For my very first composition when I began working on my Master’s degree in composition, I decided to do something quite unexpected.

From my undergrad days in music history studying all music forms, my LEAST favorite music was twelve tone music, also known as serial music.

I had always wanted to make a “12-tone” piece that was simply beautiful melodically. I had never heard that. 

So without much knowledge in it or really following any 12-tone knowledge at all, I specifically focused on a row or series of notes using all 12-tones of the scale.

I decided eventually on a four movement work, and also decided to base it on four days my wife and I had recently spent in New York City. Our first time there together. 

So here is my love story with New York City, if not with Twelve Tone music.

Stream and Download here:

https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/johnericcopeland/four-days-in-new-york-for-flute-bassoon-vibraphone-and-xylophone

See the YouTube video of the premiere performance at the University of Central Florida: https://youtu.be/aORROI3g_NU?si=zkz7W1MSF5vw2EmJ

See the YouTube video of “A Perfect Day in New York”, featuring the piano rendition of movement III. https://youtu.be/aORROI3g_NU?si=zkz7W1MSF5vw2EmJ

Find out more about Dave Kropf at https://www.52cues.com

Find out more about Dave Kropf at https://www.52cues.com

Hello Composers!

What is Mixed Meter in composing? Have you ever used it?

Have I ever used it? (Spoiler alert: I have and you’ll hear some of that today.)

Well, welcome to the “Hello Composers Podcast Episode #1”. I’ve been waiting to start this podcast when I had a solid idea.

I’ve thought about putting the next Mastermind up as a podcast, or other ideas, but what this podcast will be is a weekly focus on a compositional style, genre, or term and then I will show you some examples of these things in my compositional output.

I write in a multitude of styles so it certainly wont be the same thing every week.

This podcast is a little different from my Make Music Income podcast which is live and a loose banter with either a guest host and/or LIVE with the viewers. I go through my week there, talk about some news, and other silly things… so if you want news, and what my week has been like, you can go there and get that on The Make Music Income Channels.

But this program is definitely more carefully scripted for the podcast listener. It’s going to be actual music in this podcast and I’m going to play the entire piece when I talk about a piece. So if you are in the car driving down the road or wherever you listen to podcasts, this will be “music to your ears.”

See what I did there?

I will also broadcast a video version which will feature scores of the music, so if you hear something you like you can go over to the Hello Composers YouTube channel and watch the score go by. And I also will link music videos and scores if I have them of certain songs there as well. 

Constant Live Performance Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IwAXFDn3H8

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