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Stylistic Pluralism Within a Composition

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DanLisMusic Posted on May 16, 2018

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An investigation into what stylistic pluralism is in music.

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Ryan Carraher – “Alazia” Self-Analysis

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ryancarraher Posted on January 3, 2018

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Ryan Carraher just finished a new work for solo tenor trombone entitled Alazia. “I figured I would share some thoughts and formal processes I had during the composition process.”

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Exercise Music

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DanLisMusic Posted on January 1, 2018

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Exercise Music is an album designed specifically for use while exercising (as the title states). It is a mix of progressive rock, electronic dance music, and minimalism.

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Emily DeNucci – Three Canons for Two Flutes

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DanLisMusic Posted on December 3, 2017

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This set of canons is remarkable and charming. The counterpoint in them is quite advanced for a young composer (see the program note about when the first movement was written). Yet, there is still an artistic purpose in each movement and note choice.

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P.M. Joyce – FairyTale

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DanLisMusic Posted on October 19, 2017

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

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Koti Jaddu – Untitled

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DanLisMusic Posted on October 16, 2017

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Koti Jaddu’s submission to the Young Composer Score call reads right out of a book of preludes

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Timothy Lee Miller – “Divinitus”

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DanLisMusic Posted on October 6, 2017

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Firmly rooted in the American Mavericks tradition, this work fuses hymns with polytonality and misalignment, a la Charles Ives.

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