Friday, June 27, 2014
New Inspiration
One year ago on June 30th I completed work on my Requiem. This work consumed me for over 18 months. When I finished I was exhausted creatively and all I could manage to do was sing with Masterworks Chorale and practice a couple of Beethoven piano sonatas. In just the last few days I have felt the creativity bug strike again and I have begun the "meditation" phase of a new composition for chorus using Shakespeare's famous passage from Merchant of Venice; "How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank!".
The meditation phase is simply reading the text over and over and letting it play in my mind as I decide the mood of the piece and how I will try to achieve that mood. Sometimes this phase lasts a very short time, in fact immediately upon inspiration sometimes, and other times I have to let the ideas mull over in my mind for days and weeks. For this piece I know the mood and how I intend to achieve it, but I need to spend some time with the text and let the natural rhythm assert itself before I start to put it down on paper.
The meditation phase is simply reading the text over and over and letting it play in my mind as I decide the mood of the piece and how I will try to achieve that mood. Sometimes this phase lasts a very short time, in fact immediately upon inspiration sometimes, and other times I have to let the ideas mull over in my mind for days and weeks. For this piece I know the mood and how I intend to achieve it, but I need to spend some time with the text and let the natural rhythm assert itself before I start to put it down on paper.
Friday, April 11, 2014
As many of you know I am a member of Masterworks Chorale of San Mateo. We have just started rehearsals for our new concert set that will feature works of Brahms, Gershwin, Joel Grey and 3 original works by local composers Brian Holmes and Angela Kraft-Cross. I have just checked out two biographies of Brahms from the library for a quick study. I will write a bit about his life and times to help get into the spirit of his music. I will then do the same for Mr. Gershwin.
On the Real Estate side I will be hosting an Open House at 806 West Grant Place, San Mateo, CA on Sunday April 13, 2014 from 1:00 to 4:00 PM. Please do stop by and say hello in person.
On the Real Estate side I will be hosting an Open House at 806 West Grant Place, San Mateo, CA on Sunday April 13, 2014 from 1:00 to 4:00 PM. Please do stop by and say hello in person.
Monday, April 7, 2014
Welcome to my Real Estate and Music Place! You don't think those two match up? Well for me they do as they are two big passions in my life. Many of my friends are in the Real Estate business and many are in music. My aim is to keep both groups up to date with pertinent information regarding these two areas of my life. I will confess in advance that the subjects may sometimes drift to other topics, especially baseball, specifically the Giants. I hope you all enjoy my blog!
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