RosemaryExpanded voices for the clarinet in the 20th centuryFor my final blog post of the semester, I decided to create an anthology of 10 pieces in the clarinet repertoire that utilize multiphonics…10 min read·May 9, 2021----
RosemaryI really enjoyed learning about Margie Hyams, I hadn't heard of her before!1 min read·Apr 22, 2021----
RosemaryWilliam O. Smith and extended techniquesToday I want to explore the compositions of William O. Smith and the influence he had on extended techniques on the clarinet, specifically…2 min read·Apr 20, 2021--2--2
Rosemary“Sonic Meditations”Pauline Oliveros wrote “Sonic Meditations” in 1971, and according to her Introduction I they “are intended for group work over a long…3 min read·Apr 12, 2021--2--2
RosemaryThea Musgrave and the female composerI found the following newspaper clipping from a 1977 article in the Los Angeles Times titled “The Voice of Musgrave.” It is a brief…3 min read·Mar 28, 2021----
RosemaryStill’s Four SymphoniesI remember playing principal clarinet in William Grant Still’s Symphony №1 in high school and particularly appreciating the clarinet…3 min read·Mar 21, 2021--1--1
RosemaryRecreating music with tape in the modern dayFor today’s Music of the 20th Century class, one of our assigned listenings was Mario Davidovsky’s Synchronisms No 6 for piano and tape…3 min read·Mar 4, 2021--2--2
RosemaryGetting to know Germaine TailleferreAs I continue to learn more about the music of the 20th century, I am especially drawn to composers who I am unfamiliar with, and Germaine…3 min read·Feb 24, 2021--2--2
RosemaryTwo different reviews of StravinskyIn combing through the Library of Congress archives, I found two separate reviews of the same concert series from 1930 that featured…3 min read·Feb 14, 2021--1--1
RosemaryUncovering program notes of the pastSo far, our 20th-century music course has me thinking a lot about the language we use to describe music, specifically in materials catered…3 min read·Jan 31, 2021--1--1