Quote of the Week – Tchaikovsky

Tchaikovsky on navigating the forces of inspiration vs perspiration (old-fashioned hard work) in creating a piece of music: “Do not believe those …

Quote of the Week – Max Weber

This week’s Quote of the Week nicely supports an argument I made a while ago in an article about What Makes Something …

What happens in Norfolk…

Renowned American composer Martin Bresnick contributes the quote of the week in composition seminar today: ”Man’s reach should exceed his grasp, or what’s …

Rivers of Canada

I came across this Bliss Carman poem while doing research for one of the next choir pieces I’m hoping to write. There’s …

CBC and the Conservative budget

Is anyone else concerned by the cuts to the CBC in the Conservative budget? Harper has used the cost-cutting spirit of the …

Book of Lamentations

I just recently finished and sent off the score for my next major choral premiere. It is a pretty exciting project. I …

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