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Welcome to the newly re-opened Lessons Department - offering one-on-one virtual lessons with our faculty of skilled and knowledgeable teachers. Help this section grow by signing up today!! The lesson-plan/curriculum is to be determined and decided on a case-by-case basis between student and teacher. The appeal of this method is that it allows the most freedom for both parties to customize the appraoch and to tailor each series of lessons to the particular topic and to the people involved. Please understand that at this point, teachers are generiously volunteering their time to help; try and be courteous and respectful of this generosity. To sign up: - Pick the subject you want to learn and with whom you'd like to study. - Send a message to SYS65 indicating your subject and teacher preferences. - Daniel (SYS65) and/or your new teacher will respond with a decision on your placement. Current teachers: (Currently Updating this list) SYS65 (Daniel Muñoz Alférez) 20th Century Orchestration. (Intermediate to Advanced) Using Sibelius. (Starters to Advanced) Electronic Music with FL Studio. (Starters to Advanced) ---------------------------------------------- Siwi (Simon Wilkins) Composing for stringed instruments General Music Composition Chamber ensembles Orchestration Development and elaboration of ideas Using Sibelius Choral Writing ---------------------------------------------- Aniolel (Aaron Saylor) Music Theory: (Starters to Advance) Harmonics covered here from diatonic triads to 20th century harmony, and beyond. Counter point: up to 4 part writing. Composition/ Development: (starters to advance) Thematic writing and development Harmonizing of themes Different types of basic forms Textures Sonata writing: All three forms (Intermediate to advance) ---------------------------------------------- Maestrowick (?) Composition - Melodic development (Starters to Advanced) ---------------------------------------------- Morgri (Paul Poston) Music Theory Composition / development Ear Training Sightsinging Contemporary compositional techniques ---------------------------------------------- *We're on the lookout for qualified teachers. If you're interested, drop me a line - music degree or significant professional experience an asset.* Brand New Lessons System here, (in progress, be patient)

It's good, but as usual I was turned off by the ''pop'' sound... there was more variation, development and originality then in a standard pop piano song, though, which improved my listening experience.

I normally complain about compositions uploaded without a score, but even from the MIDI rendering of these pieces it was clear how well-written they were. You write in a very original sound-world (slight hints of Messiaen and Hindemith), and your knowledge of counterpoint is obviously highly developed. In particular the fugue subjects were very different to what I was expecting and you create interesting developments out of them, and none of the pieces sound too similar to each other. The preludes also contrast well with the fugues by not having too much counterpoint and being more drawn-out in development. I'd say in general the fugues could stand being a bit longer as they seem to be overshadowed by the preludes in length, and for me the fugue is the more important of the two. Occasionally a movement sounds as if it has finished too quickly as well. Would love to see the score and the other two preludes and fugues. Well done.