The Blog has Moved Again
Filed in General, Noteworthy on June 4, 2010 at 9:07 pmAfter five years, I have finally given in and decided to move both this blog and my own to the root directory. That’s right, no more /blog/ and no more basic redirect in the root. Five years ago, we planned on having some well-developed sites that included the blog along the side, so we placed the blogs in the /blog/ directory and a simple redirect in the root there for the time being. What actually happened is that over those five years we wound up developing our blogs into the sites that we wanted in the first place, so I felt that it was time to give them the placement that they deserved.
Fortunately, modern redirects have evolved in such a way that you don’t need to do anything, unless you really want to change your bookmarks or resubscribe to the feed. Everything should be redirecting to the proper place. Unfortunately, not all subscription services will be able to redirect to the new feed, but I’m hoping that they will at least make some sort of notice regarding the problem so that you can re-subscribe to the new feed URL.
I’ll be posting a writeup of the whole move process in a few days, so If you notice anything wrong, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
For your convenience, please feel free to use the large buttons below to re-subscribe to the feed and/or re-bookmark the blog.
[cross-posted from MacManX.com]
Introducing Clan DRAGONAS
Filed in Composition, General, Noteworthy, Performance, Violin on May 14, 2010 at 11:16 pmWow! I know, I know… it’s been FOREVER since I’ve posted on this poor blog!! Can I blame Facebook?? And life… 
Well, this is worth posting EVERYWHERE! I am soooo proud to be a regular member of the new and fantastic Clan Dragonas – a Celtic-Folk Rock band… Actually, a family of like-minded, highly professional musicians and composers who have nothing to prove to anyone, and only love, mutual respect, and joy in their hearts – making it definitely one of the BEST groups (if not the best group) in which I have ever had the honor of being asked to participate!
I know – mighty strong words. I can prove it to you.
Come hear us play!
V.T.C.M.A. 13
Filed in Humor, Strange Findings, Thought for the Day on June 10, 2009 at 11:44 pmIt’s our favorite lab-tech Beaker! Beaker meets Beethoven…
Thoughts on ‘Threnody’
Filed in Composition, History, Reviews on June 5, 2009 at 12:59 amI recently received a lovely email from a student in Canterbury, UK:
I’m conducting some research on Penderecki and his use of “emotive” titles for some of his works, taking Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima as a key example…I’m particularly interested to know exactly when Penderecki changed the title of this work and why, so any further pointers would be really helpful…
I learned some interesting factoids in my bit o’ research for my response, and I thought it prudent to add it as a side note to my original Threnody… outline. Here’s what I found out (and how I responded):
New and Updated: Essays and Study Outlines
Filed in Composition, General, History, Inspiration, Reviews, Writing on May 21, 2009 at 12:40 amBe sure to check out my newly updated Additional Reading page!! Now featuring the essay RAVEL’S DAPHNIS ET CHLOÉ: A Miracle in the Making, and 6 Study Outlines on composers, their lives, and specific featured works, including:
- Lully
- Boccherini
- Hindemith
- Messiaen
- Penderecki
- Ravel
I have one more essay (of which I am VERY proud) – an in-depth study on Leonard Bernstein’s Second Symphony Age of Anxiety - and several more outlines on various works by Bernstein and Aaron Copland. Look for those to come soon! In the meantime, I hope that these additions will be of some use to others in their ongoing search for knowledge…
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