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"Six positions in the world" referred to the number of TT composition-only positions. There were roughly 30ish f/t theory/composition positions, probably 40-50ish teaching-oriented theory or theory/musicianship positions. (Research-oriented theory-only positions would be another category and one that is totally inaccessible to me.)
Composition is a little weird: most of the composition-related uni positions are theory/composition or technology/composition so you generally want to be strong academically in at least one of those areas. However, to get a straight-up composition-only position, your musical accomplishments as a composer seem to be what really matter.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 2 April 2014 03:19 (ten years ago) link
Have an NEC graduate in front of me. Will ask him about what he knows about that program when I get a chance.
― Tompall Tudor (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 4 April 2014 02:04 (ten years ago) link
"I don't know. I'm on the performance side."
― Tompall Tudor (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 4 April 2014 13:50 (ten years ago) link
I definitely went through the "meandering through the notes" business when I took jazz improv in college. What I was unable to get to was the point of real thematic construction and elaboration.
― timellison, Friday, 4 April 2014 18:13 (ten years ago) link
Sorry, wrong thread...
― timellison, Friday, 4 April 2014 18:14 (ten years ago) link
Reading a great book by
― Kid Creole Meets Señor Coconut at a fIREHOSE Show (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 20 April 2014 04:02 (nine years ago) link
One of those UCLA graduates. Will report back later.
― Kid Creole Meets Señor Coconut at a fIREHOSE Show (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 20 April 2014 04:03 (nine years ago) link
In the meantime you can read this article by the late Katherine J. Hagedorn: http://www.hds.harvard.edu/news-events/harvard-divinity-bulletin/articles/toward-a-theology-of-sound
― Kid Creole Meets Señor Coconut at a fIREHOSE Show (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 20 April 2014 04:43 (nine years ago) link
Just realized that a friend of mine recently took a counterpoint class with David Del Tredici.
― Bo Diddley Is A Threadkiller (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 10 May 2014 13:32 (nine years ago) link
Now I remember a while back he was talking about David Del Tredici and someone else, a composer with some mental issues, maybe a twin with some other issues, related to someone else well-known. Must...relax and...let the subconscious mind retrieve the name..or try google. Ah, yes, Allen Shawn.
― Bo Diddley Is A Threadkiller (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 10 May 2014 13:40 (nine years ago) link
Just was at the MSM website and one of the pictures on the front page was an award-winning student whose name suggested she was a distant cousin of yours.
― Don't Want To Know If Only You Were Lonely (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 11 July 2014 06:48 (nine years ago) link
Ha, try Googling my last name to see how many 'distant cousins' I have.:P
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Friday, 11 July 2014 13:49 (nine years ago) link
'Swat I figured
― Don't Want To Know If Only You Were Lonely (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 11 July 2014 16:39 (nine years ago) link
A little startling to see this: https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2021/03/17/mills-college-to-end-new-admissions-after-this-fall-and-stop-offering-four-year-degrees-in-2023/
― to party with our demons (Sund4r), Thursday, 18 March 2021 01:40 (three years ago) link