As with The Tower, the music on The Last Waking Moment told the story of the dream - one song at a time. Also from While the Trees Sleep: "Dance of the Muse."ġ997’s The Last Waking Moment was inspired by a lucid dream experience. "Solitude," one of Nevue’s first compositions, became very popular among young pianists eager to learn his music. The title track was the first of David’s compositions to receive airplay nationwide. The wintry themes of Nevue’s second album, While the Trees Sleep (2005), brought his music wider recognition. Also included in this collection: "Voice in the Wilderness." "Joy" and "Light" are both standout tracks from the album. The storybook text was included with the original album art so that the listener could read and follow along as they listened. Each song on the album tells one "chapter" of that story. Nevue’s debut album, The Tower (1992), was composed as a soundtrack for a short story he wrote while attending college. songs his listeners have chosen as their favorites from his first four albums. The music on Whisperings captures the "best of" David Nevue’s early solo piano work. Songbooks are spiral-bound! Listen to WHISPERINGS on. He offers free sheets for local piano teachers (email him at ).Prices INCLUDE shipping in the USA. You can listen to Whitespace on Spotify, Pandora, or iTunes and can purchase sheet music at. This played a part in inspiring his album as he filled the “Whitespace” of stepping out of full-time ministry.Ĭhad currently works full-time as a training coordinator for CAPSA. The Hewitt family moved to Cache Valley in 2011 when Chad took the position of head pastor of Alpine Church. “Part of me returning to composing after all these years was to show my kids that if they are inspired to do something, they should go for it,” Chad said. Tickets for that event are available here.Ĭhad and his wife, Misty, are the parents of two kids: McKenna, 17, and Max, 10. There, Chad will perform alongside renowned pianists David Nevue, Michele McLaughlin, Rachel Currea, Greg Maroney, and others.Ĭhad will perform more locally with Michele McLaughlin the following week, on March 10, in Salt Lake City. The winner will be announced at the Whisperings “All-Star” Concert in Seattle on March 3. Whitespace is one of six albums that will be judged by 10 acclaimed musicians from around the world. In December, Chad found out his album had been nominated for the Whisperings Album of the Year. “But I have been honored by the response.” “When I released this album, I did not have high expectations, I just really wanted to share it,” he said. Melodic, beautiful, memorable, and emotionally satisfying.”Ĭhad officially released his debut album, Whitespace, in September 2017. and if this is Hewitt’s ‘first effort,’ we simply cannot wait to hear the music yet to come. it foreshadows what could be the beginning of a long and successful career. The station features about 280 of the “best of the best” solo piano musicians from around the world and boasts approximately one million listeners.ĭavid warmly received Chad’s music and has not only added him to the Solo Piano Radio playlist, but has also featured him on the front page, saying, “ Chad Hewitt’s solo piano ‘Whitespace’ is more than just a promising debut album. Unbeknownst to Chad, the owner of the recording studio submitted the album to David Nevue, the founder of Whisperings Solo Piano Radio, an online radio station that was launched in 2003 (two years prior to the launch of Pandora). any genre, anytime with anyone.Īlthough he had no formal training, Chad began performing publicly in high school and wrote some original music in his early 20s, but, he said, “as life goes, music got put on the back shelf while focused on his family and career.” In the last couple of years, Chad has pulled the music back out and found both his own passion and the piano community’s warm reception in response to his refined “sound” of contemplative “quiet music for a noisy world.”Ĭhad recorded his debut album in a studio in Sedona, AZ in 2017. He says he learned to process the world and express himself by playing the piano, and would play every opportunity he could. Providence resident Chad Hewitt is a self-taught pianist and composer whose musical interests began as a child.
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