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Donna is a featured artist on The Bob Birch Radio Show – Playlist 13/4/18. Many thanks to Bob and his team and many thanks to the musicians who played with me on these tracks.

“Chamber Music” poetry collection by James Joyce who loved music ironically lacks music. Well here’s something to fill the void. A setting of his poem “The Twilight” in a music video. Watch it on my music video page.

Living on the Outside (music video) in March, Best Shorts Competition (2018, USA) Official Selection

Donna is a featured artist on the The Bob Birch Radio Show – Playlist 12/1/18

Many thanks to Bob and his team and many thanks to the musicians who played on these tracks with me.

Enjoy and share!

2017 was a banner year for me

• My music had over 250,000 listens on internet radio
• My CD Stuck on You was released in February
• My CD Love Songs of James Joyce was released in March
• “Baris Standith,” a song in ancient Gothic written by Canadian composer Edmund Fairfax, was released in September
•  5 music videos were released, and 3 of these won 6 awards / nominations in various film festivals:
• Reflections in February (The Cutting Edge Film Festival 2017 (USA): Best Music Video & Audience Award Winner Third Runner-Up; & Direct Monthly Online Film Festival December 2017 (USA): Best Music Video of the Month) & Mindfield Film Festival 2017 (USA): Official Selection.
• Don’t Try to Change My Mind in July (The Cutting Edge Film Festival 2017 (USA): Best Music Video Nomination; & Mindfield Film Festival 2017 (USA): Best Music Video December 2017 Gold Award) & (Direct Monthly Online Film Festival December 2017: Official Selection (USA)
• My Love is in a Light Attire in July (The Cutting Edge Film Festival 2017 (USA) Audience Award Winner Second Runner-Up; & Mindfield Film Festival 2017 (USA): Best Music Video December 2017 Platinum Award) & (Direct Monthly Online Film Festival December 2017: Official Selection (USA)
• You’re My Summer Peach in October (Direct Monthly Online Film Festival December 2017: Official Selection (USA) & Mindfield Film Festival 2017 (USA): Official Selection.
• Stranger in December

The WholeNote Nov. 2017 Review: David Olds

“Donna Greenberg has chosen 13 unrelated poems from James Joyce’s Chamber Music (1907) to compose a song cycle that tells the story of unrequited love. She too touches many styles from classical to jazz to folk to tell her musical story, creating interesting accessible music. Her songs complement her voice perfectly, while superstar jazz pianist Mark Kieswetter performs and arranges for piano, voice, strings, winds and harp. The vocal and piano performances are extremely musical, especially in My Love is a Light Attire where the subtle piano introduction leads to straightforward singing about the splendours of love, setting the stage for an emotional wash of strings and shifting harmonies. Greenberg seems to be the most in her element in the jazzier O Cool, which features an extended piano solo and nice doubling of voice and clarinet against the bass line. It is great to hear Greenberg vocalize at low pitches against low instrumental timbres in Sleep Now, about insomnia and betrayal. Though not as dense as Jerrom’s, Greenberg’s song cycle is moving, smart and lyrical.”

Thrilled to announce how my music videos fared at the Cutting Edge International Film Festival 2017:

Winner: Best Music Video Award: “Reflections”