Tag: composer
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My Goals for 2022
It has shocked me that two months have gone by since the beginning of this new year. I’m sure most of us have resolutions or goals, and while some may be easier to achieve than others, I find it may help to keep a constant list for reference. ‘Once written, twice remembered’ is perhaps a […]
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Thoughts on my *Three Keyboard Suites
*three? keyboard suites…three mature and decent-quality keyboard suites… In this post, I discuss three of my suites for keyboard, which were written between the years of 2014 – 2018. Currently a new suite was recently composed but I don’t think I’ll be talking about it here. If you like, in a later post I can […]
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My Performances of Organ Music
While I’m a fanatic about Baroque music, I’ll be the first to admit that I am not, and have never really been, an excellent performer. ‘Amateur’ is the word which properly fits the description of my passion and talents, although some would say I’m growing in terms of performance skills. My great love for the […]
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Advice for Composers
AND QUESTIONS YOU SHOULD ASK YOURSELF While I’m an amateur composer, and still learning constantly, I feel it would be good to share my advice. Music composition is an ever-changing field, and music itself is evolving over time and there are many online communities dedicated to certain niches of writing. Here is some advice, tips, […]
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Variations on Choral Music
Long has it been the tradition of Baroque composers to write variations or partitas over hymn melodies. I think (correct me if I’m wrong) that the idea was only large in Germany during the era, but I do not know why. Composers such as Buxtehude, Krebs, Böhm, Sweelinck(?) and others all experimented with the idea […]
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Modern Baroque Composers
It would be a vain and narcissistic choice of me to only mention my own music here on this website, so here I am taking the opportunity to share music by other living, breathing, modern composers who enjoy writing within the Baroque style. Some of these composers are relative to my age, which is warming […]
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A performance of Two Pieces for Keyboard
I would like to share with you this video, which features two of my pieces for harpsichord. Both pieces were written this past year, in 2021, with the allemande being a simple dance for two voices. The ornaments Mr. de la Beaujardière are certainly appropriate for the period, however there are no ornaments written in […]
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Ideals for Music Composition
My beliefs concerning music could be seen as either unconventional or extremely outdated. First and foremost I believe that music is a method of expression, and that a composer best expresses through form. The Baroque era offers the finest music from a challenging and technical perspective, but also the most heartfelt and emotive music as […]
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Hello, and Welcome!
Welcome to my Website, where you can learn more about me, explore my music, and consider supporting me as an independent musician. I am a composer who has a special interest and passion for the Baroque era. I began pipe organ lessons in 2008, at the age of fourteen, and once I was introduced to […]
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