A Very Old Blog
Greetings! I found some really great text to use for a choral composition from the Confessions of Saint Augustine: Late have I loved you, beauty so old and so new: late have I loved you. And see, you were within and I was in the external world and sought you there, and in my unlovely state I plunged into those created things which you made. You were with me, and I was not with you. The lovely things kept me far from you, though if they did not have their existence in you, they had no existence at all. You called and cried out loud and shattered my deafness. You were radiant and resplendent,...
Read MoreForward Movement(s)!
I’m liking my current draft of my second piece in the Deuteronomy 31:6 set. I completely rewrote it, because my first draft was less than exciting. The first line of the text is, “Be strong, courageous, and firm,” (Amplified Bible) and to me, these are pretty encouraging words! It reminded me of trumpet fanfares, so I opened the piece with the tenor, baritone, and bass parts singing a fanfare-esque line, or as I like to call it, a “manfare.” The manfare gives a triumphant introduction into the full SATBB section where the text says, “For it is the Lord your God Who goes with...
Read MoreLessons Learned from “So You Think You Can Dance” – Choreography Inspiration for Musicians
I’ll admit without any hesitation that I am a huge fan of So You Think You Can Dance. Maybe it’s the former dancer in me, maybe it’s the guilty pleasure of performance-based reality shows, but I find it to be so much more than entertainment; I find it incredibly inspiring. I feel like any musician could learn a thing or two from watching this show. Before you judge, hear me out! If you are unfamiliar with the show, the basic concept is that there are 10 dancers chosen through an audition process who are then paired up with former alumni from the show (referred to as “all stars” as...
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