Technopeasant Day
April 23 is Technopeasant Day, in which we are encouraged to give away "professional quality work." It's an admirable idea and I'd like to participate; too bad all my work is amateurish.
Last night I enjoyed a visit to a rehearsal of the Vocal Arts Ensemble of Ann Arbor. They're rehearsing my setting of Ben Franklin aphorisms -- "early to bed and early to rise" and all that. This piece is more obviously playful and jokey than anything I've done lately, and I'm worried how well a choir can successfully deliver its punch lines -- but this group completely understands what they need to do, so that's encouraging. I also found an encouraging portent in that their director, Ben Cohen, is the spitting image of Gustav Mahler.
Labels: Composition
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