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    Composing C: The Main Event

    Well, it’s not an event as such, but it makes for a great blog title, right?! Today we develop the Main Theme of our piece. In music, a theme is usually a melody but…

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    Composing B: And so it begins…

    Following last week’s post about how to start a composition, well… how I am starting this composition… a few decisions have been made. Whilst looking around for a compositional structure I came across several…

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    Composing A: Foundation

    Sometimes it starts with a title. Sometimes a melody. It could be based on a chord progression. But at the heart of any piece of music I write, there is structure. This is…

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    Feedback for Tapestry Tampa Bay

    Watch the whole video below… Conductor Composer Stephen P Brown presented his brand new composition “Tapestry Tampa Bay” to a new audience in Safety Harbor, Florida, on March 23 2012. Feedback has been…

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    Downtown

    The first of my two favorite movements in my latest composition. It also happens to be the last movement actually written. “Downtown.” There are many downtowns in the Tampa Bay area that could…