These videos are HD quality and were recorded in May 2018; each video covers an unique topic and is between 90 to 120 minutes long.
When you purchase one of these videos you will receive a PDF with the link to the YouTube video.
Click here to purchase all four 2018 seminars for $100:
Seminar 1
Developing Variation
A talk on how to develop your material - the single most important part of any composer’s skill set.
Selections from composers: Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Ravel, James Newton Howard, Rossini, Herrmann, Debussy, Coltrane, Mahler, Williams, and Copland.
Topics covered: What is a Motive? - The Phrase - Techniques of Development - Repetition - Sequence - Form - Rhythm - Orchestration - Reharmonization - Register
85 minutes
$25.00
Seminar 2
Examining film scores
A chance to listen to, and learn about, several magnificent movie scores. Special emphasis will be on discovering new techniques to incorporate into your own writing.
Selections from composers: Michael Giacchino (John Carter), John Williams (Schindler's List), Hans Zimmer (Batman Begins), Michael Kamen (Robin Hood) Elmer Bernstein (To Kill a Mockingbird), and Tom Newman (Shawshank Redemption)
Topics covered: Texture- Doubling - Orchestral Weight - Issues of Form - Highlighting - Intriguing Instrumental Combinations - Modulations - How a Composer Alters a Cue after Hearing it Live
110 minutes.
$25.00
Seminar 3
The Rite of Spring and
Le Tombeau De Couperin
An examination of how Stravinsky and Ravel turned their piano works into the orchestral masterpieces we know and love.
Selections from composers: Igor Stravinsky (The Rite of Spring), Maurice Ravel (Le Tombeau de Couperin)
Topics covered: Unusual Instrumentation - Harmonic Innovations- Stravinsky Rhythm - Solo versus Tutti - Use of Contrast - Are pads added?- New Material not Present in the Original Piano Score - What is the Role of the Percussion? - How is the Atmosphere Established?
120 minutes.
$25.00
Seminar 4
Modes and Hexachords
How to use modes, pentatonic scales, and hexachords to enrich your writing and to help your scores become more sophisticated and nuanced.
Selections from composers:
Poulenc, Ravel, Debussy, Milhaud, Satie, Bartok, and Casella.
100 minutes.
$25.00