Milk and Cookies

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:45:20 -0500

I've been leading a four-week musical theater summer camp at Concordia Conservatory for the past few summers -- it's wonderful and crazy, as the kids and I develop two new 30-minute musicals to be performed during the last week of camp. Needless to say, sometimes we need to blow off a little steam. And sometimes during those moments, a singular idea takes hold of the kids quite completely... I seem to remember that in elementary school, when I was over at my friend Adam's house, he and his brother Jason would sometimes sing a two-note mantra "Milk and Cookies!" when demanding a snack from their mother. I brought it out to the campers this year on a whim, and it stuck. It didn't make it into our show, but we certainly found a moment when we were recording the rest of the songs from the show...

Video from Kiss the Stars Goodnight at Concordia Conservatory

Sun, 20 Jun 2010 18:21:54 -0500

A few videos from the premiere performance of KISS THE STARS GOODNIGHT at Concordia Conservatory on May 7.

Matt Van Brink, composer, pianist accordionist

Milk and Cookies

Video from Kiss the Stars Goodnight at Concordia Conservatory