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Score calls and competitions: ASCAP and BMI

DanLisMusic Posted on February 4, 2018

Composer’s Toolbox looks at ASCAP and BMI score calls and competitions.

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Score calls and competitions

DanLisMusic Posted on February 1, 2018

Your go-to guide to score calls and competitions on Composer’s Toolbox.

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P.M. Joyce – FairyTale

DanLisMusic Posted on October 19, 2017

P.M. Joyce’s work “Fairytale” is a well-polished work that would work well in a film score.

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Dale Osterman – Ouroboros

DanLisMusic Posted on August 19, 2017

Dale Osterman’s piece Ouroboros depicts the serpent that devours its own tail.
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Chad Powers – A Blade Within

DanLisMusic Posted on August 5, 2017

Chad Powers’s work “A Blade Within” has simple program notes: “A Blade Within is constructed with raw, as well as manipulated sound sources. Before the work was composed electronically I notated it on paper. In a meta fashion, I used the recorded pencil and paper sound files to act as a catalyst to drive the […]

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“A Complaint” – Young Composer Score Call

DanLisMusic Posted on July 1, 2017

Composer 1’s work “A Complaint” is based on William Wordsworth’s poem of the same title. Please view the score here and listen to it below. This work has an apt sense of gesture, time, and structure. The opening gestures of the work return to us at the end, in a “bookending” format. However, the opening […]

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Score and Audio Call January – Results!

DanLisMusic Posted on February 11, 2017

The January score and audio call yielded many submissions, all of great quality. Even though many great works were turned down due to the needs of programming on this blog, we are proud to announce that the following pieces will be featured. Pieces will be analyzed and posted approximately every 2 weeks. Name Piece What […]