2021
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!
December 29 - Live at ATRIA Rocklin
Program will consist of Quines Originals, Standards, Classical music and The Beatles!!! Wednesday at 2-3pm at 3201 Santa Fe Way, Rocklin, CA 95765
December 10 - Raul Quines Live at The FIG TREE Coffee, Art & Music Lounge [#2]
I'll be performing Quines Originals, Standards, The Beatles, and Others on vocals, piano and guitar. Admission is Free!!! If you're in NorCal, COME! Friday at 6-7pm at 222 Vernon St, Roseville, CA 95678.
November 27 - Raul Quines Live at The FIG TREE Coffee, Art & Music Lounge - POSTPONED!!! Saturday at 6-7pm at 222 Vernon St, Roseville, CA 95678.
October 6 - Raul Quines Live at The FIG TREE Coffee, Art & Music Lounge [#1]
I'll be singing and performing Quines Originals, Standards, The Beatles, and... Free Admission!!! If you're in NorCal, COME! Wednesday at 6-7pm at 222 Vernon St, Roseville, CA 95678.
SUMMER - Performance dates TBD
June 4 - Release of my new song single "Black [& bLue]"!!!
Download and streaming available on iTunes, AppleMusic, Spotify, Pandora, CDBaby, and others.
February-May - Write new songs and material
January = Hibernation
2020
December 19 - N.O.W. Music & Arts Holiday Celebration Around The World!!!
N.O.W. Music & Arts presents our first Holiday Salon event with a bunch of Talented Friends!!!SLEDGENDARY: Debbie Sledge, Camille Sledge and Tanya Tiét (of Sister Sledge), South Africa's celebrated singer-songwriter Tu Nokwe with Biko'sManna, award-winning Brazilian classical guitarist/composer Daniel Wolff, a vocal quartet of members of The Metropolitan Opera Chorus (Anne Marie Nonnemacher, Mary K. Hughes, Daniel Clark Smith and Jason Hendrix) composers Anna Maria Manalo, Loretta Notareschi, David Albert Temple, Mario Gosalvez Blanco and Raul Quines, cellist Nada Radulovich, singer-songwriter Stella Prince, classical guitarists David Temple and Louis Brown, hip-hop artist Stiles FOETTFU, and bassist Laurence Goldman.
Original works by Stella Prince, Stiles FOETTFU and Raul Quines, plus Sister Sledge sings "Emmanuel" (by Eddie James), "Joyful African Medley", renaissance guitar duets, traditional Christmas carols sung a cappella, and "theme and variations" on Aaron Copland's Fanfare For The Common Man and Beethoven's "Ode To Joy" to commemorate his 250th birthday!
Livestream on the N.O.W. Music & Arts YouTube channel on Saturday at 5:30 to 7 PM [EST]
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMgbLaxaIes3eVeyQizupIg
NOVEMBER 29 - 11th Annual Comp-Play-Comp Marathon - Words & Music Theme [rescheduled date]
As part of Composers Concordance’s 9th annual festival: ‘Comp / Lit’
Sunday @ 6pm at DROM NYC, 85 Avenue A NYC
November 21 - N.O.W. Music & Arts Concert Series Premiere
N.O.W. Music & Arts Inaugural Concert Series event features "PRELUDES, PATHOS & PYESTAS: A Pandemic Piano Performance" by Internationally acclaimed Filipino concert pianist Jovianney Emmanuel Cruz! Program includes works by Chopin, Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, Gershwin and Copland-Bernstein.
Streaming on the N.O.W. Music & Arts YouTube channel on Saturday at 5:30 to 7PM [EST]
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMgbLaxaIes3eVeyQizupIg
October 24 - N.O.W. Music & Arts Salon #5; Artists Showcase
Fifth installation of the Music & Arts Salon, livestream on YouTube! We will showcase Four Artists - Angel Hogan (Philly's poet) Lyndell Brookhouse-Gil ((NYC/LA painter) David Albert Temple (Red Hook, NY classical guitarist and composer) and Ian Phillips (NYC film-maker) - in an intimate presentation of most works realized during the pandemic era.
Livestream on the N.O.W. Music & Arts YouTube channel on Saturday at 5:30PM to 6:30PM [EDT]
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMgbLaxaIes3eVeyQizupIg
SEPTEMBER 30 - 11th Annual Comp-Play-Comp Marathon - Words & Music Theme [Postponed to November 29]
As part of Composers Concordance’s 9th annual festival: ‘Comp / Lit’
Sunday @ 6pm at DROM NYC, 85 Avenue A NYC
September 25 - N.O.W. Music & Arts Salon #4: International Showcase
Fourth installation of the Music & Arts Salon, livestream on YouTube! We will showcase Four Artists - Jane Sato (NYC dancer-choreographer; featuring dancers Michelle Ulerich and Sara Seger), Tu Nokwe (South African singer-songwriter, storyteller, actress and author; featuring jazz guitarist Bheki Khoza), Sam Rappaport (Brooklyn singer-songwriter) and Mario Gosalvez Blanco (Madrid's composer and producer) - together in an intimate performance-video presentation of works during the pandemic era.
Livestream on the N.O.W. Music & Arts YouTube channel on Friday at 5:30PM to 6:30PM [EDT]
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMgbLaxaIes3eVeyQizupIg
AUGUST 30 - 11th Annual Comp-Play-Comp Marathon - Words & Music Theme [Postponed]
As part of Composers Concordance’s 9th annual festival: ‘Comp / Lit’
Sunday @ 6pm at DROM NYC, 85 Avenue A NYC
August 29 - N.O.W. Music & Arts Salon #3
Third installation of the Music & Arts Salon, livestream on YouTube! Eights Artists - composers, singer-songwriter, cellist, dancer/choreographer, painter, poet, and chef - converge in a concert-style presentation of works realized while in lockdown the past 4-5 months. [N.O.W. is short for New Old World.]
