What’s Happening on Twitter?- garrt: @rogerzare oh great, my panic dream has come to life, or, rather, it has come to un-death #zombies
- garrt: at the airport on my way back to Ann Arbor, @rogerzare should start hiding the dead bodies, if he hasn't already
- garrt: @davebied dude, I'm worried about how excited you are for this, but I guess I won't knock a toothpaste I'm yet to try
- garrt: Dave Pasch just said the understatement on the year regarding avery bradley's dislocated shoulder, "that's been a problem for him" #DUH
High Speed Reed Premieres April 15!
The Akropolis Reed Quintet will premiere my newly finished commission, “High Speed Reed”, on Sunday, April 15 at 3 PM at the First United Methodist Church, 1001 Green Road, Ann Arbor, MI.
Observations
What Is Music For?
Maybe a month ago, Evan Chambers, who runs the graduate composition seminar here at the University of Michigan, asked me and my classmates to extemporaneously write down what we think music is, “for”. I’ve spent a long time since thinking …
Observations
Is What’s Clear To Me Clear To You?
So often, it is through the prism of another’s art that we see our own most clearly. At least, that was my experience with a master class Jessye Norman led at the University of Michigan a little over a week …
Observations
The Case For Character
My first experience writing for and working with an orchestra was about five years ago, half way through my freshman year at Rice University in Houston, Texas. The composition department had a (now-discontinued) partnership with one of the city’s many …
Observations
What Aspen Taught Me: Economy
My last Thursday at the Aspen Music Festival featured a lesson with George Tsontakis and I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about what he told me. The lesson was a little strange because it was only 30 minutes and …
Observations
These last 10 days at the Aspen Music Festival
The period from last Monday (August 1) to last night has been among the most emotional and challenging of my brief compositional career, replete with erratic highs and lows, causes for celebration and concern all condensed into a little over …