composer FAIL #78
Oh look, another month has gone by on the blog without a weekly blog post. That's okay. Anyway, I wanted to thank everyone for...
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Jennifer Jolley
- Apr 16, 2014
- 4 min
SO YOU WANT TO WRITE AN OPERA….
(Originaly posted on nmbx.newmusicusa.org on April 17, 2014) So, like I was saying, after some time in the city I began to understand...
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Jennifer Jolley
- Apr 9, 2014
- 4 min
WHEN LIFE THROWS YOU CINCINNATI, REDEFINE CHILI
(Originaly posted on nmbx.newmusicusa.org on April 10, 2014) In the spirit of creating my own artistic future, I may have decided to move...
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Jennifer Jolley
- Apr 2, 2014
- 3 min
CATALOGING THE FAIL: A CATHARTIC SCRAPBOOK
(Originaly posted on nmbx.newmusicusa.org on April 3, 2014) The other day a young composer friend of mine was eagerly awaiting a letter...
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Jennifer Jolley
- Mar 15, 2014
- 1 min
composer FAIL #77
Ah, it has been a while, hasn't it? I actually have three (I think?) more rejection letters in my inbox, and I thought maybe I should...
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Jennifer Jolley
- Feb 15, 2014
- 1 min
composer FAIL #76
As you have probably noticed, I am back to my old practice of posting pictures of cats as part of my "composer FAIL" series, mainly...
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Jennifer Jolley
- Feb 8, 2014
- 1 min
composer FAIL #75
The Presidential Palace So…this isn't the fourth rejection letter I received while in Vietnam. I thought it was because I saw this...
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Jennifer Jolley
- Feb 1, 2014
- 2 min
cadillacs for microphones: the I-75
Two weekends ago I had the wonderful opportunity to cancel classes to sit on a panel and give my composer/impresario expertise and have a...
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Jennifer Jolley
- Jan 30, 2014
- 1 min
composer FAIL #74
I'm posting this for two reasons: (1) I'm tired of this rejection letter sitting in my bloated inbox and (2) I just drove on the I-75...
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Jennifer Jolley
- Jan 25, 2014
- 2 min
spoiler alert, unless you rubberneck
Part of me wanted to keep the genesis and construction of my newest fixed-format piece "Bifocals" a secret. It hasn't premiered yet (but...
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Jennifer Jolley
- Jan 18, 2014
- 2 min
composer FAIL #73
Correction: I received four rejection letters during my Vietnam trip. Apparently one of them got lost in the oodles of email that flooded...
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Jennifer Jolley
- Jan 11, 2014
- 1 min
cadillacs for microphones: brevard
I'm fully convinced now that I'm not the best at blogging: I should be diligent and consistent with posts and, I don't know, write posts...
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Jennifer Jolley
- Jan 4, 2014
- 1 min
composer FAIL #72
Ho Chi Minh once said, "If you are a capitalist, I will attack you with the North." Okay, maybe Uncle Ho never uttered those words, but I...
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Jennifer Jolley
- Dec 21, 2013
- 1 min
The Five-Year Blog Anniversary
GUYS, guess what: my blog has been in existence for five years. I'm actually surprised I've kept it up this long, considering that most...
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Jennifer Jolley
- Nov 23, 2013
- 1 min
It has been ten years…
…since I moved far, far away from my hometown of Los Angeles (county), explaining to my parents that I was moving to Vermont (and...
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Jennifer Jolley
- Nov 9, 2013
- 1 min
interstate videos part 1
This week I should probably chat about my lovely trip down to North Carolina where I saw white squirrels and waterfalls and Miller Asbill...
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Jennifer Jolley
- Oct 30, 2013
- 2 min
i’ve a black dress and a g.p.s.
Greetings from Charlotte, North Carolina where I will be attending a music theory nerd conference for the first time as a professor...
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Jennifer Jolley
- Oct 26, 2013
- 1 min
34th Annual Bowling Green New Music Festival
Last week I was at the Bowling Green New Music Festival where I caught up with friends, new music, and found myself at a fantastic place...
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Jennifer Jolley
- Oct 19, 2013
- 1 min
the bubble at classical rev
Today I'll be attending the 34th Annual Bowling Green New Music Festival where I hope to soak in a whole bunch of new music and have a...
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