Composition Workshop Fall 2020
[ Nov 9 - Dec18 ]
This fall I will be offering my first composition workshop to private students, bringing decades of university teaching and collaboration with some of the leading performers in contemporary music.
Participants will have individual lessons, lectures on repertoire and key issues, shared group lessons, feedback sessions with performers, and a recording of a work developed during the month long session. This inaugural session will focus on writing for saxophone and piano duo, and feature Jeremy Koch (principle saxophone of the Air Force Band) and Molly Orlando (pianist and faculty at George Washington University).
Over six weeks, students will have
two private lessons
two group lessons, where students share and discuss their works
lectures and seminars on contemporary and historical compositional practices
feedback sessions with the performers
a final 'watch party' where participants' new works are premiered to participants and friends and family
Dates
The workshop will meet Monday and Friday evenings (7:30-9:30pm EST) of the course of 6 weeks, from Nov 9 to Dec 18, and students will meet for individual lessons and individually scheduled times during the week.
The first two weeks (Nov 9- Nov 20) will encompass an introductory seminar, sessions with the performing musicians, and a group lesson.
The workshop will adjourn in its third week (from Nov 23 to Nov 27) as participant work on their complete drafts of their pieces. Draft score will be submitted Nov 27.
The fourth and fifth week (Nov 30 - Dec 11) will have receive more feedback on our pieces from the players, complete the work, and have a meeting with other composers from the broader community. Final scores will be delivered to the performers Dec 11.
Week 6 will have a final group seminar on Monday, and a premiere watch party of the participant’s pieces.
If the Monday Friday schedule is problematic, please indicate, and I will see if some adjustment’s are possible.
Tuition: $600. (Some scholarship funding available).
To apply, send the following to douglasboyce@gmail.com
scores of two works, at least one of which is for solo, duo, or trio (recordings not required, but do send if you have them).
short CV, showing prior study, including composition, instrumental study, & musicology.
Contact me HERE with questions or more information.