This evening finds me in front of a canvas (so to speak) that is filling up with dots. Music.
I have named it, before I began, 'Pear Tree'. I did this with my winter pear tree in mind, the one in my back yard that I wish to write about and write under. Now of course I wonder, what would the pear tree sound like? Is this music really the tree's or mine. Upon answering 'mine', I press on and make the sounds 'I' want to make.
These sounds are fun, bold and it is my winter music.
I have a show in two weeks whereon my Arco set, accompanied by a choir, will need these notes to sing, bow, strum and beat. I'm sure it will be fine...and on time.
Some of the creative processes and interesting behind the scene stories that make up life for a Tasmanian composer/musician.
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Monday, June 14, 2010
Here in a Hobart winter, I intend to write many things yet unwritten. Adventures in music I wish to take both myself, my ensembles and my audience with. I don't take the responsibility lightly. You, if you are an audient, deserve the respect of an equal member of every performance. We all show up and we take something home. I trust you take something that helps you to understand a little more. This is not an arrogant claim of 'knowledge to bestowed', but lighting the hour in which we all meet and allow ourselves to be vulnerable, deliberately, intentionally.
I hope we all meet there soon. My winter Viking songs await!
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