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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
beyond objectification
intellectual and creative freedom A rose for Zaynab/ and Sufism to the dance The purpose of art Lamentations - when my armor broke away The 5 step focus About the "In adoration of the earth" music How my life review during a near death experience influences my composing My philosophy about intruments especially the trombone "Celestial Light Ringing" In adoration of the earth Dreams of the White Horse About the music currently on the home page composing as swimming through emotions Emotional vitality through musical medicine learned by giving birth Oboe Suite Inspiration June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 March 2009 February 2009 |
Last night, well early this morning actually, I had a dream that I was riding a magnificent, strong, powerful, muscular, gorgeous white horse. I was riding with a group of people on a wooden bridge. (I've been having a lot of terrifying bridge dreams of late.) In my dream, I and the other riders took a flying leap off of the bridge (about a 7 foot drop) into a rapid river that was at that point low enough for our powerful horses to cantor into and up stream. It was exhilarating.
So, this reminds me of a three movement duet that I started in 2004 and finished composing in 2005 called "Dreams of the White Horse" for oboe and double bass. (It requires professional level skill to play - those who are seriously interested may contact me for the score. Also - this duet will be part of a book of duets for oboe and double bass comprised of duets for beginners to virtuosic players.) The first movement is "Scent" with the full title being "The scent of fear and passion in the open sky". This was inspired/instigated by a comment an oboe student at the time made who was/is an equestrian, saying, "horses can smell emotion".Wow. That set my imagination off!!! In this movement you'll hear spaces of silence, then fearful rustlings, a passionate melody that reoccurs throughout the three movements, and more. I started composing it ie: hearing it in my head while I was driving from Colorado to Wyoming. To understand the creative process of this composition, I imagined that I was a horse and I imagined as a horse, what it was like to see, smell emotion, cantor over the land in the SW and to run myself to death, and to continue running into the spirit realm. Serious fun! The second movement: "Cantoring" starts out with solo bass, repeats with oboe in a different meter. The parts interweave and intersect at times, full of cantoring rhythms and fire. The third movement: "Flight" is mysterious and melodic, free, unmetered. I was thinking about the blue road of spirit and flight into other realms. Okay - students are here - more later. Musically Yours, Kathryn P.S. (The book of oboe and double bass duets is scheduled to be completed and released in the end of 2010 or early 2011. Stay tuned! I'm looking forward to recording all of them with my partner Eliot.) |
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