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Upon Those Boughs
Started this discussion. Last reply by Jon Corelis Sep 11, 2012. 5 Replies 0 Likes
Hello folks!Some or most of you may remember the competition we had not long ago, which turned up some very good, and some very interesting entries. For those of you who don't, our brief was to write…Continue
Tags: Sonnet, Arrangement, 73, Piano, Competition
Largo for Piano and Trombone
Started this discussion. Last reply by Jamie Sutherland Aug 4, 2012. 5 Replies 0 Likes
Here's what I originally thought was going to be a short piece (of about a minute) ended up mounting to a good 4 minutes. Continue
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Jamie Sutherland replied to Gav Brown's discussion Romantic Music Contest Begins!"Thank you! I will be handing my entry a bit close to the deadline just as a heads up, as I have other competition pieces I have already started and need to be finished."
Jamie Sutherland replied to Gav Brown's discussion Romantic Music Contest Begins!"Oo! I shall have a crack at this, if its still okay to put my foot in the door?"
Jamie Sutherland commented on Gav Brown's blog post Trilogy for Handbells - III"I thoroughly enjoyed this trilogy. Great going. It reminded me of your piece which was inspired by the airport."
Jamie Sutherland commented on Gav Brown's blog post Trilogy for Handbells - II"I really enjoyed this one. The time signature fits and flows so well. To my personal taste the last chord didn't fit my ears the best. Otherwise, 10/10!"
Jamie Sutherland commented on Gav Brown's blog post Trilogy for Handbells I"I will. I would have listened to the pieces earlier but the movie I am watching is going a bit longer than I thought it would have."
Jamie Sutherland commented on Gav Brown's blog post Trilogy for Handbells I"I presume they would be reading from different copies of the score you have posted above?"
Jamie Sutherland commented on Gav Brown's blog post Trilogy for Handbells I"That's quite interesting. How many people would it take to perform the piece?
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Jamie Sutherland commented on Gav Brown's blog post Trilogy for Handbells I"I quite enjoyed it, very interesting piece. I definitely would like to hear the other two pieces. Did you find any part of writing for Handbells troublesome at all?"
Adrian Allan replied to Jamie Sutherland's discussion Upon Those Boughs"How easy would it be to convey these complex sub-levels of the poem's meaning through music? How would you go about doing that - is it like trying to put irony into music?"
Jamie Sutherland replied to Jamie Sutherland's discussion Upon Those Boughs"It is the stock Sibelius 6 sounds. I might export the MIDI and take it to college and see if I can get an improvement on it."
Adrian Allan replied to Jamie Sutherland's discussion Upon Those Boughs"Sounds unusual - in terms of tonaility and instruments.
I like some sections; I think it needs a few listens. What sound sets did you use for this?"
Jamie Sutherland posted a discussionUpon Those Boughs
Hello folks!Some or most of you may remember the competition we had not long ago, which turned up some very good, and some very interesting entries. For those of you who don't, our brief was to write for piano and voice to the lyrics of William Shakespeare's Sonnet 73. (Congratulations again to those who won an award!)My piece didn't do so well, but Kevin Riley and some other saw some potential in it, so Kevin and I arranged it for orchestra! And seeing how the piece was originally created…See More
Jamie Sutherland posted a discussionLargo for Piano and Trombone
Here's what I originally thought was going to be a short piece (of about a minute) ended up mounting to a good 4 minutes. See More
Adrian Allan left a comment for Jamie Sutherland"thanks, friend
Glad to see that Kevin is doing something with your music too."
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- What have you composed for? Or what medium do you work around?
- Film, Orchestra, Small Ensemble, Big Ensemble, Contemporary Ensembles, Other
- What is your favorite genre or style of music?
- I avoid pop/chart music. Much prefer anything orchestrated or something properly thought out.
- Is music your main income source?
- Sort Of - Music Related
- Where do you live?
- Scotland
- About Me (MUST be more than 10 words to be approved):
- I'm currently a student, and I've been composing for a brief period of a year and a half. Despite this I try to make my work as promising as possible. I have wrote a few string quartets, a few ensemble pieces and I'm currently working on several orchestra and brass band pieces. As of yet none of my pieces have been performed.
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- At 12:03pm on July 15, 2012, Adrian Allan said…
thanks, friend
Glad to see that Kevin is doing something with your music too.
- At 4:01pm on June 10, 2012,
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