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What have you composed for? Or what medium do you work around?
Choir, Small Ensemble, Songs, Other
What is your favorite genre or style of music?
Classical
Is music your main income source?
No - Not Yet
Where do you live?
Astoria, NY
About Me:
After doodling around with composition as a kid, at the ripe age of 37 I took it seriously with private lessons. About 2 years ago I started composition classes at Juilliard's Evening Division where I got the chance to write for The Juilliard School students. That got me hooked and fired up my life long interest in composition.

I also play organ and piano. I especially enjoy studying the organ literature, hymnody and , when possible, a little improvisation.

Had two premieres of my works last year.

Hope to record a recently completed string quartet Jan 2010

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At 12:12pm on December 20, 2009, Nalinikanth Josyabhatla said…
Thanks Christopher for listening to my Violin Fantasy and giving your comments. Though the Transition is based on a similar melodic idea, in Exposition and in Recapitulation, they are oriented differently. In Exposition, the Transition takes us from A Major to E Major and in Recapitulation, similar material takes us from A Major to A Minor.
At 9:46am on December 13, 2009, August Champlin said…
Sorry for the double post. It was past midnight and I didn't notice the little message that said, "Christopher Sahar has chosen to moderate comments." Please post, or don't post, whichever "comment" you prefer. They're much the same. Thanks for the feedback! Best wishes!
At 9:45am on December 13, 2009, August Champlin said…
Again I stand naked before my peers here at the Forum. :) It is uncanny how several perceptive listeners have been able to detect what I myself consider to be the "flaws" (or should I say deviations from common practice) that I allow to remain in my pieces for various reaons (sometimes for no better reason than the perverse pleasure they bring me). As I listen to my attempt at Renaissance polyphony, what bothers me most is its undeveloped and fragmentary nature. Perhaps I shoud remove it from my playlist and finish it. However, that would involve work. Moreover, as a fan of Gesualdo, for whom chromatic passagework was something of a perverse pleasure, I fear that I may indulge too deeply in my fondness for stylistic deviancy. :)
At 11:10pm on December 12, 2009, Kristofer Emerig said…
Thanks for the thoughts Christofer, and no, I found no offense in them. I was actually already listening to the quartet and took the opportunity to listen to Fugue in F minor again as well. A very honest kudos on both - very nice writing.

As far as Roland121009 - that's my ol' Roland synth. Yes, the piece is outside of my usual gamut (at least what I post publicly). I wrote it as a contribution to the Worlds Longest Piece project here, and so endeavored to make it somewhat compatible with what I anticipated the other contributions to be. Unfortunately, I have at this time neither the tools nor knowledge to blend in with some of the fine producers on this site, so I did my best for now.

Happy writing sir, and nice work.
At 5:13am on September 14, 2009, August Champlin said…
Thanks, I think I will take a shot at revising Rhapsody Espanole. :)
At 9:08am on September 13, 2009, August Champlin said…
BTW, I listened to Rhapsody Espanole again, considering your critique, and I think I see your point. Maybe in a future revision, I can create more tension before releasing it.
At 11:24pm on September 12, 2009, August Champlin said…
Volcano for Solo Organ--a rewarding listen! Innovative and interesting music making alternating between dramatic and colorful moments.
At 11:18pm on September 12, 2009, August Champlin said…
Your Introduction and Variations for Clarinet is an interesting piece in a more modern idiom with some very cool sounds. I always appreciate those who try to create music more forward looking its style. Keep up the explorations. A blog post explaning some of the playing techniques employed would be fascinating reading, in my opinion.
At 11:14pm on September 12, 2009, August Champlin said…
Thanks for your constructive criticism. I think that is the first time someone has given my music such a thorough hearing and critique. I appreciate it. Rhapsody is actually an unfinished sketch. After writing the Rose of Sharon, I was studying orchestration and looking for a piece I had already written that I could orchestrate. Rhapsody Espanole proved just the piece. Originally, I planned to fill out the harmonies and textures. However, the more I listened to the sketch, the more I liked it, so finally, I just posted it as is. My first thoroughly orchestrated work was In the Light of the Trinity. I may one day return to Rhapsody Espanole and rework it, as I would like to use it as the basis for a music video. Some of my friends are talented dancers and have expressed an interest in choreographing it.
At 8:52am on September 11, 2009, henk alkema said…
Thanks for your nice words. The Vatar Unser is the final part of a full length opera, performed 7 times. The recording you heard is a life-recording. I will put some more of the opera on this forum.

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