Creativity and Composition Archive

Inter­est­ing arti­cle in the NYTimes last Sun­day (March 4, 2007) about iTunes being one of the futures of clas­si­cal music. Quot­ing from the arti­cle: Zarin Mehta, the New York Philharmonic’s pres­i­dent […]0March 2, 2007

Orchestral Movements: 99 Cents

Inter­est­ing arti­cle in the NYTimes last Sun­day (March 4, 2007) about iTunes being one of the futures of clas­si­cal music. Quot­ing from the arti­cle: Zarin Mehta, the New York Philharmonic’s president […]

I lis­tened to a great lec­ture last week by per­cus­sionst Jim Preiss. He’s the prin­ci­pal per­cus­sion­ist of the Brook­lyn Phil­har­monic, the Amer­i­can Com­posers Orches­tra, the Westch­ester Phil­har­monic, and the River­side […]0February 27, 2007

Source Inspirations

I lis­tened to a great lec­ture last week by per­cus­sionst Jim Preiss. He’s the prin­ci­pal per­cus­sion­ist of the Brook­lyn Phil­har­monic, the Amer­i­can Com­posers Orches­tra, the Westch­ester Phil­har­monic, and the Riverside […]

For those of us con­cerned about form and archi­tec­ture, here’s a great quote about Beethoven, cour­tesy Bernard Hol­land in the 2/23/07 New York Times: Beethoven was the Clas­si­cal era‚Äôs psy­cho­log­i­cal archi­tect. […]0February 25, 2007

A Beethoven Thought

For those of us con­cerned about form and archi­tec­ture, here’s a great quote about Beethoven, cour­tesy Bernard Hol­land in the 2/23/07 New York Times: Beethoven was the Clas­si­cal era‚Äôs psy­cho­log­i­cal architect. […]

I’m a lit­tle young to have watched the famous Leonard Bern­stein tele­vi­sion shows from the 1950s. And yet, here for the inter­net age, is another gifted con­duc­tor edu­cat­ing audi­ences. Have […]0February 24, 2007

Keeping Score

I’m a lit­tle young to have watched the famous Leonard Bern­stein tele­vi­sion shows from the 1950s. And yet, here for the inter­net age, is another gifted con­duc­tor edu­cat­ing audi­ences. Have […]

Thos who have lis­tened to my audio pod­cast know that I advo­cate get­ting up pretty early to get started on com­pos­ing. If you have to jug­gle a 9–5 day job, […]0February 19, 2007

Early Mornings

Thos who have lis­tened to my audio pod­cast know that I advo­cate get­ting up pretty early to get started on com­pos­ing. If you have to jug­gle a 9–5 day job, […]

I had the oppor­tu­nity to hear a lec­ture by Paul Moravec last week on the topic of music and mem­ory. He’s the 2004 Puiltzer Prize win­ner, so I was hon­ored […]0February 15, 2007

Paul Moravec quotes

I had the oppor­tu­nity to hear a lec­ture by Paul Moravec last week on the topic of music and mem­ory. He’s the 2004 Puiltzer Prize win­ner, so I was honored […]

Lee Hoiby was born in 1926. He is an Amer­i­can clas­si­cal pianist and com­poser, prob­a­bly most famous for his song “The Ser­pent.” I found the fol­low­ing quote from him, cour­tesy […]0February 14, 2007

Lee Hoiby Quote

Lee Hoiby was born in 1926. He is an Amer­i­can clas­si­cal pianist and com­poser, prob­a­bly most famous for his song “The Ser­pent.” I found the fol­low­ing quote from him, courtesy […]

In a recent Book Review of the New York Times (Decem­ber 2, 2006), William F. Buck­ley reviews Mar­tin Geck’s new biog­ra­phy of Johann Sebas­t­ian Bach. Of Geck, Buck­ley writes: He […]1December 15, 2006

Don’t Scalpel the Mona Lisa!

