tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4177147400020352409.comments2023-08-06T08:15:04.949-04:00Greek & ComposingNickitas Demoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13113270558669318518noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4177147400020352409.post-65531087849734777102023-04-27T09:06:51.901-04:002023-04-27T09:06:51.901-04:00Nick my heart goes out to you as I read “The Long ...Nick my heart goes out to you as I read “The Long Road Back”. Death is so final and I cannot imagine losing your spouse. It’s almost like you have to reinvent yourself. God bless you and keep you whole in the future.🙏Cynthia Stanton.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4177147400020352409.post-35930589814053255992016-06-25T23:05:22.044-04:002016-06-25T23:05:22.044-04:00Thank you for your kind words! Glad you enjoyed th...Thank you for your kind words! Glad you enjoyed the blog post!Nickitas Demoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13113270558669318518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4177147400020352409.post-48848587748908102592016-06-09T10:54:02.943-04:002016-06-09T10:54:02.943-04:00Nickitas, story of most composer's "roomm...Nickitas, story of most composer's "roommates." I submit things under the pretense that it will never be accepted. That has helped me some with the constant rejection. great blog article!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05023850347555587585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4177147400020352409.post-11372361713260557822015-03-19T13:31:19.275-04:002015-03-19T13:31:19.275-04:00Really liked this. Thank you!Really liked this. Thank you!Royalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09989663520108944854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4177147400020352409.post-50036629629849065292014-10-14T18:36:14.757-04:002014-10-14T18:36:14.757-04:00Love it! Thank you all for bringing instruments a...Love it! Thank you all for bringing instruments and vocals together, to create such a beautifully-expressed message of support. -Sharon, an ASOC altoUGAredheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06322793684305568460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4177147400020352409.post-38797943069043766882014-10-06T22:53:35.699-04:002014-10-06T22:53:35.699-04:00Well done, Dr. Demos.Well done, Dr. Demos.Adam Colehttp://www.mymusicfriend.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4177147400020352409.post-46501780898211241312014-09-17T18:20:21.706-04:002014-09-17T18:20:21.706-04:00My son has been preparing for his ASYO audition fo...My son has been preparing for his ASYO audition for quite some time and is so disappointed that it has been postponed. He did not audition for his previous spot in another orchestra in anticipation of the ASYO audition. His dream is to be a professional musician and ASYO is such an excellent preparatory step for him. The impact of the lockout does indeed reach far beyond the here and now. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4177147400020352409.post-64628134298096588842014-09-17T10:48:57.623-04:002014-09-17T10:48:57.623-04:00Amen, brother.
Your neighbor, DavidAmen, brother.<br />Your neighbor, DavidAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4177147400020352409.post-1255364092754801092014-08-29T16:38:11.637-04:002014-08-29T16:38:11.637-04:00So basically what you're saying is i shouldn&#...So basically what you're saying is i shouldn't write this ophicleide nonet unless someone commissions me to write an ophicleide nonet? Damn, i was really gonna set the ophicleide community on fire with this one! Oh well, guess i'll get back to work on my Requiem for Throat-Singers and Lawnmower Engines.<br />Wise advice, Nick. - Michael KurthUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12951400843632033969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4177147400020352409.post-77537312710843569072014-04-10T22:55:43.348-04:002014-04-10T22:55:43.348-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.elerouxxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12403836168502035628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4177147400020352409.post-55086383715710563072014-02-20T22:11:25.686-05:002014-02-20T22:11:25.686-05:00This post, its predecessor, and no doubt the other...This post, its predecessor, and no doubt the others to come in this great series, are wonderful, Nick! By laying out the specifics of our [mystical, sometimes undefinable, and often curse-word inducing] processes, you offer the ultimate Rand McNally road map for composers at any point in their careers. Your students are so lucky to have you guide them, and everyone else can benefit from your lucid approach. I'll also add: your own music is so terrific, that if this regimen is the drug you're taking to get it on the pages, man, hook me up!Alex Shapirohttp://www.alexshapiro.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4177147400020352409.post-1812009506596688082014-01-15T09:35:14.080-05:002014-01-15T09:35:14.080-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10962197188479982737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4177147400020352409.post-77391848303707299022013-09-16T10:33:41.863-04:002013-09-16T10:33:41.863-04:00I'm working on a duet for tenor saxophone and ...I'm working on a duet for tenor saxophone and bass clarinet for the Gremlins Duo! And I just finished a 4-movement solo for electric guitar for my dear friend. I'm getting more and more into composing and I love it; I love it as much as I love performing. Professor K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14732325467552429611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4177147400020352409.post-79117237807309000962013-09-16T08:14:34.764-04:002013-09-16T08:14:34.764-04:00Some former students could also use a refresher co...Some former students could also use a refresher course, Dr. Demos.David S. Foleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16488165679604884753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4177147400020352409.post-11383576709088017832013-09-14T22:48:18.212-04:002013-09-14T22:48:18.212-04:00Nice expansion on the lecture in class. I hope ev...Nice expansion on the lecture in class. I hope everyone from the seminar reads it.