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poem, and PhD stuff )

I may have to delve into the census records to be sure, but I do now feel I have enough to be going on to start setting the text.

In Gaelic.

Ah...

About that.

I don't think this will actually be a huge problem for the choir that is premiering the work: this performance is happening in Aberdeen, some members of the choir have definitely sung Gaelic before, and so on.

But I don't have the first idea of what I'm doing in setting it, and that's not so good. And it might give hiccoughs to future choirs.

I need:
-A guide to Scottish Gaelic pronunciation that I'm allowed to reproduce in the musical score, which I will eventually want to release under CC by-SA
-A recording of someone who speaks Scottish Gaelic reading this poem, slowly and clearly A friend will do this for me tonight, yay!
-very soon (I am already hideously behind on this project).
artsyhonker: a girl with glasses and purple shoulder-length hair (Default)
I need a new biog, as my existing standard one is... well, a bit too biographical, if you like, and not enough about my music. In particular, I need something to put on the Association of Canadian Women Composers site.

So far I ahve this:

"Kathryn Rose is a composer, pianist, organist, horn player and
serpentist who was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, and now lives in
the UK.

Her lyrical choral music has been performed in the UK, Canada, the US,
the Netherlaands, Germany, and Singapore. She has a keen instinct for
singable, haunting melodies, and enjoys deceptive and interrupted
cadences. Her preference in choral composing is to emphasize the
words, and she frequently uses word painting and careful attention to
metre and word stress to achieve this.

Kathryn is currently studying for a PhD in contemporary sacred choral
composition with Paul Mealor at the University of Aberdeen. She is
passionate about accessibility and community inclusion in music at all
levels, and uses crowdfunding to make her choral music available
online."


Suggestions and comments welcome.

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