So, I finished that cello solo. It was strange, after my first pass on it, which lacked rhythms and articulations and dynamics, all I did was add those things, make two held double-stops re-attack, and add a bit to one section that sounded a bit too much like the NBC theme (Eb, C, Ab in …
Opening Aria
So now I'll find out if Caitlin's discovered I have a blog yet. I've got a full draft of her opening aria for Midsummer. I wrote the main theme and a partial draft in like August, so it's good to have the whole thing properly drafted. Also, I've re-written the opening scene of the opera …
plane to Boston
I was on the plane to Boston today, for Thanksgiving, and I started thinking about the problems I'm having writing Summer's Twilight, my Midsummer chamber opera. I'm in the middle of re-thinking the way my scenes work based more around a small set of emotions. You see, if there are a lot of similarities among the …