Cancer

Emma Beats The Blowfish

December 10, 2009
Beating the Blowfish by Emma Pontin

One of my favorite pieces of solo piano music on music2work2 is Emma – along with its accompanying piece, the music was written to help a friend get through chemo. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Emma chose to visualize her cancer as a blowfish – it gave her something tangible to direct her [...]

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Emma’s Numbers – 14 minutes 13 seconds

July 2, 2009
iTunes - music2work2 - Emma

Second Piano piece written for a friend fighting Cancer An old friend was dealing with cancer so I wrote her some music. After sending it to her, I asked for her numbers and then produced this piece. When I’m writing for or about someone, I often ask them for a couple of numbers, I use [...]

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Emma – 20 minutes 4 seconds

June 12, 2009
iTunes - music2work2 - Emma

Piano track written for a friend who was fighting cancer at the time . For Emma who fought the Blowfish and won.

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The Essentialness of Music

February 5, 2008

About 14 years ago, after my mother died from cancer, I needed the help of a grief counselor to get through the grief process and be able to move on with my life. This led to me spending the next four years doing volunteer work in the Grief Center at the local Hospice. I basically [...]

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