What are you working on now? Oh? A new opera? What’s it about? Where did you find the story? India! It takes place in India! Wow. Are you going to write Bollywood? The name of the new opera is The Marriage Bureau for Rich People. It’s based on a book with the same title written […]
The last time I wrote about Indian music, I described how Indian musicians create melody and improvise on it. Indian music is improvised, both melody and rhythm. For a composer like me, who writes everything, even the smallest detail, abandoning decades of excruciating non-improvising, is a huge step. My goal for the Gayatri Mantra, the song I’m writing […]
I just love being on the MusicSpoke team. All the composers and staff are so supportive of each other. I feel so lucky! Today, I’m on their blog entry, Meet the Composer. Read about it right here. http://hear.musicspoke.com/blog/meet-the-composer-mona-lyn-reese Last month, one of my pieces was Score of the Week, Stay with Me, God, is probably […]
