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3/3 What I didn't know, and makes the piece work WAY better than it might otherwise, was that it actually started in the key of A and had a similar sort of tonal w/chromatic notes flavor for the first 10 bars. It goes all sorts of places harmonically and thematically in between, but by luck I had managed to bookend the piece pretty well.

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2/3

(You can look at the score at the review I linked to in the first post)

All I got was this ascending line in bar 50, E, F#, A, C, D, then a strong 4 with a Double stop C# and E. The key signature implied we were either in D or b minor, but to me those notes really called to mind an A blues scale, and I decided to swing big and assume we were in some flavor of A. PLUS I had stomps and rags on my mind, and the rhythmic emphasis of the bar I had gotten worked perfectly. It's basically a slight emphasis on 1 and a bigger one on 4, giving it a sort of dotted feel.

I had the luxury of being the last person to go, and choose the time honored trick of tagging the last note in a mini cadenza and did the sort of sequencing and shaping of a line I'd expect to see in a cadenza: start mid range, go up, go way down and then go up to a high point; sudden drops in volume, dramatic crescendos; etc. A nice solid ending.

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1/3

So I just had a piece I worked on reviewed by modern classical music.

https://www.modernclassicalmusic.com/echoes-in-the-tenth-measure-the-making-of-boston-rhapsody/

It was fun little project where I worked with 5 other composers and we did an exquisite corpse type of thing. Each of us wrote 10 bars of music, and we only had the last measure of the last person's music. So I wrote bars 51-60 and only had bar 50 to work off of. None of us knew each other all that well (in fact, one of us lives on another continent from the rest). So I had no idea what sort of music the gentleman before me wrote.

It was an interesting challenge, because I always try and compose in a way so that when the the climax or ending hits the audience feels like OF COURSE, that's how it goes, and in fact they've known that's where it was going the whole time. But I had no idea where we'd been the last 40 bars.

If you're interested in my thought process details will follow.

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Une belle première hier à l' Espace Jean Vilar Revin avec #HK ! Demain on se retrouve à Vouziers à la Fête des tourelles !! 🎻🖤♥️✨

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Recent Shenanigans: A News Roundup

I’ve been up to some really exciting things that you may have seen on social media. But in case you missed these recent news bites, here’s what’s been going on in the past few weeks… 🙂

1. Recording Session with Claire and Lydia

My first of these nearly back-to-back sessions was for recording soprano Claire Fedoruk and pianist Lydia Wu performing the song cycle I wrote for Claire, “Living the Aftermath“, as well as my setting of Psalm 47 (version for soprano and piano). I just received the final files from that session, and they all sound absolutely amazing! More news to come on when and how those will be released for you to listen to and enjoy! 🙂

2. “First Circle” Recording

The following weekend I participated in the recording session for a college senior I’d been helping out and mentoring a bit for her Senior Project. Her end-goal is to create a music video of a string quartet arrangement of the Pat Metheny jazz-fusion work, “The First Circle”. Later in this post, I’ll share the arrangement that I wrote for this project, which is the version we recorded… 😉

3. Recording “Spiritual Songs”

The very next evening after our “First Circle” recording, I joined a shared recording session in Los Angeles with two other local composers, where I conducted the recording of my brand new work for orchestra, “Spiritual Songs of the New World“! I still need to piece together the stems myself, and mix and master it properly; but give me a few weeks and I’ll be able to share news on its release for you. 🙂

4. Two New Arrangements (and One Sheet-Music Refresh)

As mentioned, my original string quartet arrangement of “The First Circle” is now available on Sheet Music Plus, as well as the new arrangement of The Little Mermaid’s “Under the Sea” I wrote for CPP’s joint Flute and Saxophone Choir concert later this month. Enjoy the MIDI demos of both arrangements below:

https://soundcloud.com/sarah-wallin-huff/the-first-circle-arr-for-string-quartet-midi-demo

https://soundcloud.com/sarah-wallin-huff/under-the-sea-for-flutesax-ensemble-midi-demo

Finally, I gave a refreshed look to my old violin sonata from 2013 by retyping it into my latest notation software as well as giving it a new, alternate title. It looks good as new and is still just as fun to play! 🙂 Purchase the new sheet music here!

Presenting… “Tzigane Sonate (formerly known as “Gypsy Wanderer”)!

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_Xx8s-YG7VXA_k70-SUu9OWRC-5wwwsx&si=73wgxXq8UpSbgMRV

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Séance photo dans un lieu incroyable !
Merci à @Christian Danti qui a su immortaliser ces instants !
Avec Mel, super assistante photographe 🎉🪷❤️
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La première des Violons d'Anaïs, c'était hier, et on remet ça ce soir ! Rdv 20h pour Les Saisons du lézard - Festival ! Voici un petit avant goût ! ✨🎻
À la MJC d'Espaly - 43
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"Hommage à J. S. B.: Works for Solo Violin" by Jonian Ilias Kadesha https://songwhip.com/jonianiliaskadesha/hommage-a-j-s-b-works-for-solo-violin
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I love this interpretation by Pablo Martos Lozano (#violin) so much! So here for you: Enjoy your evening everyone 😘

Sarabande.
Partita II in D minor, BWV 1004
J. S. Bach

https://youtu.be/9s7GvqTg3PI?si=wmBTzCxoob-sS6Vx

Pablos virtual home:
https://www.pablomartos.es

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