Caston Band: “Three Climates of Man’s Exisitence” Project
FULTON , INDIANA Great iChat session last week on Plains and Jungle! I know I was pretty picky with you but that kind if attention to detail from the very start will pay off in a big way as you work your way through the music, saving time close to your performance for more nuance … Read more
Locust Grove High School Band: “Three Sculptures of Willard Stone” Project
LOCUST GROVE OKLAHOMA Welcome to the Locust Grove High School Band. I have been working with your director, Mr Bell, to compose something that is uniquely written for your ensemble. In doing so I have done some research about your community and have found that there was a very famous sculptor, Willard Stone from your … Read more
Welcome Greece Odyssey Jazz Ensemble
FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON WELCOME GREECE ODYSSEY: GREECE NY I’m looking forward to hearing from you and working with you – …. so whenever you are ready to start blogging – DROP ME A LINE! Tom Davis!
ATU Jazz Ensemble Commission – Composer’s Travel Log
INSTRUMENT OF JUSTICE: ATU JAZZ ENSEMBLE: RUSSELLVILLE ARKANSAS COMPOSERS LOG DAY 1 After significant flight re-routing due to winds, running to catch a plane like that old commerical with the footbal-player-who-shall -remain-forever -nameless, and waiting 4 hours for my bags to catch up to me (they must not run as fast an offensive end). I spent … Read more
ATU Jazz Ensemble Commission
Two Skype sessions with the ATU musicians this week. The first was a Jazz Ensemble Rehearsal on Wednesday that revealed some notable improvements in balance, time and approach. I cannot thank the band enough for their attention to the musical values we discussed last week. I am pretty excited to fly out to work with … Read more
ATU Jazz Ensemble Commission
Today I worked with the ATU band via the interneet over SKYPE – a video conferencing service. My sense is that we got a great deal of work done and were able to begin to shift a few paradigms regarding balance, blend and intonation. I am finding more and more that if I am going … Read more
Arkansas Tech University Jazz Commission
SCROLLING SCORE – Instrument of Justice I just loaded a movie of the score with audio on the ATU Facebook Group. You might like to follow along as you listen. It is pretty cool! To view the video CLICK HERE
Arkansas Tech Jazz Ensemble Commission
333 AGAIN? When I went to the Blog to return a comment the stats read 1,333. Just a coincidence … right…?
Arkansas Tech Jazz Ensemble Commission
Instrument of Justice – Plunger Technique Video A description of plunger set up and performance techniques employed in Instrument of Justice Play the video HERE
Arkansas Tech Jazz Ensemble Commission
ATU Logo INSTRUMENT OF JUSTICE – VIDEO – USING THE MATRIX FOR IMPROVISATION Follow this link to view a PowerPoint on the use of the matrix to improvise on Instrument of Justice The video can be viewed HERE PDF’s of worksheets can be found HERE
