Enjoy this latest educational video, describing my thought processes on how I approach setting asymmetrical text to music as I work on finishing my Bros. Grimm Song Cycle! Don’t forget you can check out the other videos in this series…
#NewTuneThursday: Resplendence
Welcome to #NewTuneThursday! Let’s ring the bells for today’s new tune, since the New Year is just around the corner! “Resplendence” is a five-and-a-half minute long work for 3.5 octave handbell choir. Composed in 2014, I used the opportunity to…
Get Yourself Some Swag
The official Leviathan Release merch is now available for purchase!! ♬♪♫ ヾ(*・。・)ﾉ ♬♪♫ Save 15% off all merch (as well as well getting all my recordings before anyone else does) by becoming a Backstage supporter — for just the cost…
Three New Releases: Recordings, Music, and Books
It’s always so exciting to see projects get finished, ready to share with you! So, check out these three newest releases, available now for your enjoyment! MYRIAADICT: The Soundtrack Collection Consisting of all my fun soundtrack commissions from this past…
Sinfonia Shaping Up Nice! Or, Explorations of Hexachords
I am just so stoked about how my new orchestral Sinfonia is shaping up! I got a lot of fascinating work done on it today…
Long story short… I developed an intro theme and then broke that apart to find it was built upon 6 distinct notes (not counting a couple “passing tones”). Then I said to myself, since I have a hexachord here, what would its complement be? Thus, I notated out my second hexachord, creating a full 12-tone-row between them.
The Music Nerds! #4
Join me for a surprise, off-the-cuff Music Nerds video! I was in the middle of an arranging project and thought you might like to sit in on this writing session to see what I do! 🙂
New Music Nerds Video Up!
Join Sarah as she goes over the basics of what makes a melody stronger or weaker, with sonic examples!
“Celebrate Me Home” Concert
I’ll be performing my own work for violin and classical guitar – “Solitude’s Hypocrisy” from The Book of I OST – at this alumni event with excellent guitarist, John Paul Trotter! And, I’ll get to fiddle around with the jazz band, too!…
TMC Comp Master Class with Peter Yates
Dr. Peter Yates (UCLA) is coming to The Master’s College! Enjoy the LIVE Performance premiere of four original compositions, written by the students of the TMC Composition Studio! Get an inside view of modern compositional thought processes with valuable insight…
What I’ve Been Up To: Part 2
This past Spring semester at The Master’s College, I’ve had the immense honor of helping out one of our audio tech seniors finish his major senior project – to record, produce, edit, master, etc., fifteen minutes of music! So, he’s…