Having finally acquired the last of the new VSL solo strings, I lost no time in putting them to work and the result was a piano quintet which I completed in the, for me, record fast time of ten days for a piece of this length. The great 2nd quintet o
In the spirit of Summertime I have fulfilled the romantic composer's obligation to write something inspired by wanderlust. You may hear some Poulenc influence here. It is in 3 Movements: Firstly, a passionate and positive ode to adventure... Secondly
A few years ago I did a setting of the Apollinaire poem "Le Suicidé" in the Russian translation used by Shostakovich in his 14th symphony. I then decided to add another two of his poems to make a set. There is certainly an influence of the Russian ma
I present another work from the "Intuitive Factory" to be ignored or listened to as you see fit. This time it's a rather neoclassical string quartet which is officially actually in C major, though this key first appears only in the second subject rec
I think I've written here that I've been "porting" all of my scores over to Dorico from Sibelius as I intend to cancel my Sibelius Ultimate subscription next year when it comes up for renewal in February. I also purchased a copy of the Vienna Symphon
I just thought I would add a little activity to this site by posting my latest rendering of an older work, my first (and so far only) string quartet, which I began as a student at Michigan in 1975 and finished, except for minor revisions, in 2020. It
I thought I'd just draw attention to my latest symphony as it's generally been well received to date in case there's anyone still here who reads this. No. 18 is among my longest but on the other hand is rather a departure from the somewhat post-roman
After getting -- for the time being at any rate -- a computer I can actually do some music on, I decided to write a short piece to use my "Christmas present" -- a curious alto library from Orchestral Tools courtesy of their voucher. It's purely exper
Hi Folks. It has been a while since I posted, but I thought some of you might enjoy listening to a new piece of mine based on the letters of my name, it being a musical cryptogram. Of course, this is a continuation of an old tradition, one of the ear
Anyone here live near Colorado State University? They're putting on a concert of British string works this Sunday and including my tone poem Hiraeth. They paid for the score and parts and everything.
This forum seems to have gone completely to sleep -- either the participants aren't writing anything (and most members are making no contribution at all) or they don't want to share what they're doing. I have yet to start on a new work but perhaps to
After reading Dave Dexter’s latest comments in the other thread, I realized I haven’t shared much of my work lately.The main reason is that I’ve been in a period of intense study and haven’t written much beyond a few 'academic exercises.' I did compl
What is your experience of receiving criticism as a composer and how has it changed over time.I’m still near the start of my journey, and have had some amazingly valuable pointers and advice from posting my music on forums and asking for feedback. B
Let's get into some engraving/notation nerdery, shall we? For context, as some of you know, I'm self-taught and have had to piece together my knowledge of engraving by querying more experienced musos and studying scores. Hence this may be plainly obv
I’m a fairly new composer (7 months in) and I’m finding that there’s one thing I’m REALLY struggling with. Adding dynamics to my music in Cubase is proving really hard for me. I don’t seem to have any aptitude for programming, and I find myself spend
6 months into my composing journey, I've finally attempted a short allegro movement for the first time. Is it normal that it's SO much more work than a slower piece?
It's the opening to my 5th String Quintet, and includes also includes double stops fo
