"Another way is to get involved with a local orchestra. Nice if you can play an instrument but there's usually plenty of admin to do. You'd be surprised how much you learn about that - ordering scores and parts, getting licenses fixed,…"
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Clouds - impressionist piece for small orchestra.
Started this discussion. Last reply by Dane Aubrun Nov 2. 18 Replies 1 Like
Written 18 months ago. In the time since I’ve attempted to convert it to VSL – without success. Samples here are ancient but I can’t get the effect I want with VSL. Why? I don’t know. So I’d leave it…Continue
Suite for Strings mvt 2 Andante sostenuto
Started this discussion. Last reply by Dane Aubrun Oct 4. 2 Replies 0 Likes
This was meant to be the 2nd movement of a suite but it isn’t going to work too well against the first. It may have to be stand-alone - an elegy or something. The string orchestra is muted, the five…Continue
Symphony for strings (working title only) 1st or last movement.
Started this discussion. Last reply by Dane Aubrun Oct 11. 13 Replies 0 Likes
6 mins approx.A recent effort, having taken note of comments on my more extended stuff. I'm no symphonist and it’ll probably end up the first or last movement of a Suite.Andante - poco mosso -…Continue
A bit of light music (1'42") Peggy's Boy. Very 60s-y.
Started this discussion. Last reply by Claude Werner Aug 27. 12 Replies 0 Likes
Maybe prompted by the more oppressive, vehement things I've been working on of late, I'm offering this little number written some years ago for a local movie group. In spite of a couple of rhythmic…Continue
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"I thought it was nice enough but flooded out by too much reverb.
All good, though."
"Bob, I can always appreciate your commentary.
George,
I'v listened to the first one (so far) and it works fine because it's short. If you're happy with short works (for whatever reason - saleable or a very short movie etc) then great.…"
"Well, it sounds a bit like Bartok, also Shostakovitch in his more furious moments a la Symphony 10. Yep, pretty furious.
I felt that a few solos were given too much prominence against the background, the violin in particular. It reminded me of some…"
"Hardly anything to say other than it's rather lovely, flowing and with the feel of the Christmas season about it.
Most accomplished. "
"Interesting, Gavin. Thanks for the info. Perhaps I'd hoped for a little more bio but I listen to your works as you post them. I liked the Christmas one to the extent that there's nothing I can say about it. Perhaps I should say…"
"It's probably the last part of Barber's Knoxville Summer of 1915.
I can't explain to myself why it should affect me. Leontyne Price's recording in particular brings me out in goosebumps.
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"How interesting. Furtwangler is one of my two favourite Bruckner conductors."
"Another good listen and a most interesting score. I worked mostly from the score because live performance dynamics would work out differently and this piece has some subtle dynamics and articulations, well thought out. Like, I noticed the violins 2…"
"Sorry...and I hope I'm not being a nuisance. It's the score for Ice Palace that's missing."
"Hi again,
Any chance of putting up the score for this movement, please? I tried the imslp link but the scores are "temporarily blocked" with a message about awaiting a check for copyright or some such.
Many thanks."
"I was fascinated by your description. I rarely get involved with the commentary on a piece but I noticed the mention of controlled aleatoric" - allowing you to choose the selections you preferred from several tries. (I have written pieces like…"
"Many thanks for your kind comments, Michael. Before now I’ve been called “the poor man’s Debussy!” (I think I’m closer to earlier Sculthorpe.) Impressionist is just a general label. Sometimes a tune presents…"
"Many thanks for that suggestion, Greg. I'll probably do something like that. I altered it because of earlier comments to make it faded away rather than end on a cadence and, quite right, doubling the chord and fading it more quietly still could…"
"As soon as I see a piece titled Clouds, I can't help but think of Nuages by Debussy (in other words, Claude's Clouds). Without the rapid figures on the woodwinds, it would be fairly similar, updated about a 100 years, of course. Which is…"
"Very likeable. I like the way it unfolds; has an airy quality about it (perhaps in keeping with the subject matter)? It was pleasing to see you gave the basses an independent line, only appearing where necessary and in the contrasting passage in the…"
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- What have you composed for? Or what medium do you work around?
- Multimedia, Choir, Orchestra, Small Ensemble, Songs, Contemporary Ensembles
- What is your favorite genre or style of music?
- impressionist
- Is music your main income source?
- No - Not Yet
- Where do you live?
- Southern England
- About Me (Must include at least one paragraph of biographical information about you as a composer) - blank or minimal answers on this line will cause your request to be rejected. Include a link to your website if you have one.
- As an amateur violist I've used membership of local ensembles and orchestras as a way of getting pieces performed. I tend to an impressionistic style but never write off the chance to break away and do something "contemporary" or light or even 'pop'. My music education put me off serial techniques well and truly and probably did more harm than good. As for composing I still sketch on paper - no notation software is fast enough nor allows me to spread different tries on the table to edit. I then do mock-ups on Reaper relying heavily on its midi editor. I hope to comment and bring some pieces to the site if things work out. I tend to limit my things to around 5 minutes as I've found people are often happy to afford that time or less - and it's easier to get them played: local groups seem more willing to fill in spare moments of their gigs with the work of local composers. That's me!
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- At 2:59pm on May 23, 2019,
Stephen Lines said…
Incidentally, I see you live in southern England (why I thought you were American I really don't know). I live in Hampshire, where do you live if you don't mind me asking?
You are very encouraging with your comments about others' work (including mine) - I wish I had the same facility as sometimes I think I come across as somewhat unsympathetically critical.
Best regards,
Stephen
- At 2:52pm on May 23, 2019,
Hi Dane,
I see from one of the threads that you compose on paper and don't know how to produce PDFs. If it helps, my printer has the facility to copy and save as a PDF - the printer itself wasn't expensive (around $100) but the ink refills admittedly cost a small fortune. You might consider shopping around and buying something similar.
All the best,
Stephen
- At 8:56am on January 4, 2019,
Gav Brown said…
Welcome Dane!
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