Music
- I like to play the music of Domenico Scarlatti.
He has written more than 550 sonatas for the keyboard.
Some of my favorites are K380,
K517, K402,
and K426
- Bela Bartok is another of my favorites. For example,
here's three of his Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm:
Num 1,
Num 2, and
Num 6.
- I compose music. Reflection
is the second in a suite of six keyboard pieces. I
set Reflection to midi because it is one of the
shortest and easiest pieces I have written. I used a
program called MidiMagic to drag notes onto the staves.
Reflection is interesting because of a long retrograde
section. See if you can notice how the ending is the same
as the beginning, only backwards.
- Aftermath is a section
from a trio I wrote for modern dance. This trio was
scored for flute, horn, and bassoon. The whole piece
lasts 20 minutes. Aftermath is a flute solo which
comes after a section called 'Mathematical'. I chose
Aftermath because it is short, lively, and contrasts
nicely with Reflection.
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