A song cycle of the Everglades that features the music of Jack Tamul, Baritone John Boehr and Piano by David Boehr. John Boehr is currently singing with the Minnesota Opera. He recently finished a tour at the Santa Fe Opera.

5 MP3 Songs
CLASSICAL: Vocal Music, NEW AGE: Environmental

Show all album songs: Pahayokee - A Plea For Life Songs


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Jack Tamul attended Boston's Berklee College of Music and Jacksonville University where he earned a degree in Music Theory and Compsition. He then studied with Einojuhani Rautavaara at the Silbelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland.

Jack has written and produced music for meditative environments, film soundtracks, multimedia presentations and video projects commissioned by the Public Broadcasting System (PBS), the International Red Cross, National Endowment for the Arts and the Florida and Tennessee Arts Councils, as well as numerous museums, colleges and private corporations.

Jack's music recordings include: "Cura", JTM studios, a composition dedicated to the healing of the soul and based upon phrases used in Gregorian Chants; "Electro/Acoustic", Spectrum Records-Downbeat Magazine, September 1982 issue, noted that "Electro/Acoustic" moved to a spiritual level past theoretical considerations and Jack was among the artists with legitimate credentials who is trying to move beyond contemporary sterility to create personal visions.

John Boehr - A baritone from Dallas, Texas, John Boehr graduated from Baylor University in 2005, earning a Bachelor of Music degree in vocal performance. Mr. Boehr performed numerous roles with the Baylor Opera Theater, including Guglielmo in Così fan tutte, Belcore in L'elisir d'amore, Giovanni Belleti in Libby Larson's Barnum's Bird, and Papageno in The Magic Flute. For Palm Beach Opera he played Dandini in La cenerentola, Second Priest in The Magic Flute, and Sciarrone in Tosca. During the summer of 2005 he sang Masetto in Don Giovanni for the Tanglewood Music Center, and last summer was a young artist with the Santa Fe Opera. Mr. Boehr continues his Santa Fe association with appearances in the Santa Fe Opera Winter Concert Series and the company's spring educational tour. He has won numerous prizes at vocal competitions sponsored by the Dallas Opera Guild, Palm Beach Opera, and the Metropolitan Opera Council Southwest Regional Auditions, among others. John recently performed in the Pittsburgh Opera's production of l'Ormindo. Later this year, he will perform with the Minnesota Opera.

David Boehr graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1980, with a BM in piano. His forte is accompanying; his first experience was with his father, tenor John William Boehr; now he has the pleasure of accompanying his son, John David Boehr. He has released 2 solo classical piano CDs, and has been rehearsal and performance accompanist and musical director for a number of amateur and professional productions, and churches, in Omaha, Dallas, Minneapolis and Seattle. He most recently performed with the Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra from 2003-2006.

James T. Miller, frequent visitor to the glades for the last 40 years, is writing the lyrics and narration. His article "The Aesthetics of the Everglades" appeared in the 1988 Winter Issue of Florida Naturalist Magazine, an adjunct to Audubon Magazine in Florida. Snowy Egret, the oldest nature publication in the U.S., published his article "Disney and the Duskies" about the impending extinction of the Dusky Seaside Sparrow.