Hey there, well I thought the first workshop was great, although listening back from the MD recording was pretty strange. You hear things that you never heard on the day, I’m sure if that’s a good or bad thing!?
I’m not sure why I like fast music so much, I think it’s sometimes harder to write than slow music and I like to push myself, I guess lots of notes comes with the job and I like to keep the players and listeners on there toes, I’m such a bander!!!
I was brought up surrounded by a family of brass players and classical orchestral music was never really on the menu. I think many of the dances in my piece are from shows, musicals and pop idioms. There is a jazz waltz coming up in the next session but I’m not convinced this has come direct from pure jazz but rather filtered through other popular music and funk is almost always in my music, not so much so in Rage Dances, yet!!!
Really looking forward to the next workshop!
Gavin
