Stimulating, exhausting, fun, exhausting, interesting, exhausting. Useful? Maybe. (Did I mention exhausting?) I’m in the middle of the National Performing Arts Convention in Denver, along with thousands of others from every imaginable performing arts discipline. Here are some highlights in stream-of-consciousness order. …
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Erling Wold’s MORDAKE
http://www.aboutthecomposer.com/blog/archives/259My congratulations to San Francisco composer colleague Erling Wold on the premiere of his new opera Mordake. This is not a review, and so I’ll stop short of providing a lot of detail. Mordake is a very beautiful work, both musically and visually, performed most courageously by the amazing John Duykers. …
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National Performing Arts Convention Coming Up
http://www.aboutthecomposer.com/blog/archives/258As you may or may not already know, the National Performing Arts Convention takes place next month in Denver. It is a major event for anyone professionally involved in music, theater or dance. As someone with an interest in opera, theater, orchestral and choral music, I am looking forward to attending this for the first time. …
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Hang / Hank Drum
http://www.glenncrocker.com/2008/06/hang-hank-drum/. This is a metal drum with tuned surfaces on the top, and makes a really neat sound. Here’s a sample: I think Michael was interested in the drum because he thought it was from Hungary, and he’s obsessed with all things Hungary. I was interested in it because I’m in a percussion group at church, and thought this thing would be an amazing addition. (The drum is actually from Switzerland, which like all European countries, Michael thinks of as
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One more week
http://www.erlingwold.com/2008/06/one-more-week.htmlblogged
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Dance (2008). Ilya Demutsky
http://rgable.typepad.com/aworks/2008/05/dance-2008-ilya.htm...Michael Kaulkin writes about judging a composition contest at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music: It was interesting that the winning piece was so off-the-charts good that the three of us agreed on it hands-down, and there was very little discussion needed. My
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The Grove Street Journal
http://chrismolla.wordpress.comPoetryBlogroll Alex Ross As Is Cahiers De Corey Contrasting Periods Deborah Ager Dial “M” For Musicology Felsenmusick Joshua Kosman Mappenmunde Michael Kaulkin - Composer Muscal Assumptions Musical Perceptions My Fickle Ears Dig It Renewable Music Ron Silliman Sequenza 21 Soho the Dog Texas Tech Music Theory The Rambler
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New Music reBlog
http://netnewmusic.net/reblogRelated Posts:So, Like, What's With the Seven Doors?
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Hah!
http://oboeinsight.com/2008/02/28/hah-23/Some of you will get this, some not. I’m guessing Mr. Kaulkin will. How ’bout you, Mike? The rest of you? Do tell! ;-) (Thanks, Kelsey!) “… and a little more beer ….” Posted in Links |
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New Music reBlog
http://netnewmusic.net/reblogRelated Posts:Zoltán Kodály: "Esti Dal"Dusting Off My Kodály
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A great way to peruse printed music online . . . maybe
http://blog.choralnet.org/2008/02/great-way-to-peruse-printe...might be a good way to present a score for cursory perusal. After playing around with it, I'm not so sure, but I'd love to know what others think. One of my complaints is that the icons are pretty inscrutable to those who aren't up on the conventions.Check it out here
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Lenon.com » Open Directory Project for PHP-Nuke » Arts » Music » Weblogs
http://www.lenon.com/modules.php?name=ODP&browse=/Arts/Music...Arts: Music: News and Media (178)Arts: Music: Personal Pages (172)Society: People: Personal Homepages: Weblogs (2,724) This category in other languages: Danish (8) Dutch (14) German (85) About the Composer - Weblog kept by composer Michael Kaulkin covering classical and world music. The site also includes career information, a list of compositions, and contact information.
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Sweeney Fatigue
http://netnewmusic.net/reblog/archives/2008/01/sweeney_fatig...Related Posts:The Sweeney EffectAddressing Sondheim
