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
