MUSIC
Gregory Ormson’s music education started when he was 10 and performed in a city boys’ choir at the New York World’s Fair in 1966. He’s worked as a folk music singer, overseas ministry musician, an Irish traditional band musician, a member of a country western band, and leader of chant and bakti or yoga music.
He writes and plays original music in combination with lyricist Russell Thorburn and musician Randy Anagnostis.
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Artists’ respond, aiming to align wonder, word, and music. They lean into imagining what the tree sees in relationships, in children, and in backyard dreams. Thorburn’s tree is a witness to life in the yard, the house, in the sky above, and the buckling sidewalk below; the whole tree-is-us in our tangled roots and bent
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Recorded with Audacity, Gregory Ormson lyrics and Washburn D-Series DADGAD guitar, played through Boss Acoustic Singer Pro Amp; keyboard by Randy Anagnostis on Yamaha PB125 with Focus Scarlet Gen 3 Audio Interface. One of several Anagnostis/Ormson original song collaborative pieces. VIDEO link https://youtu.be/NfClYOCX3xA
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Words and music below for my spoken word piece accompanied by sitar. My friend Dino Corvino in his, “Here You Are Wausau” podcast will be focusing on Writing in Public – what he also calls citizen journalism – in his next few episodes. He’ll be speaking with a few friends that write, talking about his
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RITE OF TRANSITION a spoken word new age music piece by Randy Anagnostis and Gregory Ormson. It reflects upon the underlying tradition of cooperation and peaceful transition of presidential authority in the United States. What’s happened in the last two weeks is an embarrassment to our country and to the world.
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https://soundcloud.com/greg-ormson/mescalero-territory lyrics russell thorburn, keyboard randy anagnostis, vocal and guitar gregory ormson
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Living near Lake Superior, I wrote a song about Billy, the pony my daughter rode. We walked to the lake and then back to our house on the trail shown below. This week, I recorded that song after it sat in my files over 20 years. Photo below is Ashley riding her pony Midnight (left)
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<meta name=”google-site-verification” content=”979nHMC7ZONOZ5dPqwJZCGJs4N44ZVngj9CsL3gx0t0″ /> A simple Earth anthem. Randy Anagnostis keyboard, Gregory Ormson and Russell Thorburn words.
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Prepared by Kristi Evans, Northern Michigan University 1401 Presque Isle Ave. • Marquette, MI 49855-5301 • 906–227–1015 © 2019 by the NMU Board of Trustees. NMU is an equal opportunity institution. July 10, 2020 After falling from a roof and injuring his back, NMU alumnus Greg Ormson (’99 MA) found that yoga delivered both pain relief and a new vocation. He
GREGORY ORMSON'S Notes, Articles, Blogs, Vlogs Gregory Ormson writes from the ecotone, the vibrant intersections of landscape, spirituality, and physical presence. His essays and poems have appeared in literary journals, anthologies, and print magazines. Author of *Yoga Song* and other works, Ormson blends lyrical observation with grounded reflection drawn from his Midwestern roots and global travels. He lives in Arizona and Wisconsin, seeking stillness where stories emerge like bears. 