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Great Choral Works in Small Scoring is a collection published by Carus-Verlag. It includes works by Beethoven, Puccini, Saint-Saens & more, carefully scored for ensembles with as few as five players. How did you come to arrange large-scale (choral) works, and what was your first arrangement? I had already begun making arrangements for wind quintet... Continue Reading →
Elyssa Samsel and Kate Anderson are the songwriting duo behind Apple TV's Central Park, Disney Animation's Olaf's Frozen Adventure, and the off-Broadway Musical, Between the Lines. We caught up with the dynamic songwriting duo to talk about their backgrounds in music, their songwriting process, their dream projects, and all things Between the Lines! This interview was conducted by friends... Continue Reading →
Finding suitable arrangements for your beginning or young jazz ensemble can be tough, and many directors turn to writing their own arrangements. To help get you started, we’ve turned to Roy Phillippe, an expert arranger of jazz classics for young bands. ROY'S PROCESS If the music is new or unfamiliar to me, I study the... Continue Reading →
The 1999 recording The Melody at Night, with You is one of Keith Jarrett's most popular records. Originally created as a gift to his wife, his versions of songs from the Great American Songbook plus the traditional "Shenandoah" are permeated by a special atmosphere that makes the recording one of his most personal audio documents.... Continue Reading →
Over the summer we found some time to connect over Skype with composer, oboist, installation artist and professor Sky Macklay, who was in the middle of what sounded like a truly magnificent residency at Civitella Ranieri in Umbertide, Italy. Macklay’s work, especially her chamber music and intermedia pieces, has been receiving more and more attention... Continue Reading →
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