- Finish the first draft of the piece I am working on for my school’s symphony orchestra.
- Finish the final draft of “A Miracle,” a choir piece I plan to show my school’s choir teacher.
- Have a decent enough (presentable) grasp on this:
Tag: Composition
Status Update
- Clarinet: I have not gotten as far through the beginner book as I would have liked, but progress is quite evident. I can play themes such as Shenandoah and Schindler’s List on it, and plan to to move onto Pep Band music as soon as I can get access to it.
- Flute: A lot of effort has gone into playing the flute, and it seems it was all worth the work. I can play themes from the Lord of the Rings, Gabriel’s Oboe, and more. I plan to learn more high notes and improve my tone in the high registers. I would’ve moved onto Pep Band music quite a while ago if I had access to them!
- Guitar: For having played the instrument for only about 2 weeks, I’d say I know quite a wide selection of chords. Still trying to get the strings names down, though. I overcame my inability to switch chords quickly after the first week of practice, and since I love to play songs such as Perhaps Love, American Pie and House of the Rising Sun, I think I’ll be playing it more as the month goes on.
Composing
- I’ve recently started writing a piece for our school Symphony Orchestra, which is turning out quite well. More updates on that later for sure.
- The choral piece I composed for Jim Papoulis requires its final edits, and after that it should be ready for the school choir director’s perusal.
- I do need to write another piece for our band, as I have done every summer. However, inspiration has not struck me yet, and if it doesn’t come to me before school starts, I may just do the heavy revising that is required of the piece I composed last year for the school band.
The Sky’s The Limit
Want sheet music? Contact me. For this or any other piano pieces that I’ve composed.
Shouts of Glory
Something nice and short to keep you entertained.
M-Audio Keystation 88es
For the few weeks that I’ve been without a keyboard, I didn’t stop doing musical activities. I did scores studies and transcriptions, which made me much more fluent in transposition. I plan to keep on doing more with just pencil and paper, as I have realized it can teach me quite a lot.
Here is an image of my current setup:
Back to composing for now. I have to make up for the missed time!
Forgiveness
Forgiveness: I may deserve it, I may not, but I ask for it and your renewed trust in me.
Innocence
This is a piano piece I wrote quite a while back. It’s a little more repetitive and much shorter than most of my pieces, but for some reason it sticks with me.
Exciting
Composers
As far as “dreams” go, I aspire to be like them one day.