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VIDEO SEMINARS 2018

FOUR SEPARATE TALKS 
When you purchase a video you will receive a  PDF with the link to the YouTube video playlist.

Seminar 1

Developing Variation

Seminar 1

Seminar 1

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A talk on how to develop your material - the single most important part of any composer’s skill set.


​Selections from composers: Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Ravel, James Newton Howard, Rossini, Herrmann, Debussy, Coltrane, Mahler, Williams, and Copland.


Topics covered: What is a Motive? - The Phrase - Techniques of Development - Repetition - Sequence - Form - Rhythm - Orchestration - Reharmonization - Register

85 minutes

$30.00

Seminar 2

Examining film scores

Seminar 2: John Williams

Seminar 2: John Williams

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A chance to listen to, and learn about, several magnificent movie scores. Special emphasis will be on discovering new techniques to incorporate into your own writing.


Selections from composers: Michael Giacchino (John Carter), John Williams (Schindler's List), Hans Zimmer (Batman Begins), Michael Kamen (Robin Hood) Elmer Bernstein (To Kill a Mockingbird), and Tom Newman (Shawshank Redemption)


Topics covered: Texture- Doubling - Orchestral Weight - Issues of Form - Highlighting - Intriguing Instrumental Combinations - Modulations - How a Composer Alters a Cue after Hearing it Live

110 minutes.

$30.00

Seminar 3

The Rite of Spring and Le Tombeau De Couperin

Seminar 3

Seminar 3

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An examination of  how Stravinsky and Ravel turned their piano works into the orchestral masterpieces we know and love.

Selections from composers: Igor Stravinsky (The Rite of Spring), Maurice Ravel (Le Tombeau de Couperin)


Topics covered: Unusual Instrumentation - Harmonic Innovations- Stravinsky Rhythm - Solo versus Tutti - Use of Contrast - Adding harmonic pads- New Material not Present in the Original Piano Score - What is the Role of the Percussion? - How is the Atmosphere Established?

120 minutes.

$30.00

Seminar 4

Modes and Hexachords

Seminar 4

Seminar 4

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An examination of the usage of modes, pentatonic scales, and hexachords to enrich your writing and help your writing become more sophisticated.

Selections from composers:

Poulenc, Ravel, Debussy, Milhaud, Satie, Bartok, and Casella.

100 minutes.

$30.00

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