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Arrangements for Toy Instruments

by Trevor Helminski

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Text: Lucien Daudet (1878-1946) Bégonia Aurora, fleur très double; abricot mêlé de corail; coloris très joli, rare et curieux. * Begonia Aurora, a full, double flower, apricot mixed with coral, colored very beautifully, rare and unusual.
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This is an on-going collection of toy instrument arrangements of some of my favorite classical and avant-garde miniatures. The instruments on these recordings include various toy pianos, a child's glockenspiel, and melodica. Some recordings also include full-sized accordion, hand-cranked music box, and musical glass.

It is my hope that these little recordings are at turns raw, eccentric, uncanny, and innocent.

All arrangements performed by Trevor Helminski.

Check out the live performances of two of these pieces here:
Out and In: youtu.be/4HBGY-jK39o
Flowers We Are: youtu.be/Z5J_oi5I-nA

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released May 13, 2019

Cover image by Luis Alvaz: (commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Piano_de_juguete_Schoenhut.JPG)

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Trevor Helminski Chandler, Arizona

I am an elementary school teacher by day. In my free time, I make music with music boxes, toy instruments, chip tones, glitches, and other electronic sounds. I especially enjoy manipulating low fidelity recordings.

My other interests include biology, bird-watching, science, history, humanism, and language.
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