Re: Made In The Pond™ update

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Joram,

> you seem to be incredibly productive and skilled for your job!

It's been an okay year.  =)

> Would you mind sharing some examples of your work? I don't know what
> would be possible copyrightwise, but I am thinking of some small
> examples like half a page of a larger score.

Here is a Google folder in which I've put single pages from some scores:
<https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7CV4FaCsf5LQklVRlFsNFV6bms>

  1. Speech From A Novella (from "Three Portraits"), pg. 1:
This is the opening of my new song cycle, which premieres in two weeks. There 
are still a few things I need to fix in the engraving (e.g., all those lv and 
repeatTies), but I'm waiting until the premiere is over to do the final score, 
since there will inevitably be some revisions and/or corrections.

  2. When You Are Old and Grey, pg. 1 (octavo score):
A short choral work, with text by Yeats.

  3. Quodlibet (from "Bernadettenlieder", part of "The Gray Cat & The 
Flounder"), pg. 15:
This is the quiet opening of a song that builds into a rather full 
(neo-romantic) layered duet with ensemble accompaniment.

  4. Dewey Decimal System (from "The Gray Cat & The Flounder"), pg. 5:
A piece for [female] narrator, clarinet, and marimba; text is adapted from 
Melvil Dewey's introduction to the book in which he created his famous 
cataloguing system.

> I would just like to see what a score looks like from someone
> who is as proficient at using lilypond as you.

I don't know how "proficient" I am… but I suppose I do slam out a lot of scores 
fairly quickly, and I have pretty high aesthetic standards. To wit: I don't 
think any of these scores is yet ready for actual publication (though they’re 
fine for study, performance, studio recording, etc.). I'm getting close to 
finalizing my house style — the "Speech from a Novella" and "When You Are Old 
and Grey" examples are closest — and when I do, I'll be going back and applying 
it to all my existing scores, tweaking them up, and publishing them. (I'm 
planning to take a sabbatical next year in order to get that project finished.)

Hope this helps!
Kieren.
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