Kevin's Corner (not necessarily classical)

[KevinP]

Just wanted a place to share the occasional piece.

This is my latest composition, Of Crime and Reverie. It's for a jazz orchestra (as distinct from big band) with some additional instruments.

Scored for:
Two alto saxes
Two tenor saxes
Baritone sax
Four trumpets
Four trombones
Four cellos
Bass
Drums
Percussion including timpani

I may yet tweak the final mix.

(Also, please don't read anything into the three K sounds of the thread title.)

[KevinP]

Nocturne, Unmoored

This began as a standalone piece, but it became clear that it needs to function within a larger work.

For strings, flute, harp and a very occasional celeste.

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

I haven't listened to either piece, but I'm curious as to your own training as a composer. Did you study with someone privately or in college or both?

Also, @Karl Henning has his own site where you can view his opus list and, in many cases, videos linked to a work so you can hear it, do you have a site dedicated to your own music?

[KevinP]

I studied composition in college many years ago. Life took me to other places, and I largely stopped composing, but during the pandemic I rediscovered this aspect of myself and it came back in a big way.

No website other than my YouTube channel. I've considered marketing myself to local filmmakers and therefore would need to develop a website. I've built up enough pieces now, and with enough range and variety, that it's time to start doing this.

[Karl Henning]

Nocturne, Unmoored

This began as a standalone piece, but it became clear that it needs to function within a larger work.

For strings, flute, harp and a very occasional celeste.

Lovely writing! Yes, this is the slow movement. What would a first movement, something to grab the listener's attention, sound like?

[KevinP]

Thanks, Karl!

Sometimes one of the hardest challenges is writing movements that are varied enough to be independent and similar enough to fit together.

I do know it will be a chamber orchestra with one of each woodwind and brass, and that this slow movement will be marked by using even more reduced forces.

[Karl Henning]

Thanks, Karl!

Sometimes one of the hardest challenges is writing movements that are varied enough to be independent and similar enough to fit together.

I do know it will be a chamber orchestra with one of each woodwind and brass, and that this slow movement will be marked by using even more reduced forces.

Good overall plan.