Category Archive
The following is a list of all entries from the Composition category.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 the [...]
