Hey all composers, or friends of composers: I just want to quickly inform you of the first in a series of calls that will result in featured works on Composer’s Toolbox. The goal is for this blog to dissect and collect tools and techniques in featured works, that we all can learn from. Here is […]
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How do you get your music performed? (Tool #52)
A lot of us write a lot of music. Some of us don’t write much music, but still take music composition seriously. No matter how much music you write, some of it is likely unperformed. That begs the question: how do I get my music heard? How do I get my music performed? Sure, you […]
Read MoreCall for entries: 60×60 New Media New Music New England DEADLINE EXTENDED
Hi All, If you’re a composer, sound artist, videomaker, or otherwise an audio or video artist, please consider this call for entries. The original deadline was (if I remember correctly) August 1st, but it has been extended to October 1st, 2012. Basically: 60 music/sound pieces of 60 seconds in length each will be both intentionally […]
Read MoreScore Call in Honor of the John Cage Centennial
I was forwarded this score call from Scott Comanzo, one of the directing figures in the Generous Ensemble* (http://www.generousensemble.org/). This is a score call requiring massive (i.e. hundreds) of composers, in order to compose variations on Satie’s Vexations in honor of the John Cage centennial (since Cage was such a champion of Satie). I have […]
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