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Make Your Own Rules: Notes on Composition from John Corigliano
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Published: June 10, 2009
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John Corigliano
Photo by
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"This is a piece that happened only because I had to figure out how to
write a piece of music in a medium that I don't like," John Corigliano
confesses in the opening moments of his lecture "Conjurer: The Evolution
of a Percussion Concerto from Drawings to Notes to Sound" (delivered at
the Juilliard School on April 22, 2009).
As holder of Juilliard's 2009 William Schuman Scholars Chair, Corigliano
presents two free lectures this year. For the first—which, thanks to the
Juilliard School, is made available here for on-demand
streaming—Corigliano offers an in-depth look at his approach to building
a piece of music. In the course of his 60-minute talk, the composer
offers frank commentary, sound samples, and quite a few good jokes to
colorfully illustrate how he got over the hurdles before him and
constructed Conjurer, for percussion and string orchestra,
commissioned for Evelyn Glennie. —MS
Conjurer: The Evolution of a Percussion Concerto from Drawings to Notes to Sound
| The William
Schuman Scholars Chair is presented annually to a faculty artist and
educator who has made significant contributions both to the intellectual
and artistic life of the Juilliard community. Established in 1998,
previous recipients have included Milton Babbitt, Paul Jacobs, the
Juilliard String Quartet, Jerome Lowenthal, Lionel Party, Fred Sherry,
and tenor Robert White. | |
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