John Clayton shared an inspiring post about his experience in arranging the Star-Spangled Banner for Whitney Houston’s performance. So many lessons to be taken from this one! Here is John’s original post. Whitney Houston’s Star-Spangled Banner Notes...
In The Rite of Spring, Stravinsky demonstrated an astonishing capacity for innovation, as an orchestrator as well as a composer. Examples of his prowess are too numerous to mention, so, in the spirit of not mentioning any, allow me to mention just one. Top of page 2,...
It can smell fear. Like a vicious feral animal, orphaned early, neglected, and abandoned. It has a primitive, atavistic awareness of your weaknesses, it knows what time you take out the trash and knows what it will find when it tips the bins over. It knows how to...
