Get to Know the Mizzou 2012 Resident Composers
Ahead of the 2012 Mizzou New Music Summer Festival, we asked the eight resident composers about themselves and their music. And we asked them to choose between Mad Men and Game of Thrones.
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The blank staff paper
I never, ever write music by hand. Never. So imagine my surprise this last summer when my new Alarm Will Sound piece began on a scrap of paper.
John Cage and “specific things, beings or events”
Cage’s music often demands more from performers than simply learning the notes and rhythms. In the case of Atlas Eclipticalis the notation is unique leaves plenty of room for interpretation.