http://www.ryanyouens.com/blog Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:36:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Okay so I was checking out this recording session at Abbey Road for Grace, composed by Austin Wintory, when I came across this picture which had me watering at the mouth. Four bass clarinets plus four contrabass clarinets - OH YES. What a combination. I wish I could hear a little of ... http://www.ryanyouens.com/blog/index.php/2008/10/14/107/ Well there's one thing that always gets me going. Gets me so excited that I want to start a project such as that myself. It is orchestral collaborations with bands etc. Just love it. Some "purists" hate it, but they are just boring. To me, they are something that the ... http://www.ryanyouens.com/blog/index.php/2008/10/06/just-add-an-orchestra-and-magic/ Hey all, well I'm on my flight back to Auckland from Wellington, enjoying a wine with cheese platter - how posh is that, AND it's with Air NZ. Impressive. I was down for this years NZSO / TODD Young Composer Readings. It was a great few days with the orchestra ... http://www.ryanyouens.com/blog/index.php/2008/09/15/a-few-days-in-wellington/ Well at the moment I'm working for an Auckland University PhD student, typesetting some 15th Century German manuscripts. I did the first last year, and another is underway at the moment. They are flute concertos, with either string, or string and horn accompaniment. Apart from huge ink splotches taking out whole ... http://www.ryanyouens.com/blog/index.php/2008/08/31/a-long-time-ago/ Well the craziest week of the year for Auckland school orchestras, chamber orchestras, jazz and concert bands, is that of the annual KBB festival. Gosh, it is busy. Last year I had the Kristin senior orchestra in, and it was my first year ... so everything is still a little ... http://www.ryanyouens.com/blog/index.php/2008/08/30/kbb-2008/ Recently, award-winning composer Alexandre Desplat was at the Sony Scoring Stage to record his score to the highly anticipated drama, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Directed by David Fincher and stars Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett. While catching up on the scoring session, I was HIGHLY EXCITED by the discovery of ... http://www.ryanyouens.com/blog/index.php/2008/08/12/alexander-desplat-introduces-me-to-the-gong-drum/ Well both Wendy and I had birthdays in the last week and a bit. We had wonderful days and thanks heaps to everyone who sent messages via card/facebook/email/myspace or whatever. You can see photos here of Ryan's day of activities, or photos here of Wendy's day of activities. http://www.ryanyouens.com/blog/index.php/2008/06/05/birthdays/ Hey everyone, well on the 29th May was The Committee's 2008 Bangers and Mash concert. The point of these concerts is to have composers write music which doesn't use any conventional notation or instruments ... as well as no computers and can be playable by non-musicians. It was great to ... http://www.ryanyouens.com/blog/index.php/2008/06/01/bangers-and-mash-2008/ Hey everyone, Well last night was Kristin School's May Magic concert. It is their mid-year music extravaganza and last night it went fantastically well. It had everything from the year one and two choir, through to the senior award winning groups. One of my orchestra's, the Kristin Symphonia performed. It was our ... http://www.ryanyouens.com/blog/index.php/2008/05/23/last-nights-kristin-may-magic-concert/ Hey everyone. Well last weekend Wendy and I headed down to Wellington for this year's readings with the NZSO. It started with a lovely weekend, we chilled, ate great food and experienced Wellington. Then it was Monday. I was first up in the morning session and so all the players were fresh ... http://www.ryanyouens.com/blog/index.php/2008/05/17/nzso-sounz-readings-may-2008/