Last Concert of Readings Today

We had a great few weeks and it all ended today. The following are some pictures from our final concert and final meeting!







A few thanks:

Thanks to:
Groundswell for sponsoring the event.
Victoria Sparks and Cathy Wood for performing our pieces with only 24 hours before the concert of readings.
Ilkim Togur and Luke Nickel for being composers and allowing themselves to be under intense composition pressure for two weeks.
Jerry Semchyshyn for arranging our facilities at Tec Voc, for recording the concerts, and for meeting us at Tec Voc to let us in!
All the people who came to both concerts!

Stay tuned to this blog as I will slowly be posting video from the two weeks!

We handed our Pieces in today

The following are pictures of us handing our pieces to Clarinetist Cathy Wood. The Pieces were due at 12:00 today.







Cathy will be practicing like crazy! Then at 1:00 tomorrow (Friday August 13) there will be a short Concert of Readings!

All are welcome. The concert will take place in the Performing Arts Area of Tec Voc High School - 1555 Wall Street. The Performing Arts area is at the South End of the Parking lot.

Photos from the Masterclass - Aug 11

So here are the pictures from the Masterclass:


Cathy and Luke (Ilkim is watching!)




Cathy and Me!




Ilkim and Cathy

So...done...for now anyways

I think the second week is simply harder...I'm tired.

I was hoping to create an entire final sections for today, but there was a lot of little editing, and I'm not sure about the flow of the entire piece. So I did a lot of tweeking and decided not to add anymore.

I'm happy with parts of it. I simply feel that I need a lot more time to think about it. It feels a little too random...but maybe that's okay?

I have about 3 minutes, maybe slightly less...but I'm done for now.

Looking forward to the concert of readings tomorrow.

1 min 12 sec.

Well... I'm really pleased with what I have, it's just far too short. I still have about 4 hours to expand it, but honestly no idea if I'll have something "done" done. I guess at this point I'll just have to submit what I have and hope it's good! Rather submit less but quality than more quantity that's not as good...

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Great Masterclass today...

So we had a great masterclass today...(pictures to follow)

Now I am trying to make a bunch of changes...I think my problems are that I have too many ideas and so my "quick" pieces don't flow nicely...they are choppy and without direction.

I'm running out of steam and so I'm going to bed now. And I hope to have more creative energy in the morning. I think I could go with what I have...and I may do that.

Until tomorrow...

back in business...

....well.... I have something.

I'm trying to make it grow grow grow, mutate, explode, spiral out of control... take it to the extremes.

I have 4 hours.

Time to work work work.