Jay C. Batzner is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Central Florida where he teaches theory, composition, and technology courses as well as coordinates the composition program. He holds degrees in composition and/or theory from the University of Missouri – Kansas City, the University of Louisville, and the University of Kansas.
Jay's music is primarily focused around instrumental chamber works as well as electroacoustic composition. His music has been recorded on the Capstone, Vox Novus, and Beauport Classical labels and is published by Unsafe Bull Music.
Jay is a sci-fi geek, an amateur banjoist, a home brewer, and juggler.
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1/02/2008
Resolutions
I really don't have any. Is that bad? I have some goals, but when don't I? I know one resolution: to stop saying that I'm going to orchestrate/arrange a piece of mine for another ensemble. I've been saying that about my piano quartet, my concerto for 2 pianos, my wind ensemble piece, my work for tenor and orchestra, my wind quintet, and my piano trio on and off for the last 3 years. Does it ever get done? No. Should I do it? Maybe. Am I going to? Probably not.
I need to leave those things well enough alone in their respective crypts and, when I jones to write a large ensemble piece (which is rare these days), just write a new piece. That suits me better than the "old wine into new bottles" crap that I think will work. Orchestration is challenging work and I'd rather do it to material that really resonates with me instead of trying to bring back the embers of fires long dead.
Especially for that piano quartet. The thing is, as the Bene Gesserit would say, abomination. Even though there is some good music in that thing, there is a lot of stuff that I think would need to be fixed before it ever saw the light of day again.
posted by Jay C. Batzner
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