I’m sweeping off the dust on my notes from this summer during the composing of Trigger’s Broom. This post wraps up my journal entries from my residency sponsored by ConEdison. Corona Songline 1.10 (7/22) thud of cases of Goya beans dropping on top of each other as they are unloaded from a curbside delivery truck [...]
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Trigger’s Broom 1.10-1.12
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Trigger’s Broom 1.9
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I’m sweeping off the dust on my notes from this summer during the composing of Trigger’s Broom. 6/25/10 After savoring the top-notch lunch buffet Jackson Diner (PS: what’s up with the sink placement in the men’s bathroom?), I swung by the piano outside of the Jackson Heights Post Office as part of the Play Me: I’m [...]
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Trigger’s Broom 1.7-1.8
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I’m sweeping off the dust on my notes from this summer during the composing of Trigger’s Broom. Corona Songline 1.7 (6/3) whirr and beep (concert D) of Q23 MetroCard machine – “psst” of A/C and electric whine of bus motor – concert G ping of stop request – aroma of (¿)chorizo wafting past – canned [...]
Trigger’s Broom 1.6
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I’m blowing off the dust on my notes from this summer during the composing of Trigger’s Broom. Here’s a snippet of my journal from June: 6/3/10 struck by the strange resonance of this piano at the community center – something about it’s tuning – a delicious deviation from equal temperament. Fluttering tremolos and arpeggiated ostinatos [...]
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Trigger’s Broom 1.5
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I’m blowing off the dust on my notes from this summer during the composing of Trigger’s Broom. I’ll be posting a series over the next week with some updates. For now, here’s a snippet of my journal from May: 5/28/10 so much of my work is based off of creative obstructions — either internal (such [...]
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Trigger's Broom 1.3
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On this visit to Corona, I took a slight detour from the train and walked up 99th St (instead of 103rd). I felt restless and eager to discover new avenues and courses, looking for variations on a theme. Upon entering the community center and plopping down in front of the piano, I pulled out the [...]
Trigger's Broom 1.1
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More news on my Con Ed Musicians’ Residency (check out the previous post to catch up on this conversation): Just before the start of May, I met up at Florence E. Smith Community Center in Corona, Queens with representatives from both NYC Performing Arts Spaces and the community center, as well as fellow residency winner [...]
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