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Sounds Heard: Eric Moe—Kick & Ride
Kick & Ride proves an apt title for composer Eric Moe's recent BMOP Sound release, highlighting his use of drum set and percussion throughout the three compositions represented. The high...
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Choral Travels: Oh, the Places We'll Sing!
I was recently catching up on some reading on the new Chorus America website and came across an article titled “When It's More than Just Singing–Choristers Share Their Most Memorable...
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The “A” Word
The advantage of getting to write a column for NMBx at the end of the week is that I can occasionally use a couple of my colleagues’ posts as a...
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The Quest for Volume
When I think about the variety of musical instruments among the world’s cultures, I can’t help but notice how one universal driving force behind the evolution of new musical technology...
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Swell to Positive
When it comes to composing, writing for organ strikes fear into my heart. I'm not sure why. Even though I've written for pipe organ successfully before, when including it...
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Point A to Point C
For the past few years, late May and June seem to have always been busy, especially when it comes to new music. This year has been no exception. In addition...
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Copland House Launches All-Scholarship Workshop and Mentoring Program
Copland House has announced the launch of CULTIVATE, an intensive, annual, all-scholarship creative workshop and mentoring program dedicated to developing the talents of American composers...
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Fonts, Glorious Fonts!
Click on image to enlarge Musical scores contain all kinds of information, most of it explicit: I want this played softly; I want the duration of the...
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Performing As Art
Over the past two weeks, I’ve been discussing how my recent adventures in music performance have engendered growth in my compositional vision and in my ability to advocate for myself....
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Where Do You Work?
One thing about traveling a lot is that you start to notice how much where you are affects how you work. It’s difficult to find a place that meets all...
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Sounds Heard: Anthony Paul De Ritis—Devolution
Questions of “real” or “fake” are dialectically put aside on the Boston Modern Orchestra Project’s new recording of music by Anthony De Ritis, music in which, in a way, everything...
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Motion and Rest
Sometimes—generally during the summer—my schedule clears and I find myself endowed with the gift of large swaths of free time. Although I treasure these periods that allow me the type...
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Time to Listen
When I was a student, I challenged myself to listen to as many works by as many different composers as possible. Since I worked in the recordings section of my...
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Pushing Through
I hesitate to do this because it’s such a fraught topic, but I wanted to write about the art of composing while depressed. I don’t intend to speak for everyone’s...
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Sounds Heard: David Keberle--Caught in Time
..., including the 15-minute work for clarinet and piano titled...