8/31/2023 0 Comments Nicole chamberlain composerBut I assure you, they are not going to be upset about hearing how you are interested in their work. You will never be bothering a composer when you reach out, they might be slow to respond or busy. The benefit to working with living composers is the opportunity to bring the complete truth of the music to the performance. Without the performers, the music would just sit on a shelf – lifeless. Composers can have many personalities, but we get a bad rap for being eccentric hermits. Composers do need, and sometimes love, collaborating with others in order to bring music to life. The comment I get the most from performers is the surprise that I am so “normal”. I’ve witnessed the process through both lenses, and I would like to share what I’ve learned from working on both sides of the fence. So let’s start fresh shall we? I’ve been fortunate that I have professionally experienced creating music both as a composer and a flutist. Working with a living composer may not be something everyone got to experience in school, and if so – it may have been with a student composer who was still learning and stumbling along the way just like everyone else going through the learning process.
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