Livestream event via YouTube on the N.O.W. Music & Arts channel on Saturday at 5:30PM to 6:30PM [EDT]
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMgbLaxaIes3eVeyQizupIg
AUGUST 28-30 - CD Baby's DIY Musicians Conference 2020 [CANCELED]
Hilton Austin 500 East 4th StreetRoom 614 Austin, TX 78701
July 23 - OF SOUND MIND BODY & SPIRIT: A Celebration of Music & Arts Salon in the CoVid Era!!! #2: Artists Showcase
Second installation of the Music & Arts Salon on Zoom, livestream on YouTube! Five Artists - Camille Sledge (singer-songwriter), Stiles FOETTFU (rapper), So Young An (dancer/choreographer), Jeannine Baldomero (visual artist) and Raul Quines (composer, sings SATB) - converge in a concert-style presentation of works realized while in lockdown the past four months.
Livestream event via YouTube on Thursday at 7:30PM to 9PM [EDT]
JULY 12 - 11th Annual Comp-Play-Comp Marathon - Words & Music Theme [POSTPONED]
As part of Composers Concordance’s 9th annual festival: ‘Comp / Lit’
Sunday @ 6pm at DROM NYC, 85 Avenue A NYC
June 20 - OF SOUND MIND BODY & SPIRIT: A Celebration of Music & Arts Salon in the CoVid Era!!!
First installation of the Music & Arts Salon on an online platform. Twelve International Artists - composers, singer-songwriters, rapper, storyteller, mezzo-soprano, dancer/choreographer, cellist, visual artist, sound engineer, and a chef - converge in a concert-style presentation of works (ten of which are premieres) realized while in lockdown the past three months. Virtual realization of my piece Lux Aeterna: In Memoriam CoVid19 Victims (for a cappella choir).
Coming to you in your living room on Zoom on a Saturday at 7:30PM to 9:30PM [EDT]
MAY 31 - 11th Annual Comp-Play-Comp Marathon - Words & Music Theme [POSTPONED]
As part of Composers Concordance’s 9th annual festival: ‘Comp / Lit’
Sunday @ 6pm at DROM NYC, 85 Avenue A NYC
April 26 - 11th Annual Comp-Play-Comp Marathon - Words & Music Theme [CANCELED]
As part of Composers Concordance’s 9th annual festival: ‘Comp / Lit’
Sunday @ 6pm at DROM NYC, 85 Avenue A NYC
SPRING - New works in progress while in lockdown: Lux Aeterna: In Memoriam CoVid19 Victims (SATB) and new songs
2019
Woodshed - working on Songs.
Orchestration project of songs by The Beatles reimagined for string orchestra.
2017
Spring, TBD - N.O.W. Collective Performance Series Concert: bringing together artists from multiple disciplines on one stage.
WINTER - Songwriter's Showcase. Date(s) TBD.
2016
December 10 - World premiere of my new work, Bolero del Viento Inquieto (a serenade for the spirit's unease) for violin, cello, acoustic guitar, double bass, and hand and foot percussion for the CompCord Ensemble at the Composers Concordance's Afro-Cuban themed Coco Loco Concert at Goddard Riverside - Bernie Wohl Center, 647 Columbus Ave., New York, NY at 7:30pm.
November 11 - Release of my Single Song Debut of "Mesmerized" now available on http://cdbaby.com/cd/raulquines. Available on November 12, 2016 on CDBaby.com, iTunes, Apple Music, Amazon.com, Tidal, Google Music, Spotify, etc.
SUMMER - Songwriting.
June - Collaborative projects.
May - Recording more songs in the works.
April 28-30 - ASCAP "I Create Music" EXPO: The Music Creators Conference at Loews Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles, California.
March - Recording of one or two more songs in the works.
February 13 - World premiere of my newest work Back On Mars (In memoriam David Bowie) by the Wheatley Quintet at the Composers Concordance WingJammer Concert at West Park Presbyterian Church (http://www.westparkpresbyterian.org), 165 West 86th Street and Amsterdam Ave., New York, NY at 8pm.
"... a feast of contemporary music featuring improvisation plus an ample reception of buffalo wings. Compositions by Paul Carlon, Dan Cooper, Eleanor Cory, Emily Doolittle, Scott Hoefling, Ryo Noda, Payton MacDonald, Gene Pritsker, Raul Quines, David Sanford, Daniel Schnyder, and Dorian Wallace will be performed by: Gene Pritsker - guitar, Daniel Schnyder - saxophone, and Payton MacDonald - voice/percussion, and by the The Wheatley Quintet: Scott Hoefling - saxophone, Peggy Ho - clarinet, Steve Fitzko - trumpet, Angela Luftig - violin, and Anneke Schaul-Yoder - cello."
General Admission $15
Early Eventbrite price $11.54
On-going project - A collaborative project with a group of fellow-composers, led by Gene Pritsker, to compose 72 one-minute works for SATB chorus based on the series of paintings, 10'x20' installation, by Rainer Gross, 72 Names. (www.rainergross.com)
TBD - Release of Single of my latest ballad for bari-tenor, piano, strings and back-vocals. [Soon to be announced.]
January - I'm excited to be working on a piece to be premiered in February by the Wheatley Quintet for clarinet, alto saxophone, trumpet, violin and cello.