Christmas Cantata Premiered
After attending the European-American Musical Alliance’s summer program at the Schola Cantorum in Paris, France, in the summer of 2012, …
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Premiere of Martin Connor’s “Haitian Requiem”
On April 19th, at 8:30 PM, in Duke Chapel in Durham, NC, there was the premiere of my “Haitian Requiem.” …
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Rap Music Analysis #9 – Comedic Rap and MC Mr. Napkins’ “The Aggressive Bee”
This will be a rap music analysis of MC Mr. Napkin’s hit Youtube Video, “Aggressive Bee.” We will use …
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A Photo Journal Tour of the Gravestones of Famous Composers in Paris
In the summer of 2011 I had the chance to join my university on a trip to Paris in the …
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Rap Music Analysis #8 – Common, “I Used To Love H.E.R.”
Rap music analysis time! This time we will be switching it up a little, with musical AND textual analysis. However, …
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The Curious Case of Henryk Górecki
One of the favorite classical pieces of very-contemporary music (the piece was written in 1976) is Henryk Górecki’s “Symphony No. …
#6 – Fauré’s “Requiem”, 3rd Mvmt: Sanctus
Now we get to the first influential work that comes from a true requiem: Fauré’s. Gabriel Fauré, a French composer …
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#5 – Claude Debussy – Mvmt 3, “Suite Bergamasque”
The next installment in the series looking at works that have been influential in my own composing is this piece, …
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A Window Into My Composing Life
Well, I’ve put this post off long enough, and it can no longer be ignored. It is time to give …
#4 – Aaron Copland – Movement 7 from “Appalachian Spring”
The next entry in my “Influential Works” series comes from Aaron Copland, a composer who was born in Brooklyn and …
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