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Have you been to Google today, aka Bach Harmonization

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String Quartet Competition that's not a young composer competition

Started this discussion. Last reply by Daniel Krausz Dec 28, 2018. 5 Replies 0 Likes

Help, computer died where to go now?

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Crazy Fugue'n Piece
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Serious Silliness
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Honor
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Hope
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Nocturne
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Fugue in E minor performed by John L Grant
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Elegy
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Falling in Love
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Serious Silliness
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Luminous
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In Such a Small Place
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Consolation
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Ominosity
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America Is Beautiful
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Spring Hop
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Yesterday is History
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Tomorrow is a Mystery
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Today Is A Gift
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Melody - Steve Chandler
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Prelude & Fugue in G Minor - Steve Chandler
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Rhapsody - Steve Chandler
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Wobbly Waltz - Steve Chandler
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Toccata - Steve Chandler
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Tender7
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Today is a Gift - early synth version

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Steve Chandler replied to Timothy Smith's discussion Only One Life-Organ, flute and string section

"Your tutti organ drowns out the strings. I think I could hear the flute, but not very well. Bach certainly would have registered the organ part to mix better with the other instruments. For organists registration is the art of selecting stops on a…"

Jun 4, 2019

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What have you composed for? Or what medium do you work around?: Choir, Small Ensemble, Songs, Contemporary Ensembles

What is your favorite genre or style of music?: Classical

Is music your main income source?: No - Not Yet

Where do you live?: The Great Midwest

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.: I compose music in the classical tradition. In the past I composed music for synthesizers and virtual orchestras. After a while I decided that I preferred real musicians. At this time I compose primarily for piano.

Website:: www.myspace.com/stevechandlermusic

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Some political commentary

Posted on November 30, 2009 at 7:39pm 0 Comments 0 Likes

President Obama makes his case for more troops in Afghanistan tomorrow night. I’ve got bad news for him; nobody will like what he has to say. The Republicans won’t like the fact that he took two months to decide. That’s not being a decider, it’s not decisive to take that two months to do the manly thing. In fact it’s positively French to take two months to do a manly thing. We Americans want our Presidents manly (and definitely not French). The Republicans have the monopoly on all things… Continue

Orchestral Music

Posted on May 28, 2009 at 10:10am 0 Comments 0 Likes

It seems in these parts orchestral efforts count for something. So I've posted the first two movements of what I consider my symphony, Yesterday is History and Tomorrow is a Mystery. I've already posted the third (final) movement, Today is a Gift. That's the order in which they should be heard, Yesterday, Tomorrow and then Today, it's all about living in the now. This piece was based on a sentence of psychobabble that I appreciate, "Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift,… Continue

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At 9:40am on June 6, 2017, Larry Elliott said…: Greetings Steve,

I like your piano works. They tell a good story. Thanks so much for sharing.

Very best,

Larry Elliott

At 2:50am on June 5, 2017, Kjell Andersson said…: Hi Steve, I tried to post the live version of Springtime Alert, but it's too heavy. If you give me your email address I will send a link! I'm glad you like it! /Kjell

At 12:36am on May 30, 2017, Ray Kohn said…: Hi Steve

I’m glad you liked my quartets. I listened to some of your pieces. I thought your emotional vignettes are crying out for orchestration – have you tried that? ‘Falling in Love’ is not your best work as it does not feel that it “goes anywhere” (do you know what I mean?). Serious silliness is fun … like Satie! The e minor fugue intrigued me. The subject itself is great but as it proceeded I wondered where it would go. I was not disappointed as the work from about 1.10 to 1.30 took me to new vistas that I particularly liked as it is just there in most fugues that interest can lag (unless you are Bach or Shostakovitch).

Have you had any music recorded that is not for piano?

Ray

At 1:53am on May 29, 2017, James Oppenheimer said…: I had not seen activity that applied to my kind of music, so I kind of drifted off.

I certainly have an interest in choral music. I've had a couple of pieces performed recently. Can we put up PDFs of our compositions? It has been a while.....

At 3:31pm on May 28, 2017, Russell Wilson said…: Thanks for the invite, Steve. I had totally forgotten about this site, or that I had joined it. I'll check it out when I have some time tomorrow..

At 9:08pm on May 26, 2017, J Joe Townley said…: "I enjoyed the ghostly waltzes. Do you really look like Elvis?"

No, not anymore. Thank you much for the waltzes. I just did choral arrangements of the first two. They are on my YouTube channel. You might enjoy them. I cannot upload them here anymore because Composers is requiring Flash. Thanks much for the invite. I don't get around here much anymore. JJ

At 4:03pm on May 25, 2017, Kjell Andersson said…: Hi Steve!

I've listened to your Fugue. I was quite impressed how you managed to (in a tonal way) express your feelings and intellect. Where have you studied and what has made you a master in judo? See you!

With Friendly Regards

Kjell

At 5:21am on December 19, 2012, David Unger said…: Thank you, Steve for sharing this music with us. I shall return again to hear more of it. But this far I am taken by the "g minor prelude and fugue" and "In such a small place". Wonderful! Once again thank you!

At 5:22am on October 5, 2011, Michael Thomas Huspek said…: Amazing music! I feel so blessed to hear your wonderful music. You have an amazing music gift.

At 9:02pm on August 24, 2011, Paulo cesar Maia de Aguiar (Br) said…: Wonderful works