Tag Archives: new 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
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
Narrating a Meta-Narrative
Words ‘N Music Progress is being made on the dissertation. Slowly, surely. I’ve developed a much clearer sense of the overall form, as well as the structure of subsections within each larger portion of the work, and today I’ve begun … Continue reading
Learning to Lose Graciously and Live Gratefully
Neil Patrick Harris Never Went Through This It just occurred to me that, all those years ago when he was still a precocious child doctor on Doogie Howser, M.D., Neil Patrick Harris was saddled with a completely stupid character name. … Continue reading
Though Experienced with Dis-ertations, Dissertations Are New
A Powerful Beginning Pending passage of comprehensive examinations, I’m on to my dissertation. Though not technically approved yet, my plan is to write a piece for chamber orchestra with narrator, 4 singers, and electronics (likely restricted to recorded readings and … Continue reading
We Don’t Keep Score. We Keep Records.
DMA Recital Recording All of the pieces from the recital have been uploaded now. I am providing links the files here so that it’s easy to get about between them. Also, these posts allow for sharing on facebook/twitter, so if … Continue reading
Gratitude
Reciting the Versus On Sunday May 1, I presented my DMA Composition Recital at the Butler School of Music, University of Texas at Austin. The recording is still forthcoming, but one of the pieces was an electroacoustic work that I … Continue reading