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The 30 Days Project Day 6: These Times

Posted on August 17, 2017 by Miss Music Nerd
In This House

Once upon a time in 2007, I got the hare-brained idea to write a short piece of music every day for a month and post …

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Posted in 30 Days, classical, composition, contemporary classical, contemporary music, new music

The 30 Days Project Day 5: Elusive Simplicity

Posted on August 16, 2017 by Miss Music Nerd
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Once upon a time in 2007, I got the hare-brained idea to write a short piece of music every day for a month and post …

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Posted in 30 Days, classical, composition, contemporary classical, contemporary music, new music

The 30 Days Project Day 4: Genius Steals

Posted on August 15, 2017 by Miss Music Nerd
Be Cool

Once upon a time in 2007, I got the hare-brained idea to write a short piece of music every day for a month and post …

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The 30 Days Project Day 3: Dancing Through the Heartland

Posted on August 14, 2017 by Miss Music Nerd
Kansas City public piano

Once upon a time in 2007, I got the hare-brained idea to write a short piece of music every day for a month and post …

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Posted in 30 Days, classical, composition, contemporary classical, contemporary music, new music

The 30 Days Project Day 2: My Theory of Everything

Posted on August 13, 2017 by Miss Music Nerd
Duck paddling

Once upon a time in 2007, I got the hare-brained idea to write a short piece of music every day for a month and post …

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Posted in 30 Days, classical, composition, contemporary classical, contemporary music, new music

Walking the ArtsDOG on Pittsburgh’s Day of Giving!

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Miss Music Nerd
ArtDOG Jack

Confession: in addition to being a music nerd, I am a hardcore NPR nerd. So I am intimately familiar with the agony of the pledge …

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Posted in contemporary music, music, Music in Pittsburgh, news

Look Ma, I’m on a Board!

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Miss Music Nerd
pnme logo on black

McDoc and I have moved around a lot; in seven years of marriage, we’ve lived in three states, and our honeymoon consisted of a road …

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“Drunken Moon:” Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble Illuminates Schoenberg’s Cranky Masterpiece

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Miss Music Nerd
Lindsay Kesselman and Timothy Jones in PNME's "Drunken Moon"

Several years before I met my dear, sweet McDoc, I had a gentleman friend who appreciated classical music, but who, like many classical listeners, was …

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Posted in 20th century, classical, concerts, contemporary music, music, Music in Pittsburgh

How You Know You’re A Real Composer!

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Miss Music Nerd

Existential Pilot Saturday, March 5, 8pm Deagan Music 1770 W Berteau, Chicago IL Free; donations accepted So there I was minding my own business, working …

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Posted in 20th century, classical, composition, concerts, contemporary music, music, news | Tagged Existential Pilot, Ezra Donner

RIP Milton Babbitt

Posted on January 29, 2011 by Miss Music Nerd

I just got the word that composer Milton Babbitt passed away this morning, at the age of 94. Uncle Milty, as we modern composer types …

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Posted in 20th century, classical, composition, contemporary classical, contemporary music, news, Uncategorized | Tagged Bethany Beardslee, Milton Babbitt

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