The Orchestra as a Puzzle
Welcome to the fourth instalment of my series on getting your composition career off the ground. In my previous post, I warned of a long...
Apples are to Oranges as Sibelius is to Finale
Apologies for the awkward title... I've been doing a bit of GRE review and I'm up to my ears in analogies and test techniques. Which...
Sound and Silence Organized in Time
An apt definition for music, no? If you think about it, it really does cover just about anything you can consider music. Organizing is...
Essential Skills for Composers
When I tell people I'm a composer the usual response is something along the lines of "Oh, I could never do that!" I'm often asked by...
Little Pieces, Big Results
Since I'm a composer, it shouldn't surprise you that I think about music a lot. Maybe even constantly. (Definitely constantly.) My mum...
