"A More Complete Conversation"

... with composer Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee talking
about growing up in the Belmont area, her Armenian heritage and her music,
in connection with a concert by The Record Players of Belmont, MA.
YouTube video, November 2009

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Dianne's Music on YouTube

Many performances by both students and professionals have been posted to YouTube. Search for "Dianne Rahbee" to get a similar list.

Diane Andersen Sonata No.4
Diane Andersen plays Ballade No. 3 "Mystere"

Piano Solo - Ballade No.2 Op.129 "Flashbacks of 9/11"

In preparation for the 10-year anniversary of the World Trade Center Disaster in 2011, this piece is a powerful statement of the details of the event. It is a special concert piece. It is available directly from the composer.

This composition contains continuous short musical episodes expressing the various visual scenes that have been burned in all our memories of that horrific World Changing day.
1. September 11, 2001 The sky is bright blue...not a cloud in sight ! The autumn air is clean and fresh. A beautiful sunny day begins.AA Flight 11 departs from Logan Airport, Boston at 7:59 am.
2. Suddenly, at 8:49 am, AA Flight 11 slammed into the 95th-102nd floors of the World Trade Center North Tower 1 in NYC.
3. United Airlines Flight 175 Struck the 86th-92nd floors of the South Tower at 9:03 am.
4. At 9:59 am Tower 2 collapses into a heap of rubble !!!!
5. At 10:28 am Tower 1 collapses.
6. People are running frantically away from the scene covered with ashes!
7. The world is in a state of SHOCK and OUTRAGE !
8. Anger and disbelief are expressed !!!
9. Everything is in a state of confusion and chaos.....
10. We are all overwhelmed with feelings of sadness.
11. A Song of Grief "In Memoriam" for the victims and their families
Dedicated to Edward "Ted" Hennessy (1966-2001) who was a student of the composer as a child.

12. A patriotic reference to the Greatest Nation on the Earth.
" My county 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing ..."

Nocturne Op.32, No.1
John Yaw, pianist Celebration Op.87, No.3
Elizabeth Rhodes, pianist, Scherzino
Jake plays Rahbee Sonata No 1: I & IV
Dianne Rahbee Sonata No. 2 1st mov - Jenna Hagemeier
Dianne Rahbee Sonata No. 2 - 2nd mov - Jenna Hagemeier
Dianne Rahbee Sonata No. 2 - 3rd mov - Jenna Hagemeier
Mimi Stillman, flute - Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee Sonata 1
Mimi Stillman, flute and Jeremy Gill, piano give the world premiere of Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee's Sonata for Flute and Piano.
Mimi Stillman, flute - Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee Sonata 2
Mimi Stillman, flute and Jeremy Gill, piano give the world of Sonata No. 2
world trade center flashback
Played by Katharina in 2003 when she was 12 years old.
Mosaic, Opus 26 - Pam Squared
Mosaic, Opus 20 by Dianne Goolkasian Rahbeeperformed live by Pam Squared (Pam Slomka & Pam Colen)
Goolkasian Rahbee, Sonata 1, IV
Jean Carzou - Master of Lines
into his museum. Piano piece 'Twilight' written by Dianne Goolkasian-Rahbee, performed by Margot Dilmaghani.
Goolkasian-Rahbee, Sonata 1, I
College prescreening recording. 1st movement of Dianne Goolkasian-Rahbee's Sonata #1.
Goolkasian-Rahbee, Sonata 1, II
College prescreening recording. Scherzo - 2nd movement from Dianne Goolkasian-Rahbee's Sonata #1.
Goolkasian-Rahbee: Sonata 1, III
College prescreening recording. The 3rd movement of Dianne Goolkasian-Rahbee's Sonata #1. Set to images of Kandinsky and Picasso.
Goolkasian-Rahbee, Sonata 1, IV: Toccata
College prescreening recording. Scherzo - 4th movement from Dianne Goolkasian-Rahbee's Sonata #1.
ERIC HENON dans Le Tango de Dianne Goolkasian RAHBEE
ForwardMarch&RunningAround by DianneRahbee & Opening from "Glassworks" by Phillip Glass
1."Forward March"&"Running Around" by Dianne Rahbee
2.Opening from "Glassworks" by Phillip Glass, TomShannon-pianist
Orange Nights In Thomas Street by Laurence Neill
Orange Nights in Thomas Street © Laurence Neill, 2008 ... Art Poetry Laurence Neill
Orange Nights Thomas Street Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee Diane …
May Bush by Laurence Neill
And waits to be reborn. © Laurence Neill, 2008 Music by Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee, Three Preludes Op. 5, performed by Tanya Bartevyan.
A More Complete Conversation.m4v
"A More Complete Conversation"... with composer Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee talking about growing up in the Belmont area, her Armenian heritage and ...
See image above
The Record Players are Turning 10; part 2
Interviews with Fund Director- Gene Record and music composer- Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee, concert program and credits
The Record Players are Turning 10; part 1
Davis" "Lena Wong" "Kenneth Stalberg" "Sarah Freiberg" "Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee" "Gene Record" "Walter Piston" "Johannes Brahms" "Rebecca Clarke" ...
Rahbee's "ten for ten"performed by Maryse Schnackers
"No Piano Harmed in the making of this video" Sonata No. 1, Mvmt. 4, Toccata, by Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee