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Dear Guests, Welcome to my blog which I treat like a creative garden where I regularly plant and change this and that be it poetry, philosophy, an Oboe Brilliance lesson, an essay of some kind, or a journal about composing. Visit every Monday for oboe coaching which is also helpful for many melodic instrumentalists. Musically yours, Kathryn
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"How do you compose?" That is the most commonly asked question I hear.
This blog is a window into my creative process and philosophies as a composer and instrumentalist. At times it may contain music, photos, and poetry as well. May you enjoy, return, and benefit!   My Archives  September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 January 2010 December 2009 November 2009 October 2009 September 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009
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Waltz for Chad Brown Why keep composing? "portrait analogy cont." Summer 2009 concerto special inspiration The Drunken Bishop Shaghall Choices in composing Choices in life Standards May 2009 April 2009 March 2009 February 2009 |
My first composition teacher, Karel Husa taught me to treat each composition as if it would be the only composition to survive me, and to do my best with each one. Once I compleated it, leave it alone. Cookie cutter approaches to composing are completely out of the question, not to be confused with honoring or creating a proper form such as a fugue, rondo, etc.
As I go through the dozens if not hundreds of electronic sounds sculptures that I've composed, I ask myself, "How would I feel if that were the only piece to survive me? Is that truly representative of what I can provide?" It's tricky because each piece is so different from one another. I wish to honor pieces that may be tonal, intense, silly, simple, deep, etc, without putting a value judgement on what emotional genre might be more desirable than others. So, I am developing my "gold standard" through unique and creative quality with a basis in emotional sincerity regardless of the genre to help determine which pieces I provide to the public. It is challenging to put so many creative pieces I am proud of having created into my "reject" file on my computer, if the piece isn't up to my gold standard. There are pieces with some magical 30 seconds or 1 minute or more that sometimes exceed an overall gist of a gold standard, but is in my reject folder because of the integrity of the piece as a whole isn't up to snuff. I try to act as a "buyer" for my site, selecting the mp3s for the works page that are truly original art pieces of the quality I hope people will come to expect from me! I have full intentions of adding a new electronic sounds sculpture each week, and also, I have special drones that I'll have up to purchase that instrumentalists can use for intonation and improvisational work. Musically Yours, Kathryn |
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