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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
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Dear Guests,
This mp3 was originally titled "Fear of Empty Spaces" and was inspired by my friend Gidi Meir decades ago, who asked me to compose a piece with that title and idea. After over 15 years of being a music teacher and being concerned about the lifestyle of excessive activity, constant motion, keep the kids too busy to even get enough sleep lifestyle (death style), I created a piece depicting the frenzy created to avoid deep connection. I teach meditation to most of my music students. Connecting with space and silence with a focused mind makes all the difference in ones ability to be musical according to me. This piece starts with techno sounds that may seem friendly, but are really impersonal. It would be boring if sustained ( like a cut off techno only life) so I ramp it up with faster louder, creating a significant excellerando to depict and mimic the lifestyle of excessive activity/consumption. The piece crashes into decompression and stalls into an unfulling end of having ultimately gone no where. When I titled the piece "Fear of Empty Spaces" people complained about the ending. My intention was to depict that one cannot avoid feeling empty when one avoids true feeling. Instead one hits exhaustion, so I feel my ending is quite successful! - albeit ironcially This title works better, setting up a preferred psychological experience and expresses what I intend from a slightly different perspective/approach intellectually. Since this piece is created with a foundation of respect of life, it can be fully embraced. You can hear it for free as long as I keep it on the site, or buy it to keep and enjoy for as long as possible.... Musically yours, Kathryn |
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