The Biggest Roadblock for Composers Today
One of the hardest things about being a composer today is the sheer amount of other things that we need to do to have a career. The stuff...
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Dave
- Aug 8
- 5 min
How to Have a Successful World Premiere
A World Premiere is a Big Deal for any composer. It is a chance to have your music played live for people! It is a chance to get it recorded
Dave
- Aug 3
- 7 min
How to have a Successful Rehearsal of Your Music
You are now in the process of transitioning from Composer Person to Personnel Manager Person. This person is very important to your career.
Dave
- Jul 26
- 6 min
How to Make Your Parts Look Professional
PARTS are the Most Important Thing that you will make. PARTS are more important than the score.Nothing Derails a Session more than bad parts
Dave
- Jul 12
- 4 min
How to Make Your Scores Look Professional
Have you ever finished a Piece, turned it into a PDF and then immediately found a thousand mistakes? That though the score is finished,...
Dave
- Jul 6
- 5 min
Why You Don't Have Writer's Block - Advice for Young Composers
Here is why you don't have writer's block, but actually.
Dave
- Jun 28
- 4 min
How to Understand Your Compositional Process
Every single composition masterclass I’ve ever been to, someone has to ask: What is your process? And usually, we don’t actually ever get...
Dave
- Jun 21
- 3 min
Why Listening to New Things is Hard and Why You Should Do it Anyway
Listening to new things can be tough. It can be so easy to just go back to what is familiar. So Why is Listening to New Music ESSENTIAL?...
Dave
- Jun 13
- 2 min
How to Start Studying Scores
Here are a couple of ideas on how to get started Studying Scores. I make process easy and open to anyone at any level. These are a few...
Dave
- Jun 7
- 1 min
The 3 Most Important Practices for Young Composers
I’ve been thinking about many of the conversations that we had in Composition Workshop at UM this past year. I wanted to share some...
Dave
- Apr 28
- 2 min
To Dream Again - a premiere (and tour!) with Seraphic Fire
I was really fortunate this year to be named the 2022-23 Student Composer in residence with Seraphic Fire. They are one of the best...
Dave
- Feb 5
- 1 min
Why Quantity is more valuable than Quality (when you are first starting out)
When you are a young composer or music maker, I think it is far more valuable to focus on just writing and finishing music as much as...
Dave
- Aug 17, 2022
- 2 min
Brass Quintet No. 3 ' Dusk' || (2020)
'Dusk' is a curious piece for me. This quintet was written for the Brockton Symphony Chamber series for a concert at the beginning of...
Dave
- Aug 16, 2022
- 1 min
2nd Person Prelude || for solo piano (2021)
This is the world premiere of '2nd Person Prelude'. The piece works like a 2nd Person Book, where the performer can choose how many times...
Dave
- Aug 15, 2022
- 14 min
What does YES actually mean? || The Sand Dollar Ep. 6
Today I want to talk about what it means to say YES. What does it mean to commit to something and what does it mean to say NO. If you are...
Dave
- Aug 14, 2022
- 1 min
Soaring Over the White Mountains
This is a recording of the world premiere of my orchestra piece: 'soaring over the white mountains' (2022) for orchestra. The Brockton...
Dave
- Aug 13, 2022
- 1 min
Chroma the Great || for Orchestra (2014)
I have always loved Norton Juster’s children's novel, The Phantom Tollbooth, for its incredible allegories and general fun with the...
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