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Song Blog 18: Boil the Cabbage Medley

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

I am thinking about doing something with this medley I wrote for my students, namely, using it again in my teaching. Boil the Cabbage is often taught as a first fiddle tune. I do my best here to make it more interesting…

Boil the Cabbage Medley

Song Blog 17: Interchange 1

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

Here is an alternate take of my solo piece “Interchange” from from Infrastructure.

Interchange (alternate version)

Song Blog 14: Apartment Building Blues

Friday, December 5th, 2008

Apartment Blues. We’ve all had them. Think of this as an ode to apartment neighbors.

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Song Blog 12: A Shot from Mayor Daley

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

This time I went farther in terms of working off my experience and illustrating it. In constructing this music, I was thinking about the other day– waking up sleepy, riding the green line into downtown, getting my free flu shot (thanks Daley) and coming home.

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Song Blog 11: Halloween Waltz

Friday, October 31st, 2008

In thinking about a Halloween song, it’s hard not to have it turn into a cartoon sort of piece. I think got just the right amount of spook. Here’s a Halloween Waltz.

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Song Blog 10: Hit or Miss

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

I am enjoying making these pieces fast, and seeing what I get from that. This is an interesting one, I think.

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