First I’d like to present my most “academic” composition. I wrote this set of two art songs for voice and piano for my Music Theory 4 class so there were some requirements involve, like using the Neopolitan 6th….. but I made a little different than most art song collections by having the songs be for […]
clarinet
I have a new love.
On this Valentine’s day I would like to express my new love for the clarinet. It started with Balkan music. Never knew such an orchestral instrument could sound so exotic and soulful. Recently my friend posted this awesome clip from an Albanian film of a man playing the clarinet, and it stuck with me. The […]
Clarinet, i like you now.
I was never a big fan of the clarinet. In high school, the clarinet players in my school put off an unattractive sound: it was either screechy or monotone. Then I came to Queens College and met my dear friend David Valbuena. From his participation in orchestra and Balkan ensemble I learned that the sound […]
