A litter of new works

Since the beginning of the year, I’ve had a HUGE spike in my musical output. I finally finished Only Air, then wrote three new choral works and a song cycle. Part of the reason for the spike was the simple fact that four of the above-mentioned works were...

Commenting fixed

For months I’ve been wondering why there haven’t been any comments on any of the Composer’s Guide posts. Finally today I discovered that one of my plugins was causing the code to abort before the comment box could display. So now that I’ve...

What a Difference…

After a frankly hellish few months at the day job (everyone agrees), I was finally able to take a few days away from the office to, y’know, get some writing done. With a whopping FOUR commissions on my plate, all of which need to be done by March 10, I was...

Matter-of-Fact

“Matter-of-fact” may, in fact, be my favorite score indication. “Clangorous” being a close second. (Only Air (2011-2013)) (“Permanently” from at least a moment (2009)) Similar markings work, too: (“inevitable” from...

Playing Catch-Up

Only Air The orchestration to Only Air continues apace. I’m starting in on the third interlude this evening, which will be the most challenging one since it does require a bit of actual composition as well – my sketches, which are usually either detailed...