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‘Glass’ Movie

Filed in Composition, General, History, Humor, Inspiration, Performance, Strange Findings, Student Reminders on April 19, 2008 at 12:51 am

Yay! One of my favorite composers - exposed on documentary film!

Check the Official Site here…

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‘The Visit’

Filed in Composition, General, Inspiration, Performance, Strange Findings on April 18, 2008 at 4:34 pm

I realized I never got around to announcing my recent film scoring experience!
Earlier this month, the culmination of an independent short film competition was screened at a festival in Glendale. The competition, sponsored by Project 168, gives aspiring producers and directors the opportunity to create a ten-minute film in only a week, using both [...]

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V.T.C.M.A. - 8

Filed in Composition, History, Inspiration, Performance, Strange Findings, Student Reminders, Technique, Thought for the Day, Violin on February 20, 2008 at 1:33 am

The Baltic Baroque play Vivaldi - in style!!
Vivaldi’s “La Folia“:

Vivaldi’s Allegro (RV 565):

Check out more videos from this incredible group here!

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Thought for the Day

Filed in Composition, History, Inspiration, Performance, Reviews, Technique, Thought for the Day, Violin on January 23, 2008 at 2:07 pm

In the midst of my intense contemplations concerning my current in-progress work - my thesis composition for my Master’s degree, to be exact - I came across this fascinating interview with renowned composer, John Adams, concerning his Violin Concerto.

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Did the concerto genre and the expectations associated with it—especially that of virtuosic writing for the solo [...]

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Interview with John Copeland

Filed in General, Inspiration on December 8, 2007 at 2:38 am

Sorry, I know this isn’t music-related, but it’s something that’s near and dear to me. With all the media hype covering the inquiries headed by Sen. Chuck Grassley, I was glad to see Kenneth Copeland Ministries‘ official answers, via 5 YouTube videos. Part 1 is posted below, visit YouTube for parts 2, 3, 4, [...]