This is the last post in the “Murmure dans le vent” series. Here, I shall expose the fourth & final movement of Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings in C Major. The order in the series is as follows: “Murmure dans le vent”, “Dance for me”, and “Faithfully Unfaithful”
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Écoutez
Hark!
Listen to the sound of my soul
washing over
trickling down
the rocky road
Concentrate!
Pay attention!
Can’t you listen the sound?
A soul spiraling out of control?
Ça commence!
It’s begun!
Let me pour you down
so you can get closer…
Entendre!
pour mon petit cœur (to my little heart)
il bat pour vous (it beats for you)
dans la brume de la pluie (in (the) mist of the rain)
A speechless chorister
Just press play.
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Very true
Work in progress….
Your eyes
(the) pool of your soul
mesmerize my own
under your silent shine
(my) crystal candle-light
Doubts
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To enter or not to enter?
Ok. So here’s the thing. There’s a competition for the American Choral Conductors Asociation called “Raymond W. Brock Memorial Student Composition Contest” here are the guidelines for said competition.
The Raymond W. Brock Memorial Commission
The Raymond W. Brock Memorial Choral Series was established in 1991 to honor the life and contributions of Raymond W. Brock, who served as Administrative Assistant for ACDA from 1987 until his untimely death in 1991.
Annually, the ACDA Executive Committee will commission a recognized composer to write a choral composition in an effort to perpetuate quality choral repertoire. Funds for this commission will be paid from the Raymond W. Brock Memorial Endowment, a fund established and maintained by the membership of ACDA.
Guidelines for commissioned compositions:
1. Compositions that have a sacred text are preferred, however it is not required that the text come from the Bible.
2. Compositions that use voices are preferred.
3. The music must be substantial and accessible.
4. The music must be of a kind and quality that will live and last for a long period of time.
5. All commissioned compositions will be performed publicly for the first time at a National or Division Conference of the American Choral Directors Association.
Raymond W. Brock Student Composition Competition
In an effort to find another means for furthering its mission to promote choral music and ensure its future, ACDA established the Raymond W. Brock Memorial Student Composition Contest in 1998. The objectives of the contest are three-fold:
1. To acknowledge and reward outstanding undergraduate and graduate student composers,
2. To encourage choral composition of the highest caliber, and
3. To further promote student activity at ACDA division and national conventions.
The winner of the composition contest will be awarded a $1,000 cash prize, airfare to the ACDA convention, hotel accommodations, convention registration, and a performance of the work on the main stage by a choral ensemble selected by the Convention Committee.
Applications are typically made available in March of each year in Choral Journal and on ACDA’s website.
So. After reading all of this I don’t know if I should enter the competition or not. I feel as if I’m not a good composer or that my music isn’t good enough for that level. What advice would you give me? Should I?
Fascination with words
The First Cup Award!
I am still in shock, but crissybwell nominated me to The First Cup award!!! Ok. After actually (and very manly I should say) do a my own little happy dance. I will follow tradition (if there is one) and post my nominees for le Cup Award.
But first here are the *drumroll*
The First Cup Award is the simplest award to roll over, as it is not governed by the Internal Revenue Service’s Tax Code, The Ultimate Handbook of Censorship, The Rich and Powerful’s Rules for Dummies or any other source feigning authority over others except its own supreme yet admittedly unenforceable edicts to follow:
1. Copy these rules and this image to your award post,
2. Choose three (3) bloggers’ artistic works that could make you stop and ponder even if you’ve only finished your first cup of coffee, tea, juicer, alcohol or other beverage you normally partake of first thing in the morn,
3. Include links to these works in the award post and
4. Inform the artist of his or her wonderful award and supreme compliment to his/her artistic abilities…
And now the nominees:
- crissybwell – Not because she nominated me, but because she’s truly truly talented. I’ve reblogged her poems here on various occasions. You have such a way with words and you can write poetry about topics that I don’t even know how to compose myself.
- Writing of a Mrs – Her “storetries” (half poem half story) are amazing! Everytime I read one of her posts I feel renewed.
- Charlotte Hoather – Soprano. Beautiful voice and even though I just followed her recently, I love how she writes. Musicians unite!
The art of musical poetry 