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Percussion Playlists

By Thad Anderson On May 10, 2012 · Add Comment · In Audio, Percussion
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I recently did a guest post over at Spotify Classical as part of his Spotify Orchestra series.  Ulysses’ blog has become an incredible resource and tool for me and the detail that goes into making each of these playlists is unmatched.  This guy has an obsession with lists and he’s really good at it.  Check [...]

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I Care If You Listen

By Thad Anderson On April 15, 2012 · 1 Comment · In Audio, Composition
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Be sure to grab a copy of the Spring 2012 I Care If You Listen mixtape.  I Care If You Listen (http://www.icareifyoulisten.com) is a vast and incredible resource for all things contemporary music.  Created and edited by Thomas Daneuville, this is a must read blog. The seasonal mixtapes are in constant play [...]

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Flying Tones

On January 30, 2012 By Thad Anderson
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I’m excited to announce that composer Zack Browning has a new CD being released on January 31 that features the UCF Percussion Ensemble.  Flying Tones is a percussion quintet that we commissioned in 2010 as a dedication for our new Performing Arts facility here on campus. Soon after the premiere in November of 2010, we [...]

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Lines: Withheld

On December 28, 2011 By Thad Anderson
Lines Cover Art

I’m in the process of composing a series of pieces I’m calling Lines. Each of these pieces uses a pre-determined set of “duration lines” to help create structure and polyrhythmic interest. More on the duration lines concept in another post. Be sure to grab a sample perusal PDF score of Withheld below.

Special thanks for [...]

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Conversation with Lansky

On December 27, 2011 By Thad Anderson
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Recently picked up a copy of the new Meehan/Perkins disc Travel Diary, which is titled after the duet they commissioned from Paul Lansky (a wonderful disc, I might add).  It reminded me of the first time I met Paul back in 2008 at the Round Top Percussion Festival where the M/P Duo premiered [...]

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Chew on this…

On October 18, 2011 By Thad Anderson
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Chew on this.  I know I still am…

I finally got my hands on the A Lou Harrison Reader (thanks to our wonderful ILL office here at UCF), which is a collection of various letters, writings, poems, scores, etc. related to Harrison and compiled by Peter Garland.  The collection was published by Soundings Press in [...]

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Passages

On October 9, 2011 By Thad Anderson
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Over the past few years, I’ve been working on a set of four-mallet marimba etudes to use with students. I was able to put the finishing touches on the first six this summer and we are now using them in our freshman here at UCF.

Book I of Passages is designed as early [...]

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Keeping Busy

On September 14, 2011 By Thad Anderson
Concertante

I’ve got another busy fall season lined up so I thought I would share some details:

September saw the introduction of Orlando’s first event featuring new music.  The Accidental Music Festival (curated by F.C. Belt) featured a premiere of my new multi-percussion and electronics composition, titled Concertante, as part of [...]

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Concertante @AccMusFes

On September 7, 2011 By Thad Anderson
Concertante Example

I’ll premiere a brand new multi-percussion and electronics piece of mine as part of the Accidental Music Festival this Thursday.  The work is titled Concertante, which is classical period terminology that refers to the melding of the concerto and symphonic formulas.  Imagine a multi-percussion soloist with an orchestra of electronics; at times the [...]

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Standard Deviation

On August 9, 2011 By Thad Anderson
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A few years ago I composed and recorded around 40-minutes of original music for a documentary film called Standard Deviation.  The film, directed by the very talented Chris Brannan and David Randag, has gone on to do some pretty incredible things including winning an Emmy at the College Television Awards (not to mention [...]

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