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I've recently revised (again) my Water entry for the last contest, The Black Pool. Some were disappointed by the ending, and so was I, so I've hopefully made it more interesting. It's also a better playback medium. https://soundcloud.com/sferre701/the-black-pool-1

I'm also hoping to post my piano concerto, Chaos, as soon as I can free up a little more space on SoundCloud.

I've created a realization of my Symphony No 3 using NotePerformer3, and have uploaded it to SoundCloud for a limited time, since it is 27 min long and is hogging space. If anyone wants to see a score, just ask.

https://soundcloud.com/sferre701/symphony-no-3

Comments welcome.

**please listen with headphones—THANK YOU for listening!**

I would like to sincerely thank all those who were kind enough to ask about me during my absence from…

Following a conversation with my students this week about how they see themselves as composers, we discussed who their perfect combination of three composers would be. As this is very personal and subjective, I would be intrigued to know what you think so I could possibly add this to our discussion this week. You may have a more balanced view than myself or students.

Example:

Mine would be: John Cage for appreciation of sound for sounds sake, Beethoven for…

https://goo.gl/DWS31i

EDELTRAUD 3: THE PSYCHOBITCH=>BIG SOUTH WEATHER 2 =>EN PLO 2013/1=>LATENT PERCEPTION…

LEMONIA => SUMMER BLAST 1 => ALL THAT BLUE…

Note: certain literary references are live links to wikipedia

We would like to share this new piece by Elvira Muratore: "Alias: Narcissus" 

The piece, written for viola d'amore, clarinet and string orchestra. has been performed by Thessaloniky City Symphony Orchestra in Megaron Concert Hall on November 8 2018.

The soloists where Valerio Losito (Viola d'amore) and Odysseas Karidis…

Just to introduce myself: I have been writing music since I was seven - drawing my own staff on paper to try to record my fiddling on the piano. My "audience" was impressed at how straight the lines were. [sigh]

I play the piano, but read music like a first-grader reads writing - so I have to memorize the song then bring it up to speed. Learned basic music theory on my dad's electronic organ (what with chords and the "pointer system") And I composed a number of pieces - including our…

The organization I founded in 2007 promotes women composers. We have released six CDs of women's music. See them at http://wijsf.com/compcds.htm

A small 4-voices fugue, resulting from a bet with my teacher Karl Rasmussen. Composed in December 2010, it is for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon.

The original italian title means "Fugue in a single-file line", as the notes can be connected from the beginning to the end by a single line.

I hope you enjoy!

News

2/16/18 Labyrinth will be performed by the Society for New Music All-Stars in Syracuse, NY. Park Central Presbyterian Church 7:30 pm, and will be recorded for commercial release the following week.

Labyrinth is a semifinalist for The American Prize (Music for Orchestra, professional). I should hear soon whether it is a finalist. There is a 5 minute demo of it on my Soundcloud.…

Just one of last year's songs on lyrics by a poetess that I like very much.

A LOVER’S WISH…

Remembering the Night Sky

This is a non-printable pdf of the score as requested by Julie Harris. A printable version is available on CreateSpace and Amazon. Feel free to comment. I do plan on making a few small changes before the next performance.

Here is the link to the video again: RNS video

Someone requested that I post some work. Since little is available on YouTube, here is the only piece (aside from an improvisation) that is. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Si9TfP1JpYc&feature=youtu.be ;

This is a video of the premiere of Remembering the Night Sky with Diane Hunger on alto saxophone. Be warned, the video hangs with a couple of minutes left, but the sound continues. (I've never had…

(best listened to with headphones. Thanks so much for listening! )



https://soundcloud.com/bob-morabito/loft-music-soho-nyc-wwquintet…

This morning I decided to sit through a performance of Mahler's 4th symphony on youtube... in the hopes of expanding my horizons with Mahler and all that, y'know, since in the past I've really only heard his 1st symphony in full, and only snippets of the others.

Unfortunately, I have to confess my conclusion is still the same as before: his music just doesn't do it for me.  I don't deny his genius at the craft, and certainly he's an excellent orchestrator -- probably far beyond what I…

What is meant by "A plug-in is needed to display this content" ? After being inactive on this site for some time my music posts are being blocked from playing. ?