Author Archives: Justin
Can I Get a Witness?
More Heads Is Better Hello all! There are some upcoming musical opportunities to which I’m going to be applying. The first, chronologically, is for an arts-in-health scheme. I’m over the specified age limit but I’m going to submit something anyway … Continue reading
Composer Win #_________
Let’s Party Like It’s 2013 The title of this post is a tribute to the blog of my social media acquaintance and in some abstract way member-of-peer-group*, Jenn Jolley. She has taken rejection letters/e-mails – the very hard currency of … Continue reading
New Cabaret – Quick Hit
As is always the case, life gets in the way and time gets cut a bit short. So, I haven’t made a cover or tweaked the fonts as I would normally like. But this is my submission for operamission’s New … Continue reading
#NewCabaret
One of the Guys Just a quick word here! I am still getting settled here in the UK, and while I have a couple of “projects” to work on, I came across the #NewCabaret song competition on twitter. The idea … Continue reading
Spring Cleaning
Playing Catch Up Hello again, this will be brief. I passed my defense, and now I wait. I have updated the site, which basically entailed providing additional information in some places. But there are a couple of things to which … Continue reading
Acknowledging the Ending By Looking Back to the Beginning
It’s the End of My World As I Know It Apart from a few minor aesthetic things, like the design of a title page for the score, and another round of proofreading, …That the Children May Learn, including the analytical … Continue reading
Lies, Damned Lies, and…
Discursions There has sprung forth in the past week or so a renewed desire to examine the state of affairs for women composers. I haven’t had time to trace it to its original instigation, nor have I had a chance … Continue reading
Pheedback Needed Phor Phat Beatz
This is the postlude of the piece, and there is a lot of narration (which you cannot hear because the MIDI does not execute it). I may tinker with the very end a little bit, but this is about 98 … Continue reading
Finished Lines?
Beggaring of the End The piece was “finished” but flawed, so I’m in the process of trimming it down. I’ve cut 5’30″ so far, and will probably see if I can find another 2-3′ to extract. It’s difficult and painful, … Continue reading
In the Aftermath of Lincoln’s Assassination
Again, Timelessness Just a brief revista here before getting back to the note-making. This morning I plowed through While Father is Away: The Civil War Letters of William H. Bradbury (Ed. Jennifer Cain Bohrnstedt; Comp. Kassandra R. Chaney). Bradbury was … Continue reading