A New Glimmer of an Idea

It's been too long.  Naturally, it's the end of the semester's fault.  I haven't had much free time, if any, to post anything.  That, and I'm running short on time to compose, so I haven't had any new material to talk about.  I'm only posting right now, because I'm waiting to present my Theory Analysis Paper at Undergraduate Research Day, and they're running a little behind.  It should be cool.  It just needs to go faster.

Turns out, I do in fact have something musical to discuss.  In addition to a musical and ballet, I now have an idea for a song cycle I want to write.  The truth is, I can't discuss it much, because I don't know enough about it yet, but what I do know I will tell you.

The song cycle will be for solo soprano, piano, and track, and I'm in the process of concocting a mythological story line to base it on. The soprano will represent the main character and will narrate the story.  What I have so far of the story is a woman who jumps off a ship to escape an unwanted marriage and undergoes an inner journey of transformation.  I'm playing around with the idea of composing in an electronica style for the track, but I still have to get to developing material, so I won't know for sure until then.

In other news, the performance of "II. Hearts" went extremely well, and I'll be letting everyone know once I make the recording available.  Additionally, I finished composing the opening number for "The Glass Puppet", and while I've had to take a break from the musical since then, it should prove to be an amazing jump start.

I think that's basically all I have to say right now.  I imagine once the summer rolls around I'll have a lot more to talk about.  I have so much music to work on.  It's terribly wonderful!

And at that, I'll leave you with an entertaining video, as always.

P.S.  If you like the image above . . . I have no idea who the artist is.