One last thing before I go…

These videos are from a concert presented by the composition area on 19 April 2011 called Music + Theater. It included four works, three by graduate student composers, one by a faculty composer, that all dealt in some way with the intersection between music and theater. Enjoy!
 

 

 

Sam Merciers presented a film on the program as well, but I thought it would be a bit silly to show the video from the camera pointed at the screen. Sam, if you read this, feel free to embed your video in this post.

 

I just wanted to let everybody know that the recordings from the October 19 Premieres are available here in the audio archive. You can play them back on the page or download them. I highly recommend that the composers download both .mp3 and .wav versions of their pieces. .mp3s are good for transferring over the internet when speed and storage size are important, and you should have a .wav file in your portfolio if you’re going to want to burn CDs or play the recording locally.

 

Attention! Studio class has moved to room 135, Music Building. Still at 2:30 on Fridays.

Notes:

The third Premieres concert of the semester will be December 7. We would like to work on doing something special with this particular concert to bring in a larger and more diverse audience. Some suggestions:

  • Use special media, collaborating with artists from Art, Theater, or Comm. Arts departments.
  • “24-hour concert” of pieces created in only 24 hours.
  • Writing for a specific ensemble or instrumental studio.
  • Repeating the concert at another venue:
    • RCAH Auditorium
    • SCENE Metrospace
    • Basement 414 in Lansing
  • Use a particular theme. Poetry and music? Dance?
  • Poetry
    • several pieces inspired by the same poem
    • performances of poems with music
    • improvised poems with improvised music

The most popular idea at the moment seems to be the poetry theme. We need to start planning some more specific pieces and collaborations. Let’s do that for the Dec. 7 concert. Phillip will be getting in contact with some slam poets to collaborate with on this concert. Perhaps we can do the film project in the spring?

Going around the room, introducing ourselves and discussing what we’re working on. (I’m not going to take all this down.)

The rest of this semester, we will, among other things, be inviting each member of the composition faculty back to discuss a particular work or current project of theirs. Dr. Lorenz has a premiere of a new work coming up soon for viola and orchestra based on the music of Victor Jara.

Composer Ricky Ian Gordon may be here sometime this semester or next. His visit will be sponsored and organized by the voice/opera department. There will be opportunities for private meetings/lessons. composer/songwriter Heather Maxwell will also be here at some point this semester.

We each signed up for a Monday this semester to post to the blog. Here it is:

Sept:

  • 20: Phillip Sink
  • 27: Jacob Halmich

Oct:

  • 4: Patrick Gullo
  • 11: Kendra Kestner
  • 18: Victor Marquez
  • 25: Matthew Karram

Nov:

  • 1: Seth Burk
  • 8: Tim Patterson
  • 15: Caleb Hugo
  • 22: Brittany Booth
  • 29: Nate Bliton

Dec:

  • 6: David MacDonald
  • 13: Sam Merciers
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