TRS LIVE PRESENTS:
PAUL BRILL
03.26.2026
Join us for another installment of TRS LIVE with Paul Brill as he records his composition “The Cost of Believing” live with a studio audience!
Youthful indiscretions and ill-fated wanderings found Paul Brill journeying as an herbal smokes salesman, street performer, valet, corporate errand boy, traveling musician and a marine biology instructor on dusty western streets. Hopes dashed and races run, he returned home to his native New York seeking firmer ground. He found meaning and sustenance in his work with disadvantaged children in East Harlem, yet after several years again felt the song siren stirring in his heart and re-embarked on an illustrative songwriting and recording career. Experimental forays into music production and orchestration soon led him to land compositional commissions in film, television and theater, where his early efforts drew quick notice and earned him consecutive Emmy Nominations on his first three films. The ensuing years found Brill leaning-in-hard on his compositional work, resulting in further acclaim and his scoring over 100 films, series and plays that would carry him around the world to screen, perform and conduct his compositions. Recently, during quieter and lonelier times, the songwriting spirit reawakened with fury and fired out Brill’s wildly ambitious new musical breakthrough/breakdown: The Cost of Believing – a theatrical lyric-ballet, song-cycle, fever-dream bound soon for a stage of some making. Written, recorded and produced in a matter of weeks, The Cost of Believing is an examination of physical and emotional isolation, the lengths we travel to find fulfillment, and the revival we confront in the pursuit of the promise of light.
Paul Brill is:
Paul Brill – Piano & Voice
Doors open at 7:30PM for the 8PM performance.
We offer an affordable selection of soda, juice, water and light snacks including CBD drinks from our friends at Taunik.
BYOB is welcome!
A very limited number of tickets are available per show. Click here for tickets!
If you’d like you can opt to choose a ticket that will include a copy of the live recording via a download link, which will be emailed upon its completion.
After the show, should you wish to receive a copy of the recording but purchased a ticket that does not include a copy of the recording, please speak with a member of staff. A copy of the recording is an additional $10. We accept cash or Venmo on-site.
For any questions please contact: julia@tankrecording.com
About The Venue:
Tank Recording Studio is a three thousand square foot audio/video production studio and event space in the old north end of Burlington, VT, owned and operated by Ben Collette. Featuring a thousand square foot live room with 25ft cathedral ceilings, finished in hundred-year-old reclaimed VT barn board, along with two separate control rooms and multiple isolated recording spaces for both performers and amplifiers. Our collection of instruments, amplification and other musical noisemakers is only bested by our wide variety of both vintage and modern classic microphones and signal processors.
TRS LIVE: The magic of live music performances in the sonic comfort of Tank Recording Studio, with a studio audience!
