On the last day of the festival, Martin Bresnick presented on his own music, in the manner of the other principal composers. Some composers are quite shy to talk about their work, for obvious reasons: they don’t want to reveal their “tricks”, or they don’t want...
The second week of Music10 flew by. Sorry not to have posted as things were happening, but rest assured, now that it’s over, I will keep trying to digest everything I experienced in blog format over the next few days. Most of my time last week was consumed by rehearsing for,...
eighth blackbird just performed an incredible concert here at Music10. This concert was devoted to works by the three principal composers that I mentioned in my last post: Joel Hoffman, Stephen Hartke, and Martin Bresnick. The whole concert was good, congratulations to all involved, etc.,...
The other side of Music10 – the composing side – revolves around the festival’s principal composers: Joel Hoffman, Stephen Hartke, and Martin Bresnick. These three composers give presentations on their music and masterclasses in which they critique the student...
For the last three days, this phrase has become just as routine as “What is your name?” and “Nice to meet you”; however, it causes me a great deal more grief than these pleasantries ever have. I am definitely not a composer; that part of the binary is pretty easy...
