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e-to-charlie/1544010978 "Oh Raven, If You Only Had Brains..." - Songs for Aesop's Fables Original music by Lefteris Kordis based on selected fables by Aesop (c. 620-564 BC) set in the original, ancient Greek language with narration in English. This project is an instinctual amalgamation of Eastern Mediterranean traditional and Western Classical musical textures combined with free improvisation and elements from the Jazz language. "Raven and the Fox" is part of a set of nine compositions, which are the realization of germinal assignments given to me by Charlie Banacos. This project is dedicated in his loving memory. Premiere Concert on April 13, 2010 Williams Hall - New England Conservatory Boston, MA Lefteris Kordis: piano, compositions Panayota Haloulakou: vocals, composition of vocal melody Darryl Harper: narration Alec Spiegelman: clarinet Greg Loughman: contrabass Austin McMahon: drumset Athan Anagnostopoulos: Translation from ancient Greek to English Shankar Tucker: animation Spiridoula Zachou: image Lucia Nhamo: videography lefteriskordis.com (artist website) leftchordmusic.com (pedagogy website) pennymusicband.com (Cross-disciplinary project)