Jay Derderian Man, I really need to get better at updating this site. A lot has been going on and consequently my already limited attention-span has been drastically reduced. There’s a new job potentially happening, a new collaboration that may call for a new piece with Cascadia Composers, some arranging work for Steam Radio Syndicate… etc, etc. […]
I’m a bit late announcing this, but I’ve begun a new work for Seattle’s RE:Percussion Duo which will receive its premier in mid-August at the Community Music Center. This concert will be a collaborative effort and is being generously sponsored by Cascadia and Friends. It’ll also feature a new work by Portland composer Troy Ramos, […]
Finished my first new work of the year; a set of two easy pieces for solo piano. I made sure they were easy to play because I plan on recording them later this summer and releasing them through BandCamp. Lesson learned from this experiment; sometimes it’s tough to write for yourself, especially when you write […]
Many composers write their pieces as solutions to problems or questions they pose for themselves, and I’m no exception. Nearly every piece I’ve written has been an attempt at approaching some sort of dilemma I’ve conjured up from who knows where. The problem (or question) could be a kind of formal shape, a rhythmic pattern, a harmonic idea… you […]
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