Composing for the Orchestra: An Exercise in Decision Making
As a young, aspiring composer, writing for the orchestra has always been a desirable but intimidating goal. I knew that my first attempt would be fraught with obstacles and challenges. The first of these was one of purely logistical nature: the lack of orchestra that might play my piece. There arenâ...
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ftbrighamyoung:oai:scholarsarchive.byu.edu:jur-2850 2024-09-15T18:28:54+00:00 Composing for the Orchestra: An Exercise in Decision Making Sabey, Benjamin Sargent, Dr. David 2014-01-29T08:00:00Z application/pdf https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2014/iss1/511 https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/context/jur/article/2850/viewcontent/auto_convert.pdf unknown BYU ScholarsArchive https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2014/iss1/511 https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/context/jur/article/2850/viewcontent/auto_convert.pdf Journal of Undergraduate Research composing orchestra decision making music text 2014 ftbrighamyoung 2024-07-09T23:40:23Z As a young, aspiring composer, writing for the orchestra has always been a desirable but intimidating goal. I knew that my first attempt would be fraught with obstacles and challenges. The first of these was one of purely logistical nature: the lack of orchestra that might play my piece. There aren’t many good orchestras lined up at my door waiting for me to write for them (yet). Thankfully, the Office of Research and Creative Activities provided an answer. With the grant that I received from ORCA I planned to hire good student instrumentalists and create my own orchestra. Thus, having fairly easily secured the means of producing an orchestra, I was free to focus on the challenge of actually writing a piece for it. Text Orca Brigham Young University (BYU): ScholarsArchive |
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As a young, aspiring composer, writing for the orchestra has always been a desirable but intimidating goal. I knew that my first attempt would be fraught with obstacles and challenges. The first of these was one of purely logistical nature: the lack of orchestra that might play my piece. There aren’t many good orchestras lined up at my door waiting for me to write for them (yet). Thankfully, the Office of Research and Creative Activities provided an answer. With the grant that I received from ORCA I planned to hire good student instrumentalists and create my own orchestra. Thus, having fairly easily secured the means of producing an orchestra, I was free to focus on the challenge of actually writing a piece for it. |
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