Official statement - recording session for two projects in June [SToD project, Sinfonietta Consonus orchestra]

Szymon Morus & Michał Mierzejewski
photo by Oskar Szramka

Sinfonietta Consonus orchestra will enter the studio 30th June 2014. Orchestra will record two singles:
 
- Symphonic tribute to HAKEN (arr. by Michał Mierzejewski)
 
- Composition written by Michał Mierzejewski for his upcoming album.


  First rehearsal is planned for 28th June 2014. The orchestra will be conducted by Szymon Morus. We've started work with this amazing talent during recording sessions for Explorations by Jordan Rudess.

Musicians we'll be recorded by Kuba Mańkowski and Jan Galbas at Radio Gdańsk studio.

photo by Bartosz Jeromin

photo by Oskar Szramka

Upcoming plans - Official statement (20.05.2014)

Dear Fans, we're sorry because we're not updating information about our work last weeks, but be sure that we're working very intensiviely on many great ideas and projects. Here are some of them. 

Symphonic Theater of Dreams/Sinfonietta Consonus plans: 

[Symphonic tribute to Dream Theater]

- Planning Symphonic Theater of Dreams Tour in 2015

- Release of Symphonic Theater of DEMOS CD in 2014

- Planning schedule and budget for symphonic tribute to Dream Theater CD #2 2014/2015/2016

- Writing sessions for tour and upcoming second album in 2014/2015

Arranging/Composing/Orchestrating/Recording Session 

[Symphonic tribute to HAKEN]

- Work on Symphonic Tribute to HAKEN single and EP 2014/2015

Arranging/Composing/Orchestrating/Recording Session

[????]

- We are preparing a very "big thing". We can't share more information right now. At this moment we're waiting for official logo and "intro website". 2014

[Michał Mierzejewski`s CD]

- Michał decided to record his own CD (2014/2015). It will be orchestral project with "progressive rock" instruments with additional electronics. It will be very minimalistic and very cinematic. We'll invite some special guests.We will try to record single during recording session of "Symphonic Tribute to Haken".

[Guesting on other bands albums/concerts]

- We're receiving more and more propositions from many bands, artists, companies. We are very proud and thankful for their trust and opinions about our work. We're very young, but very "progressive in life" group. We're still developing, and we know - it is only a beginning of our great journey. Our orchestra, crew, our composer/arranger in last 4 years were working with such great artists, groups and bands as Jordan Rudess, Mike Portnoy, Transatlantic, Affector, Neal Morse, Flying Colors, Wizdom Music company and many more.

- We can't share names at this moment, but if everything will be good it will be great future. Stay tuned for details.

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Dear fans and followers, We are at this step only because of you.Thank you for amazing support.

Symphonic Theater of Dreams project/Sinfonietta Consonus crew

Vote for a tracklist - Symphonic Tribute to HAKEN

Vote for a tracklist - Symphonic Tribute to HAKEN is online!

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Symphonic Theater of Dreams presents "Symphonic tribute to HAKEN". Upcoming EP will be arranged by Michał Mierzejewski and recorded by Sinfonietta Consonus. It is second project by Symphonic Theater of Dreams.
Please vote for your favourite tracks and help us to create a tracklist.

First official side project announced! Symphonic tribute to HAKEN

First official side project announced! Symphonic Theater of Dreams starts preparations for official side project - Symphonic tribute to HAKEN.
Upcoming EP will be arranged by Michał Mierzejewski and recorded by Sinfonietta Consonus.

 
Follow projet on FB here -> https://www.facebook.com/symphonic.haken 

Explorations by Jordan Rudess released

We are really excited to announce that very amazing and innovative orchestral project is released. Our orchestra recorded CD with one of the greatest pianist and keyboardist - Jordan Rudess from Dream Theater band.
The story of this project is truly amazing. Preparations has started many, many months ago. We were rehearsing very intensive, orchestra entered to studio for one full month in October. We have spent amazing time in Radio Gdańsk.
Jordan Rudess visited us for 10 days and it was amazing time and incredible experience of our lifes.




Here is official statement by Jordan Rudess:
The story begins back in the 1970s at the Juilliard School of Music, where I first began my musical explorations. I once had the opportunity at Juilliard to watch Pierre Boulez conduct Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring”. Passion burst out of each note of the piece, and the intense power of the full orchestral sound made an astronomical impact on me. Fast forward to the present…
In early 2010, my dear friend, the Venezuelan impresario, Emanuel Abramovits, invited me to play a few solo concerts. Emanuel was interested in my classical music background and promised me that, if I wrote an orchestral piece, he would find an orchestra to premier it. In a serendipitous twist of fate, days after I received Emanuel’s invitation, I heard a recording of a student orchestra in Turkey performing versions of Dream Theater songs. Eren Başbuğ, who at that point was only 18 years old, had single-handedly orchestrated and organized that impressive project. The stars had aligned, and through the magic of YouTube, I had found my orchestrator. Eren and I worked closely (thanks to Skype) as I worked on my composition, and by October, 2010, Explorations for Keyboard and Orchestra premiered to a sold out crowd at Centro Cultural Corp Banca in Caracas, Venezuela with me at the keyboards and Eren conducting.
Challenges arose when it became time to find a method of recording this piece with a professional orchestra – a process that is costly and complicated. I decided to hold a crowdfunding campaign in order to raise what I would need to pay for the project, and I was amazed when, a few months later, my goal had been reached. At this point, an even larger obstacle emerged: how to find an orchestra that could handle this score. The music is both rhythmically and technically complex and its progressive sections would be especially challenging for traditionally trained classical musicians. Yet, again, the magic of the Internet connected me to Michał Mierzejewski and Sinfonietta Consonus in Poland. They had just released “Symphonic Theater of Dreams”, an album of orchestral versions of Dream Theater music. By their impressive grasp of DT music, I was confident that they would be able to conquer Explorations, and so it was decided that the orchestra would rehearse and record for several months in Gdansk, Poland while I lay my piano tracks down in New York, and then, in November, I would fly to Gdansk to put down some of my additional keyboard and iPad parts and work with the team in person.
I’ve sat in front of my synthesizers for years, twisting the knobs, trying to recreate the vast aural intensity of a live, acoustic orchestra. With Explorations for Keyboard and Orchestra, I am finally able to hear one of my own compositions brought to life by that unmistakable sound. In writing this composition, I was able to bring together the elements of the most influential classical music I’ve experienced, along with the rock power and intensity that I am known for in my work with Dream Theater. Explorations for Keyboard and Orchestra is a total “progressive” music experience. “Progressive” in that it is a forward thinking composition fusing my classical and progressive/metal sensibilities, but progressive also in showcasing new music technology.Thanks for listening,
Jordan Rudess

You can get the CD from Amazon, CDBaby or iTunes.

SToD #2 - Vote for a tracklist starts 1st October

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Nominations Update: Vote for a tracklist - SToD #2

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