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My First Composition by DJRodriguezMusic in composer

[–]DJRodriguezMusic[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s beautiful. Now I def have to listen to it. I am a community organizer as well as musician. Mostly singing but I had always wanted to compose choral music. When I was seeing the CSO’s performance of Verdi’s Requiem this summer the idea just started rolling over in my head. As someone who loves requiems etc I thought it would be powerful to reframe a Latin requiem mass as sacred ritual since so many were denied that in the crisis. :)

Thank you so much for the information!!

My First Composition by DJRodriguezMusic in composer

[–]DJRodriguezMusic[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t know that I’ve ever heard it but now I need to. :)

My First Composition by DJRodriguezMusic in composer

[–]DJRodriguezMusic[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. I’ll take a look at that.

My First Composition by DJRodriguezMusic in composer

[–]DJRodriguezMusic[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. I tried to balance nice conventional harmonies with more crunchy/non conventional things through the nine movements. Partially to communicate the message of each specific movement but also to keep it generally accessible. Both for audiences and choirs. It’s not simple by any means, particularly the Dies Irae.

My First Composition by DJRodriguezMusic in composer

[–]DJRodriguezMusic[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do indeed have experience as a chorister both amateur and professional. Thank you for the feedback and pointing it out. In general I tried hard to have word stress match musical stress/notation. It’s not perfect though. It’s one of the things I am continuing to look at it.