Archive for ‘Music’
I have some unexplainable affections toward print/publication-goodies from Japan and European countries. I adore cute illustrations found in Japanese novels and have spent hours browsing through works by artists belonged to Tokyo Illustrators Society. Seriously, it'd take at least three X-large African bush (savanna) elephants to tow me away from Japanese paperback novels section in a specialty bookstore, as I'd be happily camping in front of them for two light-years. ...
More →O danke nicht für diese Lieder, Mir ziemt es dankbar dir zu sein; Du gabst sie mir, ich gebe wieder, Was jetzt und einst und ewig dein. ----Wolfgang Müller von Königswinter The original goal was to bully my pal Devon, by waving around few yummy Green & Black’s Organic Dark Chocolate bars, into being my photographic guinea pig to test the magnificent Nikon 50mm f/1.4G SIC SW Prime Nikkor Lens....
More →Composer Jennette Morrison in rehearsal | Concordia University | Seward, NE | Photo by Jen-Kuang Chang It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness and of pain; of strength and freedom. The beauty of disappointment and never-satisfied love. The cruel beauty of nature, and everlasting beauty of monotony. -----Benjamin Britten Concordia University | Seward, Nebraska Department of Music | MUAP391 Composition...
More →Composer Scott Dinslage in stage rehearsal | Photo by Jen-Kuang Chang Preparing a concert of newly composed works could be a trickily-tricky task now and then. Loads of things could go off beam. To be 100-and-10 % ready, I recited the wise words by Chinese educator/philosopher Confucius that “success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure,” and nested myself in a secured corner...
More →Composer Theron Jenkins preparing for the rehearsal | Photo by Jen-Kuang Chang Working with talented young composers, to me, is always a fantastically exciting privilege. The process is, from a personal perspective, delightfully stimulating, like taking time to introduce various espresso brewing styles and discuss their distinct features. Café au lait, café noir, caffè latte, cappuccino, breve, doppio, ristretto, wiener mélange, affogato. In no time, they are all happily brewing...
More →Chakra (2007) for 11 instruments Candice Behrmann, alto flute; Janet Hildebrand, bass clarinet; Amy Rischling, horn; Tobin Stewart, trumpet; Jonathan Raftery, percussion; Kurt Knecht, piano; David Snow, violin; Caroline Faflak, violin; Lexi Woodard, viola; Sakura N. Ewer, cello; Garrett Hope, bass; James Wilson, conductor. Bodhisattva (2006) for 8 instruments Michael Reichman, alto flute; Elizabeth Aleksander, clarinet; Daisy Smith, bassoon; Ben Koch, horn; Mikiko Sakamoto, piano; David Snow, violin; Derek Mosloff,...
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