Tag Archives: classical music
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
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
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
In Studying, Wisdom. Who Knew?
Bonds on Mahler Next week I’m taking my doctoral common comprehensive exams, and in studying, I’m reviewing as many readings as I can fit in. From the chapter “Ambivalent Elysium” in his excellent book about the post-Beethoven handling of the … Continue reading