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04.17.2010 – A Life Alive

Saturday, April 17, 2010

You would think that having narrowly escaped the past few months with my life (and my jobs) following my recent and massive projects that I would want to spend some time away from composition. You know, “let’s give it two to three months” or something. Instead, I have volunteered – that’s right: there are no [...]

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03.31.2010 – Film and Liturgy

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

I have again become remiss in keeping this site fresh with my latest thoughts. It’s just that when I usually have important projects with impending deadlines – the time I would most like to post about the details of my craft – it is most difficult. So now I will try to summarize my two [...]

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11.28.2009 – In C++

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Ever wished you could have your own 10-piece ensemble that lived in your house and would play “In C” for you whenever you had the desire? Well, I’ve just completed a project that may make that dream a reality. Well… maybe not reality, but pretty darn close. I’m satisfied that at least one of the [...]

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08.14.2009 – Orchestral Aspirations

Friday, August 14, 2009

Orchestral composers and those who wish to be orchestral composers face a dilemma. I think Kyle Gann in his new-music blog PostClassic has done well in identifying the issue. You can read the whole post here, but I will try to summarize his main point. At the end of his post, he tells the story [...]

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07.13.2009 – Melody? We don’t need no stinkin melody!

Monday, July 13, 2009

Today I had one of those moments where you get this thought that you start to consider and, like the proverbial thread, you pull on it and something unravels that changes your whole perspective. I was listening to some contemporary compositions and I started thinking about the role of melody. For many of my younger [...]

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