In the wake of the April 29 concert, my final blog must be a blog of thanks. To the musicians first and foremost: for their time, professionalism, patience, and musicianship. To Ming Luke, the conductor who stepped in at the last moment, for his astute reading of the piece, his musicality and efficiency. To Read the rest of this entry »
Final thoughts
May 9, 2012
Wordless
May 1, 2012
Our final concert was last night, and in a few days I will be putting together my last thoughts about Read the rest of this entry »
“Theo” – a tone poem for orchestra
April 1, 2012
It is done. The months of grueling scribbling, listening, bashing at the piano, screaming at my sketchpad, binge-drinking coffee, crashing, [repeat]… It’s done. And, I can say without any doubt in my mind, this is my proudest moment as a composer to date. If you look back to my first post, I talked about wanting to re-invent myself as a composer. I have. Read the rest of this entry »
Nils Bultmann Video: Orchestra Piece Motive
March 17, 2012
Nils Bultmann Video: Orchestra Piece Motive
I recently looked through some of my hard drives for 5 years back Read the rest of this entry »
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Thoughts on First Reading
February 22, 2012
I enjoyed the first reading tremendously. I was quite satisfied with how it sounded at Read the rest of this entry »
Less is More
February 18, 2012
It is an incredible privilege to have a reading of an orchestral work in progress. However hard we try to imagine the sounds in our heads, and however valiantly our music notation software programs attempt to ‘play’ the music which Read the rest of this entry »
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