When I began this blog a few years back, I always intended to make it about more than my creativity in the kitchen.  For the next 50 days, I will primarily be posting about composing music (with hopefully a delectable picture of a luscious meal or two).  I’ve been working on a piece for nearly three years, and it’s time to pull it from the constant loop of my brain and place it to rest on paper.  Don’t get me wrong; I have been working on it – I swear!  I have several notebooks full of musical sketches and research.  I have multiple first attempts at sections, but only about 1/5 completed.  So, I’ve set a due date – June 15th, 2014.

In the meantime, I’ve been reading Show Your Work! by Austin Kleon; a lovely, quick read!  In it, he suggests putting your work “out there”, so I’ll be posting photos and some audio (eventually) concerning my new “requiem” for full orchestra, chorus, and cantor based on the wonderful poem The Last Matinee by John Nizalowski.  The piece is in seven movements; over the past few months, I have hobbled away time to complete Movement VI (though greatly in need of a rewrite), and have large portions of Mvts. I and II completed.  Today, I completed Mvt. VII: “In Buddha’s temple I break forth…” (for double chorus, humming bowl, djimbe, and cantor).  Here’s a couple shots of the completed score.

Enjoy 🙂