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Category: Composer’s Log

Composer’s Log: Dec. 18, 2017

2017-12-18 Jessica Rudman

Finishing up the accompaniment is going much more slowly than I anticipated.  I’ve gotten everything done for about 5/6 of…

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Posted in: Composer's Log, Excerpts Filed under: aria, Irene, score video

Composer’s Log: Dec. 11, 2017

2017-12-11 Jessica Rudman

I’ve managed to catch the nasty cold that has been going around school the past couple of weeks, so this…

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Posted in: Composer's Log, Excerpts Filed under: accompaniment, album, aria, Irene

Composer’s Log: Dec. 4, 2017

2017-12-04 Jessica Rudman

Last week, I revealed my goal for this week: to finish a draft of the piano-vocal score for the opera.…

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Posted in: Composer's Log, Excerpts Filed under: excerpt, Marie

Composer’s Log: Nov. 27, 2017

2017-11-27 Jessica Rudman

My goal for the past week was to complete a draft of the vocal lines for the entire opera, and…

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Posted in: Composer's Log, Excerpts Filed under: aria, Irene, libretto, Marie

Composer’s Log: Nov. 20, 2017

2017-11-20 Jessica Rudman

This week’s Composer’s Log is going to be a bit of a hodgepodge. You’ll find a regular update on my…

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Posted in: Composer's Log, Excerpts, Performances

Composer’s Log: Nov. 13, 2017

2017-11-13 Jessica Rudman

A couple weeks ago, Kendra posted about writing an expanded aria for Irene, as we felt that the character needed…

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Posted in: Composer's Log, Excerpts Filed under: aria, excerpt, Irene, Marie, Pierre

Composer’s Log: Nov. 6, 2017

2017-11-06 Jessica Rudman

Since my last Composer’s Log, I have finished the draft of Marie’s rage aria and sketched out the vocal lines…

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Posted in: Composer's Log Filed under: Irene, Marie

Librettist’s Log: Writing Irene Curie

2017-10-28 kpl

Hello everyone– This week I’m taking over the Composer’s Log entry and making it a Librettist’s Log so that I…

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Posted in: Composer's Log Filed under: aria, excerpt, Irene, libretto, process, scenes, text

Composer’s Log: Oct. 23, 2017

2017-10-23 Jessica Rudman

Marie’s rage aria is coming along well.  I’ve tweaked the fugue in the accompaniment a bit and added a stretto…

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Posted in: Composer's Log Filed under: fugue, Marie, Nobel, rage, Stretto

Composer’s Log: Oct. 16, 2017

2017-10-16 Jessica Rudman

I was happy to get back to Marie’s rage aria this week.  I had started sketching out the vocal line a…

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Posted in: Composer's Log, Excerpts, Updates Filed under: accompaniment, aria, fugue, Marie

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