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SIROCCO AND BLURRY ATMOSPHERE
Added by Socrates Arvanitakis on December 16, 2015 at 10:59am — 1 Comment
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Added by Socrates Arvanitakis on December 12, 2015 at 7:30am — No Comments
New work for String Orchestra
I wrote "Gelukkig" ('happy' in Africaans) for a regional young orchestra in my city. Many of them had never played any contemporary classical music before, and it was a first for them to play something written by a person they had a chance to get to know.
I used a hybrid style of classical and jazz, to make it fun for the students.
Here's a link to the performance:…
ContinueAdded by Lowell Hohstadt on December 11, 2015 at 12:30pm — No Comments
New string quartet complete! (with expanded development as of December 7th)
I have just finished my second string quartet in d minor. Compared to the G major quartet posted on my page here, I think it is a big leap forward in a great many ways. It is held within the Classical style, with a first movement in sonata form, a second slow movement in ABA form and a final movement in rondo form.
I have taken some inspiration from the writings of Joseph Haydn ending the first movement in the major tonic, and using only two part writing in the first theme of the…
ContinueAdded by David Unger on December 3, 2015 at 4:30am — 1 Comment
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