baseball operas
There are two things on my mind right now. One is a performance of THE BUBBLE, which will be performed this Sunday evening as part of...
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Jennifer Jolley
- Oct 5, 2013
- 1 min
wake me up when october ends
Let me get this straight—we're three days into October, the government shuts down,New York City Opera announced it will close, Osmo...
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Jennifer Jolley
- Sep 28, 2013
- 1 min
composer FAIL #70
I feel like there are many weeks where I don't exactly know what I'm going to talk about on my blog, or worse—when I know exactly what I...
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Jennifer Jolley
- Sep 21, 2013
- 1 min
composer WIN #15
Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa wait a minute here: these are becoming a bit more frequent. It seems as though Krispy Kremes and Butter Queens...
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Jennifer Jolley
- Sep 14, 2013
- 3 min
the iron composer CHALLENGE
So I'm back after a wonderful weekend in almost-Cleveland participating in the 2013 Iron Composer Competition. I'd like to count this as...
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Jennifer Jolley
- Sep 7, 2013
- 2 min
iron composers and libretto development
Greetings from a Starbucks in Strongsville Ohio, where I'm trying to catch up on emails and blogging. If you're in the Cleveland area,...
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Jennifer Jolley
- Aug 30, 2013
- 1 min
composer FAIL #69
Well, we knew this was coming, right? And…I'm not on this list.
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Jennifer Jolley
- Aug 24, 2013
- 1 min
chamber music campania videos (some of them)
Sorry about the delay folks: I've kind of been in meetings all week. Anyway, remember those videos I promised a while ago? I'm a little...
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Jennifer Jolley
- Aug 17, 2013
- 2 min
reconstructing the best undergrad composition program
It's that time of year again where I realize I have to start acting like a Responsible Adult—you know, stop my partying and boozing and...
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Jennifer Jolley
- Aug 10, 2013
- 2 min
cadillacs for microphones: mtsu
So here is something I should have posted earlier—way earlier. I visited Middle Tennessee State University and lectured and...
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Jennifer Jolley
- Aug 9, 2013
- 1 min
composer FAIL #68
OH COME ON. (I'm going to cling to this like you would not believe…)
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Jennifer Jolley
- Aug 3, 2013
- 4 min
composer FAIL #67
I want to take the time to thank everyone who has been supportive over the past few months—from those reading my blog to attending my...
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Jennifer Jolley
- Jul 27, 2013
- 1 min
composer FAIL #66
Just in case you thought, oh yeah, she is on a roll, she doesn't receive composer FAILs anymore, I present you this. You're welcome.
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Jennifer Jolley
- Jul 20, 2013
- 1 min
performance of ticket punch
I wouldn't say this synthesized performance of “Ticket Punch” from Speilzeug Straußenbahn is much of a revolution (since I've noticed...
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Jennifer Jolley
- Jul 13, 2013
- 1 min
composer WIN #14
I decided at the last minute to enter another comp comp where I crampose a piece of music in five hours based on an assigned...
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Jennifer Jolley
- Jul 6, 2013
- 2 min
cadillacs for microphones: chamber music campania
I am STILL buzzing with excitement about Homer Bailey's no-hitter against the Giants on Tuesday night. It actually happened! Nothing...
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Jennifer Jolley
- Jun 22, 2013
- 3 min
the paula problem
Hello! I am back from Chamber Music Campania (which is still going on, so I am way jealous of my wind quintet peers) where I was...
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Jennifer Jolley
- Jun 8, 2013
- 3 min
how to deal with reviews
Greetings from outside-of-Salerno, Italy, where I'm taking a much needed working vacation1 after NANOWorks' run of THE BUBBLE and Other...
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Jennifer Jolley
- May 11, 2013
- 2 min
the fringe shows
"Newcomers are mistaken if they think grand opera is the only true opera." I agree with Alex Ross, and he proceeds to point out that...
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Jennifer Jolley
- Apr 27, 2013
- 1 min
silly hats
On a personal note, I accomplished something I wanted to do since I was twelve years old: earn a doctorate in something. Did I want to be...
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