music, now—

“River of Things,” original song by
Marla Beck

performed with guitarist, Ryan Coe
Bazaar Cafe, San Francisco (2025)

"Waitin'"
by Marla Beck

“Waitin’,” original song by Marla Beck

bedroom recording, voice and guitar (2025)

excerpt: "Variations in A minor"
marla beck (composer, pianist)

a world to write—a song,

rise, through time—

thinking: how does a sonic canvas rise up

through life—

"Call and Response"
John Tchicai, Marla VanHoose

voice—

about the music

  • “Variations in A Minor” (excerpt), composed & played by Marla Beck, piano

  • Flute Sonata in A Minor, Op. 1, No. 4, HWV 362: I. Larghetto, composed by G.F. Handel, performed by Marla Beck, flute with Laura Magnani, piano

  • “Blue Moon Over Kentucky” (trad.), Marla Beck, vocals, guitar

  • “Gold (excerpt),” original tune by Marla Beck, with guitarist Ryan Coe

  • “Call and Response,” experimental poem written and performed by Marla VanHoose (Beck) with free jazz pioneer, John Tchicai on Top of Your Head (Ninth World Music/DME, 2002)

for more as it happens—

child (in belly) and me, singing—
(2007)