Garrett Wins Renee B. Fisher Composition Competition
I am very pleased to announce that I was selected as one of two winners in the Elementary/Middle School division of the Renee B. Fisher Composition Competition run by the Neighborhood Music School in New Haven, CT. My Four …
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Daniel Asia’s Hands Are Muddy (or: If Composers Sold Drugs In West Baltimore)
As I see it, we composers have a bad habit of condescending on each others’ music. Typically, the scene of the crime is right after a concert – particularly a student recital or forum – where, after perfunctory ‘good piece’ …
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Observations: Week 1 in Review
I am humbled by the hundreds of visitors who came to my site to read my new concise, daily posts sharing my perspective on whichever situation or issue occupies my mind. Thank you to all my readers – spread the …
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Observations 2.7
This post marks a week since I embarked on this new writing mission. Independent of all of us, the time intervening from then to today has been one of the most trying and emotional – on a national scale – …
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Observations 2.6
Before one night last week, when I happened to be listening to American Public Media’s ‘The Story’ while driving around town, I had forgotten entirely about the fear surrounding tomorrow, the day when the ‘long count’ Mayan Calendar ends, and, …
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Observations 2.5
Although this new daily-blogging program is new in my life, I’ve been writing like this for a long time. In high school, my twin, father and I took over a movie review column (that still runs in The Ridgefield Press) …
