Why Compose? | Jennifer Jolley

Sep 24, 2011
1 min

old-time music

Instead of studying for my qualifying exam or working on my orchestra piece, I've decided to stall by writing a piece for violinists Nick...

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Jennifer Jolley

Sep 17, 2011
1 min

so close, and yet, so far

Maybe you're wondering what I've been up to in the past month and why I haven't been blogging as much. I've started my new job at...

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Jennifer Jolley

Sep 10, 2011
1 min

long ride in a slow machine

Remember #BudgetClassical on Twitter, where people created low-budget versions of famous pieces? I think one person suggested the title...

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Jennifer Jolley

Sep 3, 2011
2 min

it has been ten years (vermont edition)

Before I talk about Vermont's concert contribution to the ten-year anniversary of 9/11, I have an update on the Music After Concert....

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Jennifer Jolley

Aug 27, 2011
3 min

competitions behaving badly

Alphabet Soup wrote a blog post discussion competition competitions behaving badly, and I too have written a blog post about the most...

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Jennifer Jolley

Aug 20, 2011
2 min

the fairest of them all?

A few days ago John Mackey forwarded me an email about the John Cage Memorial Random Composer Award. (Dude, check out that picture of...

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Jennifer Jolley

Aug 19, 2011
1 min

composer FAIL #42

I'm wondering if it's worth my time to submit my music to composer competitions. As most composers know, comp comps take lots of time—you...

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Jennifer Jolley

Aug 13, 2011
2 min

it has been ten years

It has been almost ten years since the September 11 attacks occurred, and already tribute concerts and albums are starting to take shape....

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Jennifer Jolley

Aug 12, 2011
1 min

composer FAIL #41

This is the second orchestra rejection letter, but I'm sure this comp comp was tough. Anyway, there's always next year. Congrats to Brian...

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Jennifer Jolley

Aug 6, 2011
1 min

i can hear you

I apologize for geeking out a bit, but I now have a pair of fancy shiny new earplugs. I participated in a study that tested how well...

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Jennifer Jolley

Jul 23, 2011
3 min

epic composer FAIL #40

What makes this composer FAIL so epic? I was rejected by THE New York Times. (!!!) I know, total bummer, right? Because if you've...

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Jennifer Jolley

Jul 22, 2011
1 min

composer FAIL #39

Man, I cannot get enough of these Blik Wall Decals. I think they're cute, but I have a feeling that if I purchased too many of these, my...

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Jennifer Jolley

Jul 16, 2011
1 min

a cloned chorus

So…I haven't posted in a while because I've been working on an opera. Or…maybe I was thinking about writing an opera by watching various...

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Jennifer Jolley

Jul 15, 2011
1 min

composer FAIL #38

Composer FAILs sting more in the summer when you have no job and have to ask your parents for money. [Picture above: Another awesome Don...

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Jennifer Jolley

Jul 9, 2011
1 min

last recital video

Here's "Bullet Time" with Stephen Goist, Christine Woodbury, Travis Rollins, Claire Whitcomb, Melissa Tschamler, Megan Scharff, Akiko...

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Jennifer Jolley

Jul 8, 2011
1 min

composer FAIL #37

I applied for this competition in December, and I finally heard back from them. I'd like to congratulate my friends Christopher Stark,...

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Jennifer Jolley

Jul 2, 2011
1 min

classical revolutions

Before the Accent11 Festival began, Rebecca Danard dropped by Classical Revolution Cincinnati at the Northside Tavern with more Gray...

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Jennifer Jolley

Jul 1, 2011
1 min