This past week I was pleased to be the composer in residence for the wonderful Honor Band of America presented by Music For All. Dr. Cynthia Johnston Turner conducted three of my works Boomba, Grayscale and the world premiere of “A Tale of Robinhood” which was commissioned by MFA for this festival. The students and faculty were amazing and played …
In classical music notation you see a bunch more cres. and dim. than you see in film score notation. Film score notation is almost purely hair pin dynamic changing. Can they be used interchangeably? Sure, sure they can but I think it is best to use them more cleverly. How I use hairpins and cres. and dim. I have …
In the modern world It’s pretty rare to find the time to sit down, put on an album and listen to it in its entirety without distraction. Most listening is a track here or there, in the car, or on Alexa while making dinner or on the headphones while walking the dog. However that doesn’t mean the brain isn’t …