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

"How do you compose?" That is the most commonly asked question I hear.
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What I am doing now.

Dear Guests,

Hope you're well and enjoying this new year. Last year feels like a long time ago already.

Right now I'm composing a ballet for full orchestra "Now Point". I've been working on it for a while and it's coming together. Next month I'll submit it to a competition which I was invited to participate. If I win, great. If not, I have a strong piece finished to send to orchestras to perform and for dancers to dance.

I'm very grateful to have the time and skill now to compose such a work. It's taken me a long to time to get to this point now.

Next month I'm very excited to hear Meredith Blecha perform - premiere a cello suite I composed specifically for her. Stay tuned.

Now, guests can visit the music page to subscribe to Oboe Brilliance to receive mp3s to help instrumental technique or Composer Courtesy MP3 to receive the latest mp3 sound sculptures in your email inbox, as I create them, throughout the year.

Once I've completed the ballet, I'll return to work on Oboe Brilliance: a collection soli and duets I'm composing for oboists beginners to viruosi.

Back to work - the ballet is not finished .... yet! Thanks for visiting.
Musically yours,
Kathryn