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4177147400020352409.post-18262899682916327542013-02-23T10:44:13.952-05:002013-02-23T10:44:13.952-05:00Well said, dude. Missed my first national SCI in ...Well said, dude. Missed my first national SCI in many years last week--just too much going on, and lots of comp-related travel coming up for me in the next few weeks, a great deal of it just like you described above--four pieces and EVERY ONE of them being performed by new performers who've sought the opportunity out. All best, Nick...<br />tayloehttp://www.music.sc.edu/fs/hardingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4177147400020352409.post-47947286156407780592012-09-13T00:32:58.289-04:002012-09-13T00:32:58.289-04:00Beautiful post. I especially like this statement &...Beautiful post. I especially like this statement "... that is where creative artists sometimes live: at the crossroad of joy and sadness; euphoria and anguish."<br />I can identify. In the midst of preparing work for competition (I am a writer), my mother died. While editing an essay, I had to stop to write my mom's obituary. (She passed away March 25 of this year. I miss her every day.)<br />Have you written "The Intersection of Euphoria and Anguish"? What a composition that would be!<br />I will be headed to MacDowell in two weeks. It will be my first residency there. Excited!<br />(Is your mother doing all right? Improved? Yes, your faith will sustain you ... .)<br />Best ~<br />Kathleen<br />Kathleenhttp://kathleenstander.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4177147400020352409.post-27519062969877243152012-08-22T13:01:55.229-04:002012-08-22T13:01:55.229-04:00Regarding the Il Divo performance, why, after lear...Regarding the Il Divo performance, why, after learning the conditions, would the orchestra have continued with the performance? A more effective protest would have been either an empty orchestra pit, players sitting with their instruments in rest position through the concert, or players seated with no instruments.<br />Blogger1947https://www.blogger.com/profile/05356800559841962532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4177147400020352409.post-72502495375123961812012-07-27T16:18:27.149-04:002012-07-27T16:18:27.149-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04149092102432563341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4177147400020352409.post-51551145639909876822012-07-27T16:07:42.576-04:002012-07-27T16:07:42.576-04:00Your work will be as beautiful as was your Mother....Your work will be as beautiful as was your Mother. Yes, I agree, the memories you have, the impact your Mother had on your lives will entwine with your music, probably from this time on. She was my friend, a sensitive beautiful person on the inside as well as the outside, always respectful of another's feelings - may her memory be eternal.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04149092102432563341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4177147400020352409.post-2975232825135425122012-04-24T12:42:36.612-04:002012-04-24T12:42:36.612-04:00Very interesting! It's always nice to hear the...Very interesting! It's always nice to hear the composer's perspective in addition to the choreographer's...4dancershttp://www.4dancers.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4177147400020352409.post-45453961913521776462011-10-27T00:57:08.947-04:002011-10-27T00:57:08.947-04:00I too have very fond memories of Dr Fox (Fred) and...I too have very fond memories of Dr Fox (Fred) and also of Donald Erb. Both of whom I had the priviledge of studying with. Fred liked to make fun of me and where I was from and often created his own versions of incantations (of Obeah/witchcraft) when he saw me approaching.<br /><br />I remember during a 'meet the composer session' before the premier of one of his works, a young student composer was expressing the different techniques, themes motifs etc used by Dr. Fox in composing the piece. Fred responded by saying that he didn't notice any of thses thing and in his usual provoking manner concluded "I just wrote the damn thing".<br /><br />Gairy KnightGairy Knightnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4177147400020352409.post-57056165924789703902011-10-10T23:02:12.339-04:002011-10-10T23:02:12.339-04:00Good to find this nick! Youre obviously fantastica...Good to find this nick! Youre obviously fantastically busy and I found your comments very insightful. All the best to you! ConniClellisorhttp://ellisormusic.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4177147400020352409.post-62274565347831953722011-06-15T08:57:23.605-04:002011-06-15T08:57:23.605-04:00Embrace the freedom! :)Embrace the freedom! :)Nicole Chamberlainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17018023124685532034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4177147400020352409.post-64256271258826756502011-04-05T12:37:10.590-04:002011-04-05T12:37:10.590-04:00Great post! Another annoyance about the "emer...Great post! Another annoyance about the "emerging" word is that it is assumed to be a young person (as you say, below 35). What if you don't start composing until you're 40 or 50 or 60. I guess you don't qualify for emerging. The advertising for these opportunities should be more clear and truthful.Darren Nelsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13963292997917489019noreply@blogger.com