Category Archive
The following is a list of all entries from the Composition category.
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 [...]
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 [...]
My Latest Work!
Filed in Composition, Noteworthy, Violin on March 5, 2009 at 2:05 amRecall this post from way back in January of 2008?! My golly, I’ve been working on this project for so long, but it is so worth it! Yes, I am talking about the glorious completion of my Masters Thesis composition: Leviathan of the Ancient Deep! It’s been a long and stressful road (it’s difficult to twist [...]
V.T.C.M.A. 12
Filed in Composition, History, Noteworthy, Performance, Thought for the Day, Violin on January 21, 2009 at 11:23 pmYeah, yeah, I bet EVERYBODY’s blogged this one… But I just gotta get on that bandwagon, too!
Of course, I’m talking about John Williams‘ Air and Simple Gifts composed for and performed at Obama’s inaguration yesterday. The musicians? The venerable Anthony McGill on clarinet, Itzhak Perlman on violin, Yo-Yo Ma on cello (who was also asked by the inauguration committee to organize [...]
Join the First Online Orchestra!
Filed in Composition, Inspiration, Noteworthy, Performance, Strange Findings, Student Reminders, Technique, Violin on December 6, 2008 at 10:17 pm“Join the world’s first collaborative online orchestra.
We invite musicians from around the world to audition for the YouTube Symphony Orchestra. Your video entries will be combined into the first ever collaborative virtual performance, and the world will select the best of you to perform at New York City’s Carnegie Hall in April 2009.
…Professionals and amateur [...]