In a recent Book Review of the New York Times (Decem­ber 2, 2006), William F. Buck­ley reviews Mar­tin Geck’s new biog­ra­phy of Johann Sebas­t­ian Bach. Of Geck, Buck­ley writes: He […]

The other night I was at a composer’s forum where the guest of honor was 2004 Pulitzer Prize win­ner Paul Moravec. We were all hav­ing a great exchange, and the […]0December 15, 2006

Write something joyful!

The other night I was at a composer’s forum where the guest of honor was 2004 Pulitzer Prize win­ner Paul Moravec. We were all hav­ing a great exchange, and the […]

One of the most frus­trat­ing aspects of print­ing your scores is: How to bind them? First, if you are pre­sent­ing your scores to musi­cians for per­for­mance, you prob­a­bly already invest in […]0November 3, 2006

Binding Solutions

One of the most frus­trat­ing aspects of print­ing your scores is: How to bind them? First, if you are pre­sent­ing your scores to musi­cians for per­for­mance, you prob­a­bly already invest in […]

Pod­cast the Nine­teenth is avail­able on iTunes or what­ever your RSS aggre­ga­tor might be. The two books I refer to in the pod­cast, highly rec­om­mended, are: The Bea­t­les by Bob […]0October 5, 2006

Podcast the Nineteenth

Pod­cast the Nine­teenth is avail­able on iTunes or what­ever your RSS aggre­ga­tor might be. The two books I refer to in the pod­cast, highly rec­om­mended, are: The Bea­t­les by Bob […]

I read in the paper today that the found­ing edi­tor of the National Lam­poon, one of my favorite mag­a­zines from way back when, has just passed away. In his New […]0August 22, 2006

In Memoriam: Robert K. Hoffman

I read in the paper today that the found­ing edi­tor of the National Lam­poon, one of my favorite mag­a­zines from way back when, has just passed away. In his New […]

Many, many times I have spo­ken to peo­ple who equate the­ory exper­tise with com­po­si­tion. This isn’t exactly true, how­ever. I always draw a com­par­i­son with fine art paint­ing. You can […]1August 17, 2006

A Good Theory Website

Many, many times I have spo­ken to peo­ple who equate the­ory exper­tise with com­po­si­tion. This isn’t exactly true, how­ever. I always draw a com­par­i­son with fine art paint­ing. You can […]

Here’s some­thing I’ve been won­der­ing about lately. As you develop your own style, is it good to be aware of it? For instance, I know that I like to write […]0August 16, 2006

Considering style

Here’s some­thing I’ve been won­der­ing about lately. As you develop your own style, is it good to be aware of it? For instance, I know that I like to write […]

When exactly did artists decide that they were dif­fer­ent from ordi­nary mor­tals, that in all like­li­hood they were supe­rior to the rest of us? Or, viewed dif­fer­ently, when were they […]0July 27, 2006

Must Artists be Anguished?

When exactly did artists decide that they were dif­fer­ent from ordi­nary mor­tals, that in all like­li­hood they were supe­rior to the rest of us? Or, viewed dif­fer­ently, when were they […]

Take some­thing you know well and add it to some­thing else you know, and you’ve got some­thing new and orig­i­nal… at least, that’s the idea. You can use this as […]0July 26, 2006

1 + 1 = ?

Take some­thing you know well and add it to some­thing else you know, and you’ve got some­thing new and orig­i­nal… at least, that’s the idea. You can use this as […]

Some of you might know my audio pod­cast, Cre­ativ­ity and Com­po­si­tion, and some of you might only know this writ­ten blog. So for those of you who don’t know the […]0July 23, 2006

Podcast the Eighteenth

Some of you might know my audio pod­cast, Cre­ativ­ity and Com­po­si­tion, and some of you might only know this writ­ten blog. So for those of you who don’t know the […]

I read a review yes­ter­day, by Edward Roth­stein, of a book called On Late Style by Edward Said. The open­ing para­graph reads “What artist does not yearn, some day, to pos­sess […]0July 17, 2006

Toward a Late Style

I read a review yes­ter­day, by Edward Roth­stein, of a book called On Late Style by Edward Said. The open­ing para­graph reads “What artist does not yearn, some day, to possess […]

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