why study composition?
I recently had to ask myself the question of "why study composition?" to convince future liberal arts students (and especially their...
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Jennifer Jolley
- Sep 15, 2012
- 1 min
composer FAIL #59
No, I'm not talking about this failure of a game that happened this past weekend, although I feel this loss hurts way worse than the...
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Jennifer Jolley
- Sep 1, 2012
- 1 min
composer FAIL #58
Yes, I'm still behind in my composer FAILs. The good news is, the next two are probably the nicest rejection letters I have received. In...
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Jennifer Jolley
- Aug 30, 2012
- 1 min
bootlegged video of drei brücken's world premiere
The world premiere of Drei Brückenat the Contemporary Arts Center went swimmingly well: I cannot thank Christopher Eanes and the...
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Jennifer Jolley
- Aug 29, 2012
- 2 min
drei brücken text
Drei Brücken, the choral piece that was commissioned by the Contemporary Arts Center, premieres tomorrow with Christopher Eanes...
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Jennifer Jolley
- Aug 25, 2012
- 1 min
composer FAIL #57
Yes, it's nap time in the Jolley household, especially when I plan my eighteenth-century counterpoint class,1 and definitely when I post...
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Jennifer Jolley
- Aug 18, 2012
- 1 min
composer FAIL #56
I find it hard to believe that I have been so busy that I haven't found the time to post my rejection letters online. Seriously. Like, I...
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Jennifer Jolley
- Aug 11, 2012
- 3 min
oh burn
Apologies for not posting in a while: I am in the processes of loading all my books and a few personal items into cardboard boxes and...
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Jennifer Jolley
- Aug 4, 2012
- 1 min
fight for sibelius
I'm sure you've heard the recent news, but if not, I'll be brief: according to Norman Lebrecht at ArtsJournal,Avid Technology,...
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Jennifer Jolley
- Jul 28, 2012
- 3 min
composer FAIL #55: orchestra pieces
I completely expected this latest composer FAIL from the Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute since the instrumentation of my orchestra...
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Jennifer Jolley
- Jul 21, 2012
- 1 min
new american and canadian music on wsum
During his undergraduate days at University of Wisconsin-Madison, my composer friend Neb Macura moonlighted as a DJ at 91.7 FM WSUM, the...
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Jennifer Jolley
- Jul 14, 2012
- 1 min
press play at the pta
I was asked by the Cincinnati Performance Time Arts (PTA) to contribute a performance to their April fundraiser. What's better than...
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Jennifer Jolley
- Jul 7, 2012
- 2 min
opera america's creative resurgence
I attended the Opera America conference in Philadelphia almost a month ago, and it seems way longer than that. The dust is finally...
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Jennifer Jolley
- Jun 30, 2012
- 1 min
composer FAILS #53 and #54, BUT…
This may be the strangest and yet most exciting post ever on my blog. Why am I excited? Well, I posted this darling picture of a calico...
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Jennifer Jolley
- Jun 23, 2012
- 1 min
recording of le monde et al.
Thanks to the Presser Foundation, I just came back from Philadelphia attending the Opera America Conference,1 meeting with Michael Ching...
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Jennifer Jolley
- Jun 16, 2012
- 1 min
composer WINs #8 & 9
I will be in Philadelphia this week attending Opera America's "Creative Resurgence" Opera Conference, thanks to the Presser Foundation....
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Jennifer Jolley
- Jun 9, 2012
- 1 min
IWBC 2012
For this road trip I'm attending the 2012 International Women's Brass Conference: Genevieve Clarkson is performing the tuba version of...
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Jennifer Jolley
- Jun 2, 2012
- 1 min
composer FAIL #52
If you can believe it, there is a backlog of composer FAILS (and one composer WIN). I'm so behind. While I catch up, you could check out...
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Jennifer Jolley
- May 26, 2012
- 2 min
seeing motordom for the first time
Three years ago I wrote my first wind ensemble piece inspired by Keith Sonnier's light installation "Motordom." I thought the metaphor...
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Jennifer Jolley
- May 19, 2012
- 1 min
bakersfield edition
The last month or so was a bit crazy since I was studying for my major exams and wishing I had not scheduled them around the same time as...
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