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Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute Day 5/6/Concert
October 30, 2010 / By

By Taylor Brizendine
Feel free to call me a composer now; I’m down with it.

2010 Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute Blog: Day 4
October 28, 2010 / By

By Taylor Brizendine
I wasn’t looking forward to the reaction after I described my piece as “ugly” and “unpleasant,” but everyone seemed very receptive!

2010 Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute Blog: Day 3
October 27, 2010 / By

By Taylor Brizendine
“It is always humbling to hear a musician play your music, and realize that they have been practicing it for months.”

2010 Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute Blog: Days 1 & 2
October 26, 2010 / By

By Taylor Brizendine
“Never abbreviate the word Tuba.”

2010 Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute Blog: Before Minneapolis
October 24, 2010 / By

By Taylor Brizendine
I get called a composer frequently, but composition is just the artistic medium I am most familiar with right now.