Tag: composing
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Composing “Songs from a Quaker Heart”
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Read more: Composing “Songs from a Quaker Heart”What fun to hear the rehearsal of “Songs from a Quaker Heart” last night. This new music SATB chorus and piano is getting its premiere by the Arlington-Belmont Chamber Chorus, who commissioned it. The poems are by Marian Kaplun Shapiro, a fellow resident of Lexington, MA. So many of Marian’s poems are direct observation of…
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Rapido Day 6 – What Plan?
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Read more: Rapido Day 6 – What Plan?I feel like the writers who say their characters guide the writing of their own stories; that they, the writers, aren’t really in control
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Rapido Day 4 – The Plan
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Read more: Rapido Day 4 – The PlanNow that I’ve got some material into the piece, I’m thinking about the larger structure: how many variations? what moods? what contrasts?
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Rapido Day 2 – Piano
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Read more: Rapido Day 2 – PianoWriting for piano is always a bit of a struggle for me. It seems like every idea has already been tried…
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Rapido Day 1 – The Music
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Read more: Rapido Day 1 – The MusicThe Rapido contest specs are theme and variations for clarinet, violin and piano. It’s a nice plan for a two-week sprint.