a blog for the composers and audiences of today's music.
Author
DanLisMusic
Posted on
Posted on
Your go-to guide to score calls and competitions on Composer’s Toolbox.
Read More Author
DanLisMusic
Posted on
Posted on
This book could occupy all of your time if you wished. It is an essential read for every composer, containing the manual that nearly all great classical composers learned from. Contemporary composers still use it today both as a way to learn and a tool for teaching their students.
Read More Author
DanLisMusic
Posted on
Posted on
Paul Brennan’s piece “Swinging on the Playground” is a light, lively, rag-time-inspired work for solo piano.
Read More Author
DanLisMusic
Posted on
Posted on
This submission to the young composer score call brings to mind film music, outer space, romanticism, and the works of Gustav Holst.
Read More Author
DanLisMusic
Posted on
Posted on
This piece features a lilting sense of phrasing, a consistent sense of meter, and a melody that will surely “sing” on a real instrument (the MIDI playback lacks the nuance required to fully experience it).
Read MoreP.M. Joyce’s work “Fairytale” is a well-polished work that would work well in a film score.
Read More Author
DanLisMusic
Posted on
Posted on
Koti Jaddu’s submission to the Young Composer Score call reads right out of a book of preludes
Read More
