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doctor tom's sundry sandbox
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Doctor tom's sundry sandbox. Where an oddball intellectual and sometimes-composer does his idea-spewing for posterity (updated, usually) (also now with GOUDA). I haven't updated this in over a year. I am undergoing the most pronounced stylistic change - or non-change - in my compositional voice, and this has been taking place for at least a few years. I know this has been done before. Feldman knew Rothko. Henry Brandt and John Luther Adams knew the arctic. Etc. I just haven't done it.
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Bassoon Doctor: January 2015
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Double Reed and Carnegie Hall Link Up Resources by Dr. Elaine. Sunday, January 4, 2015. Double Reed Resources for Composers. Below is a short bibliography, a list of links, and a list of standard repertoire to familiarize yourself with as you begin to write for the double reed family. Many extended techniques are possible. Be aware of the clef preferences for bassoonists who play at different levels (i.e. college students and professionals prefer to read the upper range in tenor clef). Index of Oboe Music.
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doctor tom's sundry sandbox: 2011.02
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Doctor tom's sundry sandbox. Where an oddball intellectual and sometimes-composer does his idea-spewing for posterity (updated, usually) (also now with GOUDA). There are some reasons for this, but I won't get into all of them here. The biggest reason, perhaps, comes out of my process: I envision multimovement works much more easily than I do single-movement forms. And so forth), I have noticed a trend: after sketches get set down, the sketches becoming more like fragmentary pieces of a jigsaw puzzle to r...
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doctor tom's sundry sandbox: 2011.08
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Doctor tom's sundry sandbox. Where an oddball intellectual and sometimes-composer does his idea-spewing for posterity (updated, usually) (also now with GOUDA). An essay: why aren't we rioting? Why Aren’t We Rioting? Conditions and salaries, to receive. Benefits and a less-destructive workload. So, why aren’t we rioting? Conditions, but to demand and largely beg that they do not become worse. So, why aren’t we rioting? The signs should be fairly prevalent as to why we should be. I would like to contribute...
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doctor tom's sundry sandbox: 2011.11
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Doctor tom's sundry sandbox. Where an oddball intellectual and sometimes-composer does his idea-spewing for posterity (updated, usually) (also now with GOUDA). On headaches (hat-tip to Barthes). Was the case, and not accused of witchery). Yes Yes. A thousand milligrams yes. Posted by Doctor Tom (Tom Dempster). Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). This Quadrilateral Tells You About. Doctor Tom (Tom Dempster). Raleigh/Columbia, North/South Carolina, United States. View my complete profile.
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doctor tom's sundry sandbox: 2011.03
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Doctor tom's sundry sandbox. Where an oddball intellectual and sometimes-composer does his idea-spewing for posterity (updated, usually) (also now with GOUDA). It's been a while, I know. Some reasons I've been failing to blog a lot recently:. 1 There is a lot going on in the world right now a bit more important than anything I can contribute. 2 I have been doing a lot of traveling. 3 I have been writing, or trying to. Soliciting or ordering reference letters to actually finding the job postings: all of t...
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doctor tom's sundry sandbox: 2011.05
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Doctor tom's sundry sandbox. Where an oddball intellectual and sometimes-composer does his idea-spewing for posterity (updated, usually) (also now with GOUDA). A little essay on a pointless subject. In the second time in as many weeks, a peculiar phenomenon has swirled around the Internet: the erroneous meme. [0]. There is no evidence that King spoke those exact words, and at best, the quote is a conflation of various sources. Our seeming lack of competition to debunk this faster than we raced to disprov...
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doctor tom's sundry sandbox: 2010.09
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Doctor tom's sundry sandbox. Where an oddball intellectual and sometimes-composer does his idea-spewing for posterity (updated, usually) (also now with GOUDA). Easy Things to Consider Regarding Islamophobia. Nimium altercando veritas amittitur." [Through too much fighting, the truth is lost.]. 8211; Publilius Syrus. Mainly, I’m just pissed off and would rather see some sanity restored to this discussion. In a word, no. Why so many Greek festivals? What, then, can we say about nationhood and nationalism?
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doctor tom's sundry sandbox: 2011.04
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Doctor tom's sundry sandbox. Where an oddball intellectual and sometimes-composer does his idea-spewing for posterity (updated, usually) (also now with GOUDA). Young (or any) composers and how to work with others. Six guidelines for young composers regarding performances and working with performers and ensembles:. 3 Always ask performers what they think of the work. Ask them what they like, what they don’t like; allow them to comment upon and be critical of aspects of your work that may indeed ...4 Find ...