Auldon Clark, the premiere was broadcast worldwide on radio station WQXR.org in New York City on March 4th, 2002 as a special tribute to New York City, following the events of September 11th, 2001. The 2011 CD commemorates the 10th anniversary of 9/11. In 2012 a CD/album was released titled The Reiki Journey - Guided Meditations for Mindful Living by reiki master Ginny Mackles and featuring Gerald Starlight playing shakuhachi, this recording is the winner of the Readers' Choice Award 'Best Reiki Music CD 2012'. The latest recording by Starlight is a CD/single (2013), titled Yellow Leaves, this piece is for solo shakuhachi, it exemplifies the changes associated with autumn. In 2014 a YouTube Video titled Tibetan Landscapes produced by The Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art, Staten Island, New York. The soundtrack for this video is Yellow Leaves for solo shakuhachi by Gerald Starlight.

 The aforementioned recordings Under The Sky, Autumn Rain, Cloudscapes, The Reiki Journey and Yellow Leaves are part of the Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center in New York.  Search online nypl.org. His MP3 collection of thirty-four recordings are part of the New Music USA Online Library in Manhattan, New York,  library.newmusicusa.org/GeraldStarlight. The music of Gerald Starlight  has been heard on internet radio broadcasts since 2009 to the present.

 Gerald Starlight is an accomplished musican, composer, performer, artist and producer of his own independent recording label Nirvana Music; recognized as being a peerless innovative shakuhachi player, he is also known for playing a vast number of other instruments and exploring the limitless possibilties of new music that reaches beyond classification. 

 In 2011 Gerald Starlight offered his music to further relief efforts in Japan in the aftermath of the triple crisis of tsunami, earthquake and nuclear disaster, with all proceeds going to Japan Society benefiting the victims of the tragedy. Also in the same year Starlight produced the CD Cloudscapes  a tribute to America marking the tenth anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City. Starlight performs each year in The Cherry Blossom Festival on Roosevelt Island in New York City.

 Artist statement - "Japan holds a great musical tradition, the shakuhachi is its most identifiable and symbolic sound from the distant origins of an ancient heritage, used as an aid for meditation, bringing calm to both the listener and performer. In recent years it has resurfaced and continues to flourish on the world stage. With the present computer technology applied to modern recordings this Japanese tradition lives on through this fascinating instrument and its beautiful music." - Gerald Starlight