The Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute offers a unique week-long intensive immersion into the world of a major American symphony orchestra. Â The next Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute will take place January 2-7, 2012. The scores and application must be postmarked by […]
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JW Pepper recently published an interview with Randall Faber which I thought you might find interesting. Interview with Randall Faber Part 1 – In this interview, Randall answers such questions as: We know you are busy as a pianist, lecturer,
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If you are a church pianist and are looking for a piece for Easter that is just a little different, exciting, celebratory, and engaging, you might take a look at the arrangement of “Christ the Lord is Risen Today” in
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Today’s guest post comes from Kristin Yost, founder and executive director of the Centre for Musical Minds in Frisco, Texas. Â You might also recognize her name from her popular workshop session entitled, “How I made $100,000 my first year as
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Steven Johnson has a great white board animation that describes his view of where good ideas come from. Â He suggests that though the internet has distracted us, it has also given us many more ways of connecting with people which
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Thank you to all of you who participated in the Just for Kids drawing. Â The Just for Kids book is already a winner in my studio already as one of my kids came back with it next week and announced
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The March special for Hal Leonard includes 40% off the Easy Hymn Solos series. If you haven’t used this series before, you might be surprised to find musical arrangements of hymns at elementary levels! Â These are not just hymn tunes
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How To Compose A Good Melody In a recent Composition Corner post, I talked about 5 problems that students often have when writing melodies or writing pieces. Â Today, I would like to start to give you some general components how
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Today’s inspiration point is from Lewis Carroll: When you are describing, A shape, or sound, or tint; Don’t state the matter plainly, But put it in a hint; And learn to look at all things, With a sort of mental
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This excerpt from “Life after graduate school: The importance of a Mentor” is written by Kristin Yost (soon to be featured in a series of ComposeCreate posts on finances). Â Kristin is the founder and executive director of Centre for Musical
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The Great Fuzzy Event of 2026!
You will not believe what we released at this premier event! Four new Fuzzies solos, a new and FREE incentive program, summer ideas, new resources and so much more! Even the replay is super fun!
