Apr 29 2008
There are so many guitar and saxophone duos in the world! Who even knew?! I think that most (if not all) of them were in North Carolina for the festival at UNC Wilmington, and it was a huge treat to hear them play. They have wonderful elegant names too, like Ryoanji, Sygyzy, Degre 21, Remeleixo, [...]
Apr 26 2008
First of all, what is going on with all these website hits from Arizona? This tends to happen in spring. It is college/university final paper crunch time, and I’m guessing that somewhere out there in the desert is a list of living, breathing composers that require research and documentation. I’m certain it was originally David’s [...]
Apr 09 2008
Just a quick note to say HOO-RAY for David Lang!!! SO happy he won the Pulitzer. I love his music. Love it! Now about that photo. *** Off to North Carolina to find out how Spanish guitars and saxophone reeds are affected by humidity….back in a few days! I leave you with a photo of [...]
Apr 03 2008
Rather than photograph the usual pile of loose, scribbly manuscript paper, here is a page of finished score, which the musicians will actually use in performance. The music changed so much inside the computer that my pencil and paper musings don’t even seem relevant anymore. Mythimna Twilight is for my wonderful friends, guitarist Enrique Lop [...]
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