Composers Forum is a daily web log that allows invited contemporary composers to share their thoughts and ideas on any topic that interests them--from the ethereal, like how new music gets created, music history, theory, performance, other composers, alive or dead, to the mundane, like getting works played and recorded and the joys of teaching. If you're a professional composer and would like to participate, send us an e-mail.
Record companies, artists and publicists are invited to submit CDs to be considered for review. Send to: Jerry Bowles, Editor, Sequenza 21, 340 W. 57th Street, 12B, New York, NY 10019
I don’t live in New York, and do not identify with the “uptown/downtown” scene (or whatever it’s called). So, What is going on in your town (particularly those with a population of 500,000 or less)? I am interested in American music that represents the “area” of our country, not the densest by population.
Are you a composer in a small or medium size city or town? What is going in your corner of this land?
What does it mean to be a composer who lives in a rural area? What does it mean to be a composer in a suburban area?
This is my first post to Sequenza21. I will post discussions related to composers outside the “big cities.” We will talk about balancing our day jobs, families, and mortgage payments, with our desire to compose music. My next post will deal with my own hard feelings about my composition degrees and the unrealistic ambitions I had as a composer.
posted by Daniel Gilliam
1:54 PM
