Outro Pt1. Composition #1 A Something Other commission proposal 1. A series of text scores online. 2. These text scores … More
Author: maddycosta
Composition #1: For Les Slows
10 Particles & Pieces for Les Slows1 1. Intro [with percussion]2 2. Nostalgia3 3. Play instrumental section from Eden eight … More
Composition #1: For Olympians
10 Pieces for Olympians1 1. 5 seconds of rage 15 seconds of melancholy 15 seconds of wistfulness 200 seconds of … More
Composition #1: Chants/Chants Particles
Chants1 1. All I hear are CROWS CROWS CROWS CROWS2 2. You who have seen me weep, who have watched … More
Composition #1: Intro
Intro1 1. “So, uh, when Chuck plays a gig, he plays with a pickup band, you know, local guys, and … More
Composition #1: Standards
Standards1 1. Y’know, in hiphop you use samples; in jazz, we play standards. They take old records, flip ’em, turn … More
Composition #1: Ritual
Ritual1 1. Fist bump, power circle Break a leg, sing to dead hare.2 2. Pound a drum Shake bells, rattles, … More
Composition #1: Pregap
Pregap1 1. This is the room where the slow roaring sea was summoned2 This is the room where clatter turned … More
The challenge of difference
Maddy Costa I write this sitting on a train to Birmingham which, as opening sentences go, is so many leagues … More
Pools of Thought
Andrew Latimer One of my favourite writing maxims is: “swing hard, in case you hit the ball.” I love a … More
How (we) Write: an introduction
Andrew Latimer In Autumn 2015, I read an open-access volume of collected essays by scholars working across a range of … More
To music and the dance of time
Maddy Costa
Procrastinations on the theme of time
Maddy Costa