Notation Workshops: Score and part preparation

Tuesday April 21st 2-4pm and Wednesday April 22nd 10-noon

Guest composer/copyist Dr. Matthew Van Brink will hold four hour-long workshops on score and part preparation here at UNLV. This event is open to all UNLV music students. Location is TBA.

The ability to create fantastic-looking scores is an invaluable resource in the composer’s toolkit. Immaculate scores and parts reduce ambiguities, make rehearsals more effective, and result in better performances and interpretations. Succeeding as a composer certainly requires more than just beautiful notation, but taking time to perfect a score can reap benefits for years. I have edited scores for several major music publishers, and I am a composer and performer myself. In my notation workshops, I bring these experiences to students. There are three possible formats for the workshop: 1) a multimedia lecture using scores by students in attendance, 2) a series of small-group one-hour lessons, or 3) a combination of both, in which the score improvement techniques are reinforced through a second encounter. The workshops are geared toward undergraduate and graduate composers, though advanced high school-age students would find it useful as well. Participating students should choose their best pieces, so that the improved, workshopped version will show their finest work in the finest light.

Cristina Valdes, pianist, in recital - Spring 2009
UNLV Doc Rando Recital Hall, Beam Music Center
March 11, 8:00pm
Las Vegas, NV

With special guests: Wei-wei Lei, violin & Andrew Smith, cello

New Music Featuring works by:

Carlos Sanchez Gutierrez - Mana a Mana

Oliver Knussen - Prayer Bell Sketch

German Cacares - Tiento VI

Jorge Villavicencio Grossmann - Tres Piezas para Piano

Jason Thorpe Buchanan - Karttikeya (Study No. 1)
*World Premiere*

Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon - Jacaras (for piano, violin and cello)


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