Tag: composer institute
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October 26, 2007 06:36 PM EDT --
Dan Bradshaw's Chaconne indicates as much with its material as with its title that it is a piece interested in the past. The path it takes through reminiscence, however, delivers it somewhere . . .
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October 24, 2007 01:38 PM EDT --
When Minnesota Orchestra principal horn Michael Gast brought out his collection of exotic, unusual horns including a conch shell and an old cow horn, I worried that he might give a more amusing than . . .
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October 24, 2007 11:46 AM EDT --
On Monday, Minnesota Orchestra concertmaster Jorja Fleezanis and principal viola Tom Turner courteously and generously offered advice to the seven composers whose works the orchestra will perform on Friday. . . .
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October 23, 2007 07:34 PM EDT --
On Sunday afternoon, local composer and grant expert Mary Ellen Childs led an enlightening discussion in which she emphasized that an application for funding must fit naturally into the composer's . . .
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October 29, 2007 11:02 AM EDT --
McKinley's "Pocket Symphony" for grand orchestra fits an overwhelming amount of musical ideas into its short duration. The opening showcases a piercing, pouncing woodwind melody and . . .
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October 25, 2007 08:57 PM EDT --
Earlier this week, the participants and auditors of the Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute observed presentations about the technical and financial demands of music publication.
Stephen Paulus, . . .
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October 26, 2007 06:21 PM EDT --
Wes Matthews tells me that his piece Terraces is conceived for an orchestra that gives equal prominence to the string and wind parts. The strings, as he explained to the orchestra, are the "main . . .
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October 26, 2007 05:57 PM EDT --
Tonight's "Future Classics" concert will stream LIVE online on Minnesota Public Radio ; just click "Listen" in the green Classical box. The two-hour concert broadcast will . . .
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October 29, 2007 11:57 AM EDT --
Cho-Han is a Japanese dice game based on the opposition of even and odd numbers. Interested in examining duality and conflict as they may relate to the grieving process, Wilcox . . .
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