Videos
Bruce Lazarus interviewed by Dr. Charles Liu on The LIUniverse
Messier Three Ways
Bruce Lazarus' Messier Star Clusters and Nebulae viewed three ways:
Mary Seidman and Dancers at Alvin Ailey Theater
Andromeda Galaxy in scrolling score
Lazarus' performance of Ring Nebula at Mercyhurst University
Science Songs for Young People
music and video editing by Bruce Lazarus
commissioned and performed by North Cambridge Family Opera
in association with the annual Cambridge Science Festival
Threnodies and Anthems
An AIDS Memorial
Bruce Lazarus, music and video
"This video is a memorial for my parents, Art and Sandy Lazarus, who died from AIDS/HIV in 1993 and 1994. I tell their story by means of a montage of images wrapped around my AIDS memorial piece, Threnodies and Anthems (1995) for tenor saxophone and bagpipe, performed by John Ingram."
The Story Behind Messier Star Clusters and Nebulae
Bruce Lazarus discusses the origins of
Messier Star Clusters and Nebulae.
Demonstrations by Mary Seidman and Dancers
Gala evening forThe Messier Project
Art Lazarus Archive
Socially isolated at the beginning of the 2020 pandemic, Bruce Lazarus discusses the life
of his dad, Art Lazarus, by means of a box of papers, game boards, drawings, and music manuscripts.
Bruce Lazarus talks briefly about the origins of Carrolling: The Lewis Carroll Project, and the Lewis Carroll Songbooks available at SwirlyMusic.com
Following an introduction by Cantabile music director Rebecca Scott, Bruce Lazarus discusses StarSongs for chorus and instrumental ensemble.
The Messier Project
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Music by Bruce Lazarus based on
Messier Star Clusters and Nebulae
Choreography by Mary Seidman for Mary Seidman and Dancers Performance at Alvin Ailey Theater (c. 2014)
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Search (1995)
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Music by Bruce Lazarus
Choreography by Gerard Ebitz
Performed by New World School of the Arts Dance and Music Divisions
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"This video has been digitally converted from a very-low-res VHS cassette tape. It's grainy and full of little glitches. However, since I consider Search of major importance in my personal life, in my career as a composer and specifically in my work as a composer for dance, I felt that this performance was worth preserving. I'm pleased to include it on my website.
Composed shortly after the 1994 death of my mom, Search is - like Threnodies and Anthems (see above) - a memorial piece, and unusual for me in its prevailing dark tone. It's also one the first pieces where I put aside my natural "tunefulness" in favor of a certain "stiffening" of the melodic line, and the adaptation of a conservative form of repetitive minimalism. Finally, choreographer Gerry Ebitz and I created this piece together as though we were of one mind, the ideas flowing easily between us.
Looking back 30 years now, collaborating with Gerry, composing the music, and rehearsing the young dancers and musicians of New World School of the Arts was a joyous experience and a source of light in an otherwise sad period of my life."
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Performing Messier 42 – Orion Nebula
Bruce Lazarus performs Messier 42 Orion Nebula live
for the Glouchester Area Astronomy Club (GAAC)
For more information please visit Messier Star Clusters and Nebulae