Tapestry and the Women for Oksana G. network are presenting an excerpt from my opera in development, The Enslavement and Liberation of Oksana G., at this annual conference sponsored by the Alliance Against Modern Slavery.
In the first part of this article, I talked about some of the problems with studying composition in academia, and I offered some alternative ways that composers might cultivate their craft more effectively (and probably less expensively too). Here, I’m providing a sort of Top 10 list of life lessons for composers. Realizing that you have no reason whatsoever to listen to my advice, I’m trying to couch this in terms of wisdom I have received from others or that I can back up somehow, with attribution when possible. This is by no means comprehensive, but these are definitely issues that I think every composer needs to internalize for themselves in one way or the other. Continue reading “Why Composers Should Drop Out of University (and What They Should Be Learning), Part 2” »
Ensemble Klang performs Schizo Psycho on the Babel Festival in Amsterdam, their third performance of the Music for Motion Pictures program based on classic Hollywood films with re-composed scores.
Ensemble Klang gives a repeat performance of Schizo Psycho in Middelburg, as a part of their Music for Motion Pictures program of re-composed film scores. Schizo Psycho is based on the classic Hitchcock/Herrmann collaboration.
The junctQín keyboard collective will be premièring the entirety of Disney Princess Disasters at Hart House on the University of Toronto campus. They previously performed the first movement, Snow White, at a number of other venues in Southern Ontario.
The junctQín keyboard collective is offering another performance of the Snow White movement from Disney Princess Disasters at Wilfrid Laurier University.
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