So, I've been doing some research on John Corigliano, who I've dubbed "my compositional grandfather", as he was one of the notable teachers of Edward Knight, from whom I will soon be learning composition. At any rate, listening to Corigliano's music, and watching interviews with him have somehow caused something to click inside of me. I was afraid for awhile that I didn't know where I was going with "Romeo e Giulietta", but now even though my ideas may change in the future, I feel I actually have ideas at present.
"Verona - L'incontro" is still on its way, by the way. Thanks to what I've learned from my research, it improves with each work session, but it will likely be a while before it is where it needs to be. After all the story of Romeo and Juliet is one the world's greatest; this piece simply cannot be messed up.
Another project I've begun work on, which should be finished sooner, is a solo piano response to the book "Sounds of the River" by Da Chen. I will be entering my piece into a contest at OCU a week from today, so pray that it gets written the way it needs to be so that it can do well in the contest. If I win, I'll receive $250 and an invitation to a dinner with the author. Wish me luck!
I will leave you with a clip of music from Corigliano's Symphony no.2. I would advise listening to the whole symphony, but this is my favorite movement.
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