The UW Symphony did a fabulous job reading parts of the Music for Orchestra in Eleven Incarnations. Please keep in mind that the recordings I’ve included below are cold readings. They spent only about 25 minutes total reading through some difficult music.
All things considered, the first movement just needs a little tweaking. I didn’t manage to finish the second movement in time for the deadline for these readings, but you’ll be able to listen to the first third or so of it.
This is the title of my DMA final project (or dissertation composition). If you are a fan of a certain British science fiction television program, you may be able to guess what the title means.
Indeed, I decided to write a symphony in eleven movements–each movement a character sketch of Doctor Who himself.
Here is a pdf of the proposal for the symphony. This is a “first final draft,” as I’m going to meet with my committee advisers over the next few weeks to go over the proposal with them. I’ll post an updated one (if I need to make any changes).
I just spent the better part of my afternoon updating the listening files for the excerpts page. There’s a few more examples you can listen to … I hope you enjoy!
So, I’ve started preparing in earnest for my lecture recital. A fabulous group of performers is joining me to bring this setting of psalms to life. This is an early Druckman piece for mezzo, brass quintet, and two percussionists. I’ll be conducting, something I’m very excited to do, as I haven’t conducted at a recital venue in quite some time.
Please join me if you can at Morphy Recital Hall on the UW-Madison campus in the Humanities Building at 8:30pm on 3 March 2010. I’ll be speaking first and then we’ll be treated to a performance.
I haven’t decided if I’m going to do the traditional “read the paper” thing. I’d rather not, but I’ll see how it goes as the date looms.