Category: Composing
Notes on my inspirations and processes when I write music
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Recent Project:
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Read more: Recent Project:My recent project, Angel Music, takes its name from its musical seeds in my Christmas cantata Shepherds and Angels. However, Angel Music is soulful & happy music for any recital.
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100 Notes of Toy Piano
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Read more: 100 Notes of Toy PianoYesterday (June 2019) I got an email from composer/keyboard player David Bohn that my submission to his call for scores was accepted. A friend found the call on ComposerSite (https://composerssite.com) and he thought it would entertain me. It was for newly composed 100-note compositions for toy piano. I had fun improvising a bit, and I…
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Arlington-Belmont Chamber Chorus
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Read more: Arlington-Belmont Chamber ChorusThe poster for the premiere of Songs from a Quaker Heart is beautiful! Now that I’ve finally removed it from the Spindrift front page, I thought I’d “save” it in this blog post. Music for a Spring Evening – PDF version
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Composing “Songs from a Quaker Heart”
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Read more: Composing “Songs from a Quaker Heart”What fun to hear the rehearsal of “Songs from a Quaker Heart” last night. This new music SATB chorus and piano is getting its premiere by the Arlington-Belmont Chamber Chorus, who commissioned it. The poems are by Marian Kaplun Shapiro, a fellow resident of Lexington, MA. So many of Marian’s poems are direct observation of…
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In memory of my father
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Read more: In memory of my fatherMy father died in 2011 at the age of 93. I wrote the poem Deepest Shade in 2010 as he was losing the ability to communicate with us. I set it to music soon after.
