Music for Ballet West’s Upcoming Children’s Ballet

While many students apply for an ORCA grant to fund scientific research or, in the case of other Commercial Music majors, technical audio application, I wanted to complete a project that was purely artistic. My emphasis has always been in classical concert composition first and foremost, and when I...

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Main Authors: Sanders, Emmaline, Merril, Aaron
Format: Text
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Published: BYU ScholarsArchive 2018
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Online Access:https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2018/iss1/105
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/context/jur/article/1305/viewcontent/auto_convert.pdf
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Summary:While many students apply for an ORCA grant to fund scientific research or, in the case of other Commercial Music majors, technical audio application, I wanted to complete a project that was purely artistic. My emphasis has always been in classical concert composition first and foremost, and when I received the opportunity to write the music for a ballet, I wanted it to showcase my best work. My ORCA grant made that possible by allowing me to hire 6 top quality musicians and a professional recording studio to layer live players in with my software instruments. The finished product is almost indistinguishable from a live recorded orchestra.