A personal note from Eimear Noone:

Dear Friends, Family and Worldwide Musical Family,

Thank you for your support in a project that means so much to Craig and I.

Through working on World of Warcraft under the nurturing stewardship of Russell Brower and my colleagues at Blizzard Entertainment, I was afforded an opportunity to honor our son Aaron Padraic through music.

In 2012 we lost our beautiful boy, two weeks before he was due to enter this magical world.

This piece from WoW: Warlords of Draenor features Aaron's theme and is influenced not just by the incredible artists at Blizzard, but also by Aaron's timeless Jewish heritage and the story of Masada. It is the epic adventure he might have had, told through a mother's lullaby.

My husband Craig produced an incredible worldwide YouTube orchestra of generous souls who gave their time and talent to be part of this project.

At Video Games Live in Dublin during the first iDIG Music Fest, we performed the piece live with the National Youth Orchestra of Ireland and members of Maynooth Chamber Choir. There were over 130 musicians and singers onstage.

My beautiful friend Malukah de los Santos is the star of the piece and her voice haunts me every time I hear it.

Thank you Roma Downey for making me read The Dove Keepers and inspiring me.

Russell Brower: you're the reason this piece exists, that is unforgettable…

Tommy Tallarico: thank you for giving me the stage at Video Games Live to perform it and constant encouragement.

Eamonn Noone: thanks for the rockin' orchestral percussion parts.

Triforce Quartet: you know what you did!

Mark Scholl: the perc work you did is amazing!

Paddy Duffy: you keep me going.

Chris Rooke: you answered a tweet and made us do this!

David Garfinkle: thank you for your constant love and encouragement and for being there for us in Dublin.

Vir Animus - for letting us use the video you shot from the festival and for your enduring support!

Andrew M. Edwards: your support means the world to me.

Richard Todd: thanks for being an awesome friend.

Joe Correa-Pignato: you rock!

Rabbi Judith HaLevy

Thank you to every musician who took part in this project; seeing your faces on screen makes me very emotional every time.

Mary Noone: Mom, thank you for always putting me back together when I fall down.

Music heals and music unites.

Finally, thank you Craig for this beautiful gift, honoring our son for all time…

“Malach, Angel Messenger”
Eímear Noone, composer and conductor
from:
World of Warcraft; Warlords of Draenor

featuring:

Malukah
The National Youth Orchestra Ireland
Members of: The Maynooth University & Enchiriadis Chamber Choirs
Michael Dawson, choir master

as performed at:
The Dublin International Game Music Festival (iDIG Music Fest)
with Video Games Live

And a World-Wide Crowd Orchestra

video directed, and produced by
Craig Stuart Garfinkle

edited by
Craig Stuart Garfinkle
Russell Cooley

music produced and mixed by
Craig Stuart Garfinkle

orchestrated by
Eimear Noone and Bill Liston

crowd orchestra:

violins:
Yejin Han,
Chris Ferrara
Jacob Roege
Andrew Steffen
Emer Kinsella
Margaret Strong
Karen O'Doherty

viola:
Stanley Beckwith
Andrew Steffen

cello:
Chad Schwartz

bass:
Andrew Steffen
Nate Kalnitz (electric)

woodwinds:
Christopher Bleth, duduk
Ilias Siafakas, clarinet

brass:
Rick Todd, horn
John MacKay, horn
Matt Waters Trombone 1st, 2nd and bass trombone
Matthew Langford, tuba

percussion:
Mark Scholl, timpani, war toms, djembe,
cymbals, gran casa, and taikos
Heleen Langweng, bass drum
Eamonn Noone, drum programming
Craig Stuart Garfinkle, drum programming

harp:
Stephanie Bennett

voices:
Malukah, Sopranos and altos
Alexandra Borden, altos
Andrew Edwards, tenor and basses
Eimear Noone, chants

guitars:
Joe Pignato

keyboards:
Olivier Amadei, harp, english horn, strings and organ
Len J J Cheung, harp, and strings
Sara VanLaningham, Piano

special thanks!

Russell Brower, Jay Maguire and our brilliant colleagues at Blizzard Entertainment
Tommy Tallarico and the Video Games Live crew
Carol-Ann McKenna, Gearoid Grant, and the staff and musicians of The National Youth Orchestra of Ireland
Eamonn Noone - for your rockin' percussion parts
Emer Relihan, Edel Malone, Conor O’Connor and the brilliant team at Convention Centre Dublin
Frank McNamara, Theresa Lowe and JJ McNamara for your constant support and encouragement
Brighid McCaul and our friends at "The Herald"
The team at Spin 103.8 FM, Kathryn Ryan, Clara McGinley, and Jamie Crawford
Russell Cooley for saving the day with your last minute iDIG Music Fest help
To our global YouTube orchestra members - you gave your time and talent with such good hearts

written for and dedicated to: Aaron Padraic Noone Garfinkle
April 12th, 2012

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