Tristan and Isolde – it happened
my final prompt for the music theory blog series is: Write up your understanding of the Tristan Chord and the difficulties of the Tristan Prelude, in your own words. The Continue reading
Square Fruits!
2013 – Year of Great Things!
frustrations with music and theatre history
hello hello! today i want to talk about the issue between western art music history and theatre history and how they influence performance in their respective worlds. i’ve been in Continue reading
music theory and theatre
for my music theory class today we had to read ”Rotational Form in the Opening Scene of Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess” by Andrew Davis and Howard Pollack published in the Journal of the American Musicological Society. in Continue reading
THIS IS CLASSICAL MUSIC?!!?! :-D
Caroline was awarded the Music Pulitzer Prize this morning for her piece Partita (for 8 Voices). Check it out HERE. The piece is so direct, accessible, and so much fun to Continue reading
. . . hope?
new music RULES!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22096764 i recently came across this article on the BBC website and was so excited because i think contemporary composers should be of more importance in classical undergraduate training. in Continue reading
need…more…FACEBOOK
hello all! since i have upgraded to an iPhone this past January i’ve noticed that my ‘love’ for facebook has become cancerous. the addiction is to the point where i Continue reading
communicating the end
today’s music theory blog assignment asks me to talk about my conception of cadences and how’s that’s changed at DePauw. before coming to DePauw I had no formal training in Continue reading
building freedom
Two things and a thought: 1 Thing) “I hate America. I hate this country. It’s just big ideas, and stories, and people dying, and people like you. The white cracker Continue reading
patience in what the art needs
It’s been a while since I have actually blogged about myself. Lately I have been blogging about songs or pieces I like or about my music theory assignments. Not the Continue reading
