Category: Composing
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Five things I learned writing my first piece for orchestra
During the peak of the pandemic when I had little else to do, I decided to devote most of my all-too-plentiful time and what little energy I had to writing a piece for orchestra, something I’d wanted to do since I began composing back in high school. I’d had a couple ideas for orchestral works…
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Performance: Rewire, December 2nd
I’m performing tonight in Lincoln Hall 115 at 8 pm, as the final project for one of my classes this term. The concert, called “Rewire,” is a series of performances for live electronic music, with a wide variety of music between the sets. My piece, titled “Exit/No Exit,” is for piano and live effects processing…
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Composing update 8/30
My last post made it seem like I was about to launch myself into a huge analytical project on Mahler’s Ninth Symphony, and I still plan to do that soon. But the fact is, I am heading back to grad school within a month, I still have a lot to worry about and I have…
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Composing update 8/9
In addition to my work as a writer, a sound engineer and soon-to-be grad student, I am also a composer.* I spent much of last year studying the modern orchestral repertoire, for I wanted to compose an orchestral piece. Having not much else to do after being laid off, I threw myself into an overly…
Continuous Variations 