Barbara Ulman Blog

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28 March 2014 Article: Fanfare Magazine featured my CD in Jan./Feb. issue
Most of the reviews are positive; the criticisms are mainly about the recording process, not the music. It's true, the recordings are all live, and the volumes vary because they're from different situations. I made the CD as a way to get my music "out there" and to encourage performers to play it in concerts. My goal is to have excellent performances of my music and then to make a better recording. The best recording on the CD, All in green went my love riding, was done in a ...
19 February 2014 Article: Fundraiser for Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Fresno
Besides a string quartet, there will be a singer, a flutist, and four pianists. The afternoon is titled Czechs and Balances, and features the music of Dvorak, Widor, and Smetana. I'll be playing in three of Dvorak's Slavