caitsandifordNov 24, 20182 min readPoL: all good things must come to an endIt's been a wild ride, and I'm glad we went out with matching outfits. The day of the PoL was quite busy, assembling the final bits to...
caitsandifordNov 19, 20182 min readComp#10: Mixing and final score editsAfter listening to the recording, I added in more markings to make the changes in vibrato more obvious to the performers, since it...
caitsandifordNov 19, 20181 min readComp#9: Recording15/10/12 After finally finding a time that everyone was free, I used a zoom recorder in an ensemble room to record my quartet playing the...
caitsandifordNov 19, 20181 min readComp#8: Fixing it up10/11/12 After going through the feedback from the rehearsal I went through and fixed the score, ready for recording (here's the pdf). I...
caitsandifordNov 19, 20181 min readComp#7: Workshopping 05/11/18 At rehearsal today I workshopped the piece with my quartet, it was so cool hearing it come to life! I recorded the whole session...
caitsandifordNov 19, 20181 min readComp#6: Getting ready to workshop04/11/18 Tomorrow I workshop the piece with my quartet at rehearsal, so today I needed to finish transfering the piece from the logic...
caitsandifordNov 19, 20182 min readComp#5: Models03/11/18 While I've been using Bree's piece as a model (due to the baby steps), I decided to look to other pieces for help with this...
caitsandifordNov 19, 20181 min readComp#4: Peer Feedback02/11/18 The response for my composition was quite positive, which was encouraging. Here are the responses I had from the googleform that...
caitsandifordNov 19, 20181 min readComp#3: Playing around on logic cont.01/11/18 I continued my last session playing around in logic, after recording some other ways to possibly to do the opening, I decided to...
caitsandifordNov 19, 20182 min readComp#2 - Playing around on logic30/10/18 After the tutorial with Jim, I decided to ditch my score for violin, flute and piano in favour of writing for string...
caitsandifordNov 19, 20182 min readComp#1: Taking my draft to Jim23/10/18 While I haven't had much time to work on my composition so far, after listening to Bree Van Reyk's Light for the First Time, I...
caitsandifordNov 17, 20182 min readMYOD Project UpdateWe now have a name for the overall project, and more importantly, WE DID IT! Check out the finished product (and what feels like my baby...
caitsandifordNov 3, 20182 min readSCMTME#13: Final Provocations While today was intended to be a review of the content and ideas taught throughout the semester, I learnt quite a lot. Even after the...
caitsandifordOct 31, 20181 min readSCMTME#12: The Birth of the BMT (TME Major Project)Today was dedicated to our major negotiated projects. Despite our earlier meetings, we all weren't exactly sure how we would present the...
caitsandifordOct 29, 20181 min readScaffolding AdventureCreating a compositional process that could be personalised while also being safely scaffolded was challenging. However, the way Bree...
caitsandifordOct 29, 20183 min readChoose Your Own Adventure: Composition EditionIn all the subjects and assignments of this degree so far, we get to practice designing and planning activities that engage and extend...
caitsandifordOct 27, 20181 min readSCMTME#11: Mix-Up, Mash-UpToday was all about remixing (again tying nicely from last lesson)! First we looked at the amazing French DJ Madeon, who was completely...
caitsandifordOct 27, 20181 min readSCMTME#10: Performance Technologies24/10/18 This lecture extended on the technologies we started looking at last week, and ended up with us playing around with heaps of...
caitsandifordOct 22, 20184 min readArranging FaçadesFaçades by Philip Glass is an ideal piece to incorporate principles of Orff, aural learning and mixed bag arranging. As well as this,...
caitsandifordOct 21, 20184 min readSCMTME#9: BYODBYOD is becoming commonplace in schools, with the individual ownership of various devices becoming ubiquitous in Australia. However, the...
