Leslie Quarcoopome

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Leslie Quarcoopome left a comment for Doug Lauber

"Hey Doug, nice to meet you."

Leslie Quarcoopome left a comment for Rudi [Rudolf Schmitt]

"Hey Rudi, great see you at the weekend. At the moment, there is no complete recording of the quartet. I need to get a bunch of players together to record it."

Leslie Quarcoopome left a comment for Clive Lukover

"Hey Clive, thanks for the invite and very happy to make the connection. So yeah, do come to Composium. It is great fun. I sadly missed the last one and so the plan is to rectify that this time. I'm on a Flash-less mobile device right now so cannot…"

Leslie Quarcoopome left a comment for Yaiza Varona

"Hey Yaiza, thank you :) I can't wait to hear what you, Marie-Anne, Mike and James are creating at the moment."

Leslie Quarcoopome commented on James Semple's blog post Creating realistic legato strings with samples

"Awesome article, James. Going to put some of this to the test."

Leslie Quarcoopome left a comment for Paul Deakin

"Hey Paul, many thanks for stopping by and listening to my tracks. Much appreciated. Listening to your tracks now, and have to say they are very musical and highly impressive. I'll be having fun later exploring your blog too. Keep up the awesome work…"

Leslie Quarcoopome left a comment for Paul Wilkie

"Hey Paul, thanks for the invite. Loving your stuff, very very polished. :)"

Leslie Quarcoopome left a comment for Ario

"Hi Ario, thanks for taking the time to leave a comment. Look forward to learning more about what you're up to.

L"

Leslie Quarcoopome left a comment for James Semple

"Hi James, nice to meet you. I think I've come across your music elsewhere on the net before. Hope to get to know you a little better over time.

Leslie"

Leslie Quarcoopome left a comment for Adam Weldon

"Hey Adam, nice to meet you. Hope you enjoy CF."

Leslie Quarcoopome left a comment for Jeremy Cummings

"Hi Jeremy, nice to meet you. I'm listening to your work right now :)"

Leslie Quarcoopome left a comment for GT Little, Jr.

"Hey GT, pleased to meet you. You should move the audio player to the top of your page - pride of place, where it belongs."

Leslie Quarcoopome left a comment for tony hartmann

"Hi Tony, many thanks for your kind words. In fact the film/tv thing is a new exploration for me. Previously, I only composed for the concert hall (and a couple of theatre-based projects) - choral stuffs; orchestral works; some concerti; chamber…"

Leslie Quarcoopome left a comment for Gary Aubry

"Wow, Gary. Affirmation is truly beautiful string writing with wonderful harmonic progression. I'm eager to hear more.

Regards,
Leslie"

Leslie Quarcoopome left a comment for Mike

"Hey Mike, many thanks for taking the time to listen to my tracks and leaving a comment. I hope to develop these and other ideas fully (just as soon as I give up my day job. LoL) This is imminent so I'll have plenty of time to concentrate on music.…"

Leslie Quarcoopome left a comment for Mario Pettenati

"Hey Mario, it's great to be on your friends list :) You right very beautiful and meditative music. I like very much the stillness. I hope you don't mind me saying but your music has a very 'Italian' quality to it. It paints pictures of old Venice in…"

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Gender

Male

Location

London

What have you composed for? Or what medium do you work around?

Choir, Orchestra, Small Ensemble, Big Ensemble, Songs, Contemporary Ensembles, film, television, web, multimedia

What is your favorite genre or style of music?

Symphonic Orchestral

Is music your main income source?

Yes!

Where do you live?

London

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 am an accomplished classically trained musician, playing Piano, (orchestral) Double Bass, arranging and composing. I've been very fortunate to have worked with some of the world's great orchestras, conductors, composers and soloists and played magnificent halls and venues. I have always composed, though very much for the concert hall but have recently started turning my attention to my love of the art of great film scoring. Having also worked in a highly creative industry where visual communication is scrutinized, I am very happy to be able to marry my ever-growing understanding of visual mediums with my music to hopefully create some very thoughtful and complimentary scores. I guess you could call me a traditionalist in that I actually score notate all my pieces fully for whatever orchestration is required (perhaps down to my classical roots as an orchestral performer). I then manage playback through Native Instruments Kontakt Player with mainly Garritan Personal Orchestra instruments. This is possibly a longer process than using midi input et al, but I find it focuses my output on music that has human performance at its core. As a professional instrumentalist, I've, all-too-many times had to play new pieces that bear all the hallmarks of computer music where the subtle nuances of an instrument haven't always been understood. Don't get me wrong, some of it is still brilliant but for me, nothing can beat human interpretation. Alas, until I get a cracking film commission with a cracking orchestra, I'll make do with Sibelius [but write as if for the London Symphony Orchestra]. I will be posting music here too but they'll most likely never be finished or by any means, completely polished works. I almost 'rapid prototype' musical ideas - a definite benefit of computers. This enables me to keep my skills sharpened and the ideas flowing - without getting bogged down with particulars. So with many of the pieces that I'll be uploading, they will most likely seem like miniature studies in developing small fragments of musical ideas (for example, an interesting interval produced by a two-note couplet). Rapid-prototyping allows me to hopefully get my point across quickly, then move on to something else. So, that's the important thing: getting my point across... Everything I'm doing always starts with the question of what am I trying to communicate. And it has to communicate something otherwise I'm failing miserably. That said, I really welcome your input, suggestions and comments through the usual means of emailing, messaging and posting comments on my page. This profile will continue to evolve as I continue to grow so please, watch this space! Thanks for reading

Website:

www.lesliequarcoopome.co.uk

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Ryan Brady April 9, 2010 at 2:01pm

Hi Leslie,

New around the CF. Had a chance to listen to some of your stuff and really enjoyed your screen montage. Nice space with the orchestration!
Boglarka March 5, 2010 at 12:30pm

Hi Leslie!
It was nice meeting you and I am glad I could hear your absolutely amazing work!
Kind regards
Boglarka
Paul Wilkie February 25, 2010 at 12:57pm

Hey! cheers man! Love your stuff too you have massive potential, I don't hear midi, I hear full orchestral in my mind, and it sounds damn good!
Ario January 14, 2010 at 4:33pm

Amazed by what composers I find in here (praise to the forum administrators), I feel lucky, finding such great input and inspiration (And a praise to you as a musician).

I feel like a bloodsucker here, but it's heaven!

I will definately look back here a few times... The idea of your "short-phrase-compositions" seems great to me as a part of the "audience", letting me go on quickly after a short "quickie", if I may say so.

To sum it up - I'm impressed! Keep it up...

Ario
James Semple January 9, 2010 at 8:16pm

Hi Leslie, I think we were discussing LASS on VI-Control. I live pretty close to you. We'll have to get together and jam at some point!
Jeremy Cummings August 27, 2009 at 9:12pm

Hey, thanks for listening, I hope you enjoy!
GT Little, Jr. August 22, 2009 at 3:22am

Thanks for the tip. I didn't realize you could do that.
tony hartmann July 29, 2009 at 1:00am

Hello Leslie
Your gift for music is obvious. I hope one day you write non-film music in a complete self-standing work.
Wishing you the best,
tony h
Nick Hinton June 23, 2009 at 10:54pm

Hi Leslie, thank you :) - great to meet you. You have a gift here, for not only orchestration - but for writing beautiful melody, the flute line in "The Person In The Mirror" lulls me into a dream! Congratulations on your work. All the best, Nick
Mike June 3, 2009 at 4:18pm

Leslie, Excelent works, i sure hope they would be complete because one has curiosity to see to where your intelligent and professional music leads to. Congratulations.