I have had a rupture in my composing life that spans the pandemic, but I couldn’t say that the pandemic is the cause. On March 1 of 2020, I enacted a pre-premiere, a “dry run” of a piece whose premiere would end up being postponed for two years, Groundhog Night (the link here is to… Continue reading Meta-composing
Category: Composing
In this category are posts about my own composition process, or composition in general.
Socrates and me
I just read a really great article by Paul Woodruff, “How I learned to heal my soul, with help from love and Socrates”, which describes Socrates’ thoughts on healing the soul. It makes me realize that Socrates has had a long-term effect on my soul, my thinking. His teaching method, the Socratic method, is well… Continue reading Socrates and me