Hi Friends, I'll be going 'under the radar' for 2007. Even though the "We Are All Mozart" project (http://maltedmedia.com/waam/) has just 72 commissions to date, I expect it will fill in some more.
In any case, it will be a lot of work and I won't be very visible online, except in my blog. The blog (http://maltedmedia.com/bathory/waam-blog.html) will post a completed piece each day (if I can get it in web-friendly form). I hope to see some of you at the Chamber Music America conference in January in New York. I'll be in residence in Portugal most of April working on WAAM as well as a project (with midwife (and my wife) Stevie Balch) on birth song. My regular engraving and editing clients will have their work done, but I won't be taking new clients until 2008. Pasted below is the last mailing on WAAM. (O-List ensembles... You gotta have a spare 50 bucks or so for a fanfare! C'mon!) So Happy New Year everyone! See you in 2008! Dennis (PS Finale folks: Yup, I may show up in desperation some days.) On New Year's Day, "We Are All Mozart" begins. This is a composer advocacy project. I am asking for your participation. In the nonpop/classical genres, composers are not awarded public and media interest. They have become largely invisible in modern culture. Where an informed public might name a dozen active authors or artists or film directors, they would be hard-pressed to name two living composers. "We Are All Mozart" is meant as a high-profile project for 365 days of musical composition. Through word-of-mouth, 72 pieces have been commissioned as of today. No, that's not yet critical mass. Though it's a hefty number for a single composer, it needs quite a few more to achieve part of the project's purpose: to raise the visibility of nonpop ('the music that used to be called classical') and reveal composers as highly motivated and richly creative. I'm asking you to participate. Usually composers come to ensembles and presenters asking for their music to be played. With "We Are All Mozart," I'm asking you to commission a new piece from me for this project. You might prefer to participate in the project by commissioning a composer local to your ensemble. Please do so. Even though I'd like to meet the critical mass of 365 pieces, this is a project about composers being everywhere. The commissions are economical and diverse. For details and open calendar dates as well as a "Concert Music. Buy Local." downloadable bumpersticker, please visit http://maltedmedia.com/waam/ Let me know if you will participate in "We Are All Mozart" by commissioning a new work. (And if you can't, please tell others about it. Most commissions have come from individual performers looking for repertoire.) Dennis Please participate in my 2007 project: http://maltedmedia.com/waam/ My "We Are All Mozart" blog: http://maltedmedia.com/bathory/waam-blog.html _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
