Category: Composing
Notes on my inspirations and processes when I write music
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New Year’s Resolutions
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Read more: New Year’s ResolutionsA New Years Resolutions thread at Sequenza 21 reminded me about making New Year’s resolutions. There’s so many needs tugging at me, but all I want to do is make musical plans. I want to remedy my lack of momentum of the past few months. Everyone knows – economic times are tough. They’re tough here…
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Playing a Virtual Orchestra
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Read more: Playing a Virtual OrchestraAlthough I seem to write mostly music notated on paper for live performers, I’ve always been interested in computer tools for composing and sound design. I started my recording business a few years ago because I wanted to put my audio tools to more use. Last year, I decided to invest in the sophisticated sampled…
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The Future of Life almost ready for premiere
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Read more: The Future of Life almost ready for premiereOn Wednesday, we had the next-to-final rehearsal of The Future of Life and I met the trombone player. I had hoped to work with him during my composing phase, but I never made contact. However, he is spot-on with his interpretations. The chorus had progressed a whole lot since the week before. Some of the…
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Birds and Spiders
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Read more: Birds and SpidersWatching snow geese in Vermont is my idea of a good time, so why does my choral music gravitate to spiders?
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Notes on writing “The Future of Life”
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Read more: Notes on writing “The Future of Life”It’s never been easy for me to find poetry that I want to use for choral music. Most seems too intimate. Essays have been what grabs me. It seems that choral music with all those voices needs to be about something big. So after reading The Future of Life by Edward O. Wilson, entomologist and…