Why Compose? | Jennifer Jolley

May 12, 2012
1 min

hi, i'm mike waszowski

Good news: I was mentioned in Ugly Duckling Presse's Emergency INDEX 2011! André Alves's and my collaboration (entitled "Silence It Is")...

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Jennifer Jolley

May 5, 2012
3 min

composer FAIL #51 with stats

I think I have almost fully recovered from my comp comp a week ago,1 so therefore I must return to the land of the living. Thus, posting...

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Jennifer Jolley

Apr 28, 2012
2 min

model composition

As a young composer, were you forced to write in a certain style? Were you not allowed to write your own music first, but rather you were...

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Jennifer Jolley

Apr 27, 2012
1 min

composer WIN #7

So, remember how I mentioned on one of my composer FAIL posts that I was offered an exciting funded opportunity this summer and I wasn't...

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Jennifer Jolley

Apr 21, 2012
1 min

the anti-lincoln portrait

When I moved to Cincinnati, I had no idea that the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra had a long tradition of premiering new works1 and that...

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Jennifer Jolley

Apr 14, 2012
1 min

composer FAIL #50

The fiftieth composer FAIL. What an honor. And, of course, it's a rejection from a potential employer. This may be the job application...

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Jennifer Jolley

Apr 7, 2012
2 min

composer WIN #6, streetcar edition

So…remember that post where I wrote about the Cincinnati Streetcar and how great it would be to create some streetcar art and maybe some...

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Jennifer Jolley

Mar 31, 2012
1 min

composer FAIL #49

So, I guess no June in Buffalo this year. Is it just me, or does the font for "Dear" and "Jennifer Jolley" look a little different?

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Jennifer Jolley

Mar 30, 2012
1 min

it's research i swear, part 1

Lucky me, I have an exciting weekend coming up: I will (hopefully) party-it-up with eighth blackbird tonight at Memorial Hall,1 then...

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Jennifer Jolley

Mar 24, 2012
1 min

streetcar art

Downtown Cincinnati will finally get its streetcar! After some moronic politicking (where according to the Cincinnati Enquirer, citizens...

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Jennifer Jolley

Mar 23, 2012
2 min

what should be the price of my soul?

What's this? A substantial blog post? I actually have time to write one because CCM is on spring break (woo!) and therefore have lots of...

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Jennifer Jolley

Mar 17, 2012
1 min

will and kristin's performance of raga

My friend Will had a clarinet recital in December consisting of pieces by Martinu, himself, and a piece I wrote in 2006 (!!!) called...

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Jennifer Jolley

Mar 10, 2012
1 min

composer FAIL #48

I know this is the fourth consecutive composer FAIL I've posted on my blog, and I deeply apologize to you weary readers. If you haven't...

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Jennifer Jolley

Mar 9, 2012
1 min

composer FAIL #47

Part two of "wait…I was going to reject you first"…‡ Now I just need June in Buffalo to reject me and my summer plans will be complete....

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Jennifer Jolley

Mar 3, 2012
1 min

composer FAIL #46

In mid-June, my graduate funding officially ends. I knew the time would come, although I can't complain—CCM has been quite financially...

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Jennifer Jolley

Feb 28, 2012
1 min

composer FAIL #45

Onward and upward. The good news is, one of the arias I submitted will be performed at the end of March…arranged for TUBA. More details...

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Jennifer Jolley

Feb 25, 2012
1 min

uc graduate school promo

Remember that UC Graduate School Promotional video I scored? No? You know, the project from August 2010? Well, a couple of months ago I...

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Jennifer Jolley

Feb 18, 2012
2 min

atlanta roadfood scrapbook

I have to admit, I was slightly more excited about eating my way to Atlanta than writing an opera in twenty-four hours. In fact, instead...

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Jennifer Jolley

Feb 11, 2012
1 min

back to the future

Well folks, I finally completed that orchestra project that I've been stressing over during the past couple of months. At first I was...

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Jennifer Jolley

Feb 4, 2012
1 min

live recording of double concerto

Here is the long-awaited recording of the Double Concerto for Violin and Fiddle! Enjoy! (And…enjoy the second movement when someone...

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