Nuance Music Productions: Projects and News
"Proving Up" Selected for the VII International Archaeological Film Festival, Spain - July 10, 2007
Proving Up, Settling Down has been selected to be in the VII International Archaeological Film Festival of the Bidasoa, in Irun, Spain in mid-October.
Hare in the Gate Productions, Music by Tamara Turner
Hare in the Gate Productions, Music by Tamara Turner
Eloquent Nude screens at SF MOMA - May 31, 2007
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, in partnership with the Foto Forum, hosted an elegant evening to celebrate Eloquent Nude. Thanks to all who joined us for the San Francisco premiere screening and reception.
"Proving Up" Wins 2nd Place for NMP Music, Archy Film Festival - May 8, 2007
"Proving Up" received a second place for its music (music by Tamara Turner of NMP) in the Archaeology Channel International Film Festival. The film was up against a full-blown BBC production and others with multi-million-dollar budgets.
For more info, go to: www.archaeologychannel.org/content/TACfestival.shtml
For more info, go to: www.archaeologychannel.org/content/TACfestival.shtml
Eloquent Nude screens at Full Frame Documentary Film Festival - April 14, 2007
Official Selection
Founded in 1998 by Nancy Buirski, and now recognized as the premier documentary film festival in the United States by both The New York Times and indieWIRE, the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival celebrates the power and artistry of documentary film.
More info here
Founded in 1998 by Nancy Buirski, and now recognized as the premier documentary film festival in the United States by both The New York Times and indieWIRE, the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival celebrates the power and artistry of documentary film.
More info here
Special Screening of Eloquent Nude - April 13, 2007
Special Presentation
The prestigious Photolucida event held every other year in Portland, Oregon, featured a private screening of Eloquent Nude.
more info here
The prestigious Photolucida event held every other year in Portland, Oregon, featured a private screening of Eloquent Nude.
more info here
Eloquent Nude back at Cinema 21 for another run! - April 12, 2007
Thanks to the consistent turnout at Cinema 21 earlier this month,
NW Documentary has been invited to screen Eloquent Nude for a return engagement.
Starting Friday 4/13 through through Thursday, 4/19 screening
nightly @ 6:45 pm, Sat/Sun matinee @ 2 pm
Cinema 21 is located at 616 NW 21st Ave, or www.cinema21.com
Eloquent Nude features original music by Tamara Turner of Nuance Music Productions.
NW Documentary has been invited to screen Eloquent Nude for a return engagement.
Starting Friday 4/13 through through Thursday, 4/19 screening
nightly @ 6:45 pm, Sat/Sun matinee @ 2 pm
Cinema 21 is located at 616 NW 21st Ave, or www.cinema21.com
Eloquent Nude features original music by Tamara Turner of Nuance Music Productions.
ELOQUENT NUDE Encore Screening - March 19, 2007
ELOQUENT NUDE: The Love & Legacy of Edward Weston and Charis Wilson
WHEN: March 30 - April 5; 7 pm nightly; 2 pm matinee Sat. and Sun.
WHERE: Cinema 21, 616 NW 21st Ave.; box office opens 30 min. prior to showtime
A documentary film NW Documentary Arts & Media about the American photographic legend and his wife and subject, Charis Wilson
Original music by Tamara Turner of NMP.
As well as creating original piano, and flute cues for the film, Turner worked with Portland State University cello professor, Hamilton
Cheifetz, to bring to life solo cello themes for the opening, middle and closing sections of the score.
WHEN: March 30 - April 5; 7 pm nightly; 2 pm matinee Sat. and Sun.
WHERE: Cinema 21, 616 NW 21st Ave.; box office opens 30 min. prior to showtime
A documentary film NW Documentary Arts & Media about the American photographic legend and his wife and subject, Charis Wilson
Original music by Tamara Turner of NMP.
As well as creating original piano, and flute cues for the film, Turner worked with Portland State University cello professor, Hamilton
Cheifetz, to bring to life solo cello themes for the opening, middle and closing sections of the score.
Edward Weston Documentary Premiere - March 8, 2007
The world premiere of the film, Eloquent Nude: The Love and Legacy of Edward Weston and Charis Wilson will show at the Portland Art Museum's Whitsell Auditorium, March 8 at 7 PM. See Calendar for more details.
A film by NW Documentary Arts and Media.
With original music by Tamara Turner, NMP
A film by NW Documentary Arts and Media.
With original music by Tamara Turner, NMP
New Columbia History Exhibit and NMP - August, 2006
The New Columbia History Exhibit, currently in progress for public viewing, employed NMP to create an original musical soundscape along with imagery, photography, and various other media. This permanent exhibit celebrates the rich history of former and newly rebuilt Portland neighborhood and community, Columbia Villa. The exhibit officially opens to the public October 21st.
NMP on Edward Weston Documentary - August, 2006
Tamara Turner and Nuance Music Productions (NMP) are currently working on the original score for a full-length documentary on beloved and well-known photographer, Edward Weston and his partner, Charis Wilson. Produced by NW Documentary Arts and Media, directed by Ian McCluskey.
This intimate and personal documentary explores the artistic and personal relationship between Edward and Charis and how their partnership shaped the landscape of photography.
This intimate and personal documentary explores the artistic and personal relationship between Edward and Charis and how their partnership shaped the landscape of photography.
NMP and Hells Canyon Documentary - June, 2006
Tamara Turner/NMP composes original score for documentary on Hells Canyon, "Proving Up & Settling Down". More information on the film at www.hareinthegate.com
A companion to The River Has Many Stories, this documentary opens with the historic Hells Canyon tale of the treacherous Dug Bar crossing by Chief Joseph’s band of Nez Perce Indians, as the U.S. Army chased them out of their homeland in 1877. Subsequent phases of Euro-American settlement included miners, ranchers, and the occasional scofflaw. Chinese miners followed whites into the Canyon. Tragically, in 1887, 32 of these Chinese were brutally massacred, their killers never brought to justice. In a contemporary setting, three old-timers with deep roots in Hells Canyon recount the rough and rugged lifestyle they lived in the early to mid-20th Century, and tell of their love for the striking beauty and remoteness of this area.
A companion to The River Has Many Stories, this documentary opens with the historic Hells Canyon tale of the treacherous Dug Bar crossing by Chief Joseph’s band of Nez Perce Indians, as the U.S. Army chased them out of their homeland in 1877. Subsequent phases of Euro-American settlement included miners, ranchers, and the occasional scofflaw. Chinese miners followed whites into the Canyon. Tragically, in 1887, 32 of these Chinese were brutally massacred, their killers never brought to justice. In a contemporary setting, three old-timers with deep roots in Hells Canyon recount the rough and rugged lifestyle they lived in the early to mid-20th Century, and tell of their love for the striking beauty and remoteness of this area.
NMP and NW Film Center/Girl Scouts Beyond Bars - May, 2006
NMP recently completed an original score for this Oregon-based film. Sponsored by the Northwest Film Center's Young Filmmaker Program and Girl Scouts, Columbia River Council: Girl Scouts Beyond Bars. A youth-produced documentary about a program that builds relationships between girls and their incarcerated moms and other female family members.
NMP and Award-winning film, Sun Gu Ja - July, 2005
Tamara Turner and NMP produced an original score and served as music director for this historical documentary. WINNER of the Videographer's Award, Distinction in Use of Music as well as more than a dozen national awards, including four Telly Awards for best Cultural Documentary, Historic Documentary, and Educational Documentary.
Sun Gu Ja: A Century of Korean Pioneers
Oregon has always been famous for pioneers crossing the Plains in covered wagons, "going West," to seek a new start. But other pioneers came to Oregon, not by land, but sea, crossing the Pacific, bringing their own connections to ancient cultures, and setting down fresh roots. Over the past century, three "waves" of Korean immigrants have come to settle at the end of the Oregon Trail. This is their story.
Sun Gu Ja retraces the 100-year history of Korean Immigration to the Pacific Coast, with touchstones to the major events of the 20th Century. The first-hand accounts include family farmers, a Korean Tae Kwon Do master, a Korean War veteran, and Korean adoptees. This one-hour documentary blends creative cinematography and rare historic archives accompanied by traditional folk music performed by talented Korean-American youth.
more information on the film at http:nwdocumentary.org
Sun Gu Ja: A Century of Korean Pioneers
Oregon has always been famous for pioneers crossing the Plains in covered wagons, "going West," to seek a new start. But other pioneers came to Oregon, not by land, but sea, crossing the Pacific, bringing their own connections to ancient cultures, and setting down fresh roots. Over the past century, three "waves" of Korean immigrants have come to settle at the end of the Oregon Trail. This is their story.
Sun Gu Ja retraces the 100-year history of Korean Immigration to the Pacific Coast, with touchstones to the major events of the 20th Century. The first-hand accounts include family farmers, a Korean Tae Kwon Do master, a Korean War veteran, and Korean adoptees. This one-hour documentary blends creative cinematography and rare historic archives accompanied by traditional folk music performed by talented Korean-American youth.
more information on the film at http:nwdocumentary.org
NMP and Museworld Complete Team Score - June, 2005
NMP and Museworld Productions recently completed and recorded the full orchestral score to the short, dramatic film, "The Forgiving Sea," produced by the Seattle FIlm Institute and directed by Christopher Allen. This film was assigned to NMP and MP as part of the Pacific Northwest Film Scoring Progam and studies with two-time Emmy Award-winning composer, Hummie Mann.
This short film tells the story of a sailor and his wife and of his supposed death at sea.
This short film tells the story of a sailor and his wife and of his supposed death at sea.
Imagining Home; Stories of Columbia Villa - 2005
July 2005: Imagining Home was nominated for the prestigious Helen and Martin Schwartz Prize for Public Humanities Programs from the Federation of State
Humanities Councils.
May 2005: Hare in the Gate Productions was invited by the Ford Foundation and PolicyLink to present Imagining Home at PolicyLink’s Summit Conference: Advancing Regional Equity, Philadelphia.
April 2005: Hare in the Gate Productions was invited to present Imagining Home at the annual Urban Affairs Association Conference in Salt Lake City, where Dr. Karen Gibson of Portland State University's School of Urban Studies and Planning moderated a panel on New Columbia.
January 2005; A work-in-progress version of Imagining Home premiered at the Hollywood Theatre in Portland, Oregon. Nearly 700 people attended the two screenings! Subsequent theatrical screenings have been held at Portland State University and other locations.
January 2005:
Tamara Turner/NMP provides an original score for this feature length documentary. More at www.hareinthegate.com
This feature-length documentary explores a historic, maligned, and cherished Portland, Oregon public housing neighborhood undergoing complete demolition and transformation into a new, mixed-income community—part of a controversial federal program called HOPE VI. What will happen to 1,300 low-income residents are forced to relocate for two years? How will they adjust to new neighborhoods? Will they come back? And how will this social experiment succeed, deliberately mingling inhabitants of diverse social, cultural, and economic backgrounds? This film is a project of the Oregon Film & Video Foundation, a 501(c) 3 non-profit corporation.
Humanities Councils.
May 2005: Hare in the Gate Productions was invited by the Ford Foundation and PolicyLink to present Imagining Home at PolicyLink’s Summit Conference: Advancing Regional Equity, Philadelphia.
April 2005: Hare in the Gate Productions was invited to present Imagining Home at the annual Urban Affairs Association Conference in Salt Lake City, where Dr. Karen Gibson of Portland State University's School of Urban Studies and Planning moderated a panel on New Columbia.
January 2005; A work-in-progress version of Imagining Home premiered at the Hollywood Theatre in Portland, Oregon. Nearly 700 people attended the two screenings! Subsequent theatrical screenings have been held at Portland State University and other locations.
January 2005:
Tamara Turner/NMP provides an original score for this feature length documentary. More at www.hareinthegate.com
This feature-length documentary explores a historic, maligned, and cherished Portland, Oregon public housing neighborhood undergoing complete demolition and transformation into a new, mixed-income community—part of a controversial federal program called HOPE VI. What will happen to 1,300 low-income residents are forced to relocate for two years? How will they adjust to new neighborhoods? Will they come back? And how will this social experiment succeed, deliberately mingling inhabitants of diverse social, cultural, and economic backgrounds? This film is a project of the Oregon Film & Video Foundation, a 501(c) 3 non-profit corporation.
NMP and Habitat for Humanity Film - September, 2004
NMP contributed music clips for the film, The Gardner's Garage. WINNER of the prestigous CINE Golden Eagle. Produced by NW Documentary in association with Habitat for Humanity, this short black and white film offers a window into one family's struggle and eventual success at breaking out of the poverty cycle. (12 mins)
(Musical contributions by NMP)
(Musical contributions by NMP)
NMP Works With Company on Healthcare Video - January, 2003
NMP produced a 38-minute soundtrack for Positive Communications, Inc. and their new video, Garden Flowers. Positive Communications specializes in relaxation video and DVD programming for the healthcare community and for caregivers.
NMP and Death Penalty Documentary - January, 2002
Produced by New Year Video, "Contoversial Measures: The Death Penalty in Oregon's Past".
Oregonians have twice eliminated and twice reinstated capital punishment, both times by popular initiative. For more than 100 years, this independently-minded state has been a battleground for advocates on both sides of this contentious issue. Controversial Measures explores the powerful hisotry of Oregon's most severe punishment for murder.
(Original score by NMP).
Oregonians have twice eliminated and twice reinstated capital punishment, both times by popular initiative. For more than 100 years, this independently-minded state has been a battleground for advocates on both sides of this contentious issue. Controversial Measures explores the powerful hisotry of Oregon's most severe punishment for murder.
(Original score by NMP).