2010 through the eyes of a blog
It is December 31 and I just wondered "what exactly has happened this year?"
So through the eyes of this blog, let's have a look. We'll start with January and the tail end of our South America trip, along with the workshopping and recording of my music in Brazil.
January 4th Leg Four – Argentina to Paraguay to Brazil January 11th Leg Five – Rio de Janeiro to Paraty to Auckland January 12th A day with Sphaera
After spending too many hours hunting down good repertoire for my school orchestras, in February I explored the efforts of conducting. I also set up my newsletter with MailChimp.
February 20th Conducting – 90% perspiration, 10% exhilaration February 26th Automating the monthly issue
It was a plentiful month of posts in March, many on great discoveries I recently made but also highlighted a new piece, Picture for Emily, for my niece.
March 14th Sibelius First – if you’re so inclined March 15th Moana Ataahua programme launched March 16th Picture for Emily – aiming for the small market March 16th Scoring Avatar March 18th My indispensables March 19th If Lake Taupo was a piece of music, what would it sound like?
In April it was all about preparing Moana Ataahua for its massive premiere at the ERUPT Lake Taupo Festival.
April 24th Moana Ataahua set to ERUPT in May (article from SOUNZ) April 28th Moana Ataahua, the rehearsals begin
I explored digital music stands in May, how they compare and how I wanted one. Do I still want one now? That is another post!
May 15th Digital music stands, hook me up – Music Pad, Music Reader, eStand
I summed up the Moana Ataahua premiere in June and did a very popular post on music apps for your iOS devices.
June 1st Moana Ataahua, the premiere June 2nd iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad apps for the music professional
It was great to see plenty of music getting performed through July.
July 12th Wild Daisies premiere July 18th Breathe In, Breathe Out – a concert of overtures and finales July 27th SoundCloud, move your music July 29th Three pieces performed by Brazil’s Sphaera Ensemble
The Auckland schools orchestra festival happened in August, so did some pondering on music theory.
August 27th Sounds great! I want it, I want it now August 30th KBB Music Festival 2010, thumbs up August 31st Music theory, do we need it or not?
Spent a fantastic few days in Wellington in September recording Rakaia with the NZSO. Also, Rhian Sheehan's amazing score for The Cult, which I helped out with, won best score!
September 9th More iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad apps for the music professional September 20th The Cult wins at Qantas Film and Television Awards September 23rd NZSO/SOUNZ Readings 2010
In November I did a three part post looking at music printing, engravers, copyists and how things are changing. I also hooked up Sibelius users with some great resources!
November 29th So, you’re a Sibelius user? November 30th Music printing, a journey for engravers (part 1 of 3) November 30th Music copying and confusion (part 2 of 3) November 30th Changing times for music preparers (part 3 of 3)
As you would expect, I got festive in December but also looked at a new feature for sounz.org.nz.
December 7th A Christmas wish list for composer-musicians December 24th SOUNZ moves forward, again December 24th Merry Christmas and very best wishes for the New Year
Happy New Year everyone!!
