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- Sun Nov 04, 2012 12:57 am
- Forum: A Composer’s Journal
- Topic: Writing Music: The Songs of the Earth August 1, 2012
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Writing Music: The Songs of the Earth August 1, 2012
Continuing work on the cycle "Unsung Songs: Songs of the Earth" for flute, viola, violin, cello and piano. Based on words by the violinist William Hurley. http://www.buzzle.com/img/articleImages/589552-36324-19.jpg Wednesday, August 1 Memories of my teacher in college, Karel Husa, surfaced...
- Sun Sep 30, 2012 5:18 am
- Forum: A Composer’s Journal
- Topic: Still Writing the 'Unsung Songs' Cycle 7/22/2012
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Still Writing the 'Unsung Songs' Cycle 7/22/2012
http://www.buzzle.com/img/articleImages/588581-51218-56.jpg The composer continues sketching out the music for the 'Unsung Songs' cycle scored for piano, flute, violin, viola and cello. The music is based on haiku poems written by the violinist William Hurley. A Composer's Journal Entries: July 22 ...
- Wed Sep 05, 2012 2:30 am
- Forum: A Mystic’s Journal
- Topic: Slipping and Sliding on the Spiritual Path 8/27/2012
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Slipping and Sliding on the Spiritual Path 8/27/2012
Slipping and Sliding on the Spiritual Path: A Mystic’s Journal Entry: August 27, 2012 http://www.buzzle.com/img/articleImages/588050-121431-16.jpg Recently several students have all e-mailed me with similar statements and questions concerning progress on the spiritual Path. As I have occasionally do...
- Fri Aug 17, 2012 6:39 pm
- Forum: A Composer’s Journal
- Topic: Working on the 12 Tone Cycle 'Unsung Songs'
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Working on the 12 Tone Cycle 'Unsung Songs'
The creative process: the composer continues work on the 'Unsung Songs' cycle for piano, flute, cello, violin and viola, set to haiku poems written by William Hurley. A Composer's Journal Entries: July 18-21, 2012. http://www.buzzle.com/img/articleImages/587609-341216-6.jpg Wednesday, July 18 Yester...
- Wed Jul 25, 2012 5:50 pm
- Forum: A Composer’s Journal
- Topic: Sketching Out the Music: July 2-14, 2012
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Sketching Out the Music: July 2-14, 2012
http://www.buzzle.com/img/articleImages/586845-342322-27.jpg A Composer's Journal Entries: July 2-14, 2012. Monday, July 2 Another scorching day today, the entire country seems swept up in a giant heat wave. Spent Saturday night and Sunday at Windgarth House; it was so very beautiful there. The moo...
- Wed Jul 04, 2012 3:59 am
- Forum: A Composer’s Journal
- Topic: Unsung Songs, Haiku: June 17-27 2012
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Unsung Songs, Haiku: June 17-27 2012
Image: The view from the Windgarth House dock at dawn, facing south. http://www.buzzle.com/img/articleImages/586176-1903-12.jpg Sunday, June 17 Another hot day, reaching in the eighties. Yesterday I stared out of the windows into the gardens and then decided to plunge in; drew up a twelve-tone row w...
- Wed Jun 13, 2012 4:14 am
- Forum: Messages from Laurie
- Topic: Epilogue to the New Book "We Meet in Dreams"
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Epilogue to the New Book "We Meet in Dreams"
I thought some of you might be interested in reading the Epilogue to my new book We Meet in Dreams/ A New Interpretation of Dreams. EPILOGUE In this little volume I have discussed many sorts of special dreams that are not ordinary dreams: dream meetings with beings in other realms; nightmares vs. dr...
- Fri Jun 08, 2012 3:08 am
- Forum: Messages from Laurie
- Topic: New Book 'We Meet in Dreams" available on Amazon!
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New Book 'We Meet in Dreams" available on Amazon!
We Meet in Dreams, A New Interpretation of Dreams is now on Amazon, both the paperback and Kindle edition! This first edition of the book has the italics in lighter print. Later editions will have the italics in darker print. Blurb: "A book for anyone who wants to look more deeply into the tru...
- Fri May 18, 2012 9:52 pm
- Forum: Messages from Laurie
- Topic: Listen to My Music for Free
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Listen to My Music for Free
Hello all! If you would like to hear some music I have written, you can now listen to them on http://www.jango.com Just sign up/log in and then type my name Laurie Conrad on the top left where they ask for the artist's name. (I am probably the only classical composer on the site ...) Enjoy!
- Thu May 17, 2012 5:08 am
- Forum: Messages from Laurie
- Topic: 'Visions' and "Images' CDs Now Available on Amazon!
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'Visions' and "Images' CDs Now Available on Amazon!
Hello everyone! My CDs ( Visions for harp and flute and Images for harp, flute, violin and viola) are now available on Amazon! They are also sold on www.cdbaby.com For more information on the CDs, click on "Shop" (on this Figaro Books & Recordings website home page) or go to www.cdbaby...
- Mon May 14, 2012 4:33 am
- Forum: Poetry and Words to Songs
- Topic: Spring Song
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Spring Song
These three poems are words to songs I am writing, although I have not yet decided the instrumentation - or even if there will be a vocalist. The words I write for songs often are not about myself - here the last poem, III, is. But in the words for songs I am trying to universalize the human conditi...
- Fri Apr 27, 2012 7:42 pm
- Forum: Interviews with Laurie Conrad
- Topic: An Interview on Creativy and Mystical States 4/22/2012
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An Interview on Creativy and Mystical States 4/22/2012
http://www.buzzle.com/img/articleImages/583840-54526-50.jpg Image: One of Diana Souza's illustrations for Visits With Angels . One of my beautiful meditators, Kristin is writing a paper for an honors seminar at Ithaca College, over the course of a semester. She asked if she could interview me on th...
- Fri Apr 27, 2012 7:36 pm
- Forum: A Mystic’s Journal
- Topic: An Interview on Creativity & Mystical States 4/22/2012
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- Views: 26531
An Interview on Creativity & Mystical States 4/22/2012
http://www.buzzle.com/img/articleImages/583840-54526-50.jpg Image: One of Diana Souza's illustrations for Visits With Angels . One of my beautiful meditators, Kristin is writing a paper for an honors seminar at Ithaca College, over the course of a semester. She asked if she could interview me on th...
- Thu Apr 26, 2012 9:53 pm
- Forum: A Mystic’s Journal
- Topic: Schubert & Trouble With Italics: 3/4/2012
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Schubert & Trouble With Italics: 3/4/2012
Sunday, March 4 Snow falling lightly in the wind; large flakes ambling towards Earth, then swept along for some moments by a sudden squall ... Looked out a front window in time to see a robin scurrying to safety under a fir tree. A wintery day in a very strange, warm winter ... The first of the Schu...
- Thu Mar 22, 2012 3:06 am
- Forum: Messages from Laurie
- Topic: First Newspaper Review of "We Meet in Dreams"
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First Newspaper Review of "We Meet in Dreams"
http://www.authorsden.com/NewsImage/38531.JPG Wednesday, March 21, 2012 By Karen Gadiel For some people, sleep is a respite from a wearying day. For others, it’s filled with dreams that seem to take the sleeper to other places, sometimes disturbing ones. Whether the dreamer experiences a nightmare,...