To that, she added, 'While it isn't a stimulating color to the senses, white represents a blank canvas waiting to be written upon. The bright and clean tone is thought to be an emblem of peace, as well as new beginnings, according to color expert Gabi Winters, who was quoted in Hello Magazine. In fact, all the women royals were wearing the hue - Queen Camilla and Princess Charlotte included - and for good reason. “… Gasser’s work definitively accomplished everything it set out to do, and then some: the music was mesmerizing ” – Oakland TribuneKate Middleton wasn't the only royal wearing white to King Charles III's coronation. He speaks regularly on a variety of musical topics. Nolan’s book, Why You Like It: The Science and Culture of Musical Taste, was just released on Ap(Macmillan Press)-called “a work of staggering erudition and breadth… a gateway to music’s exalted state” by The Economist. The press writes: “Gasser’s score is such a delight, with tear jerkers and instrumentals that are lush and fulfilling.” His theatrical projects include the musical Benny & Joon-which just completed a successful run at the Paper Mill Playhouse and next heads to New York.

The sultry, rhythmically hypnotic sounds of India give way nicely to the more forthright sounds of the North English moor and Gasser sprinkles his tonal harmonies with enough dissonant spice and sparkle to keep things interesting.” The SF Chronicle described the piece by saying, “…the new work remains broadly faithful to its source while still making time to welcome young listeners into the world of opera. The opera was commissioned by the San Francisco Opera, in partnership with Cal Performances, and premiered on in 2013 at the University of California, Berkeley.

The Secret Garden is based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, with the libretto written by Carey Harrison. Nolan’s classical compositions include an opera, The Secret Garden, commissioned by San Francisco Opera The World Concerto, for cello, erhu, oud, sarangi, and orchestra Cosmic Reflection, for narrator and orchestra, commissioned by NASA and Repast: A Civil Rights Oratorio, for baritone, chorus, and piano, premiered at Carnegie Hall. His original compositions have been performed in such prestigious venues as Carnegie Hall, David Geffen Hall (Lincoln Center), the Kennedy Center, La Salle Pleyel (Paris), and the Rose Bowl (Pasadena), among many others. Nolan Gasser is a critically acclaimed composer, pianist, and musicologist – most notably, the architect of Pandora Radio’s Music Genome Project and the company’s chief musicologist from its founding in 1999. “ Gasser’s work definitively accomplished everything it set out to do, and then some: the music was mesmerizing ” – Oakland Tribune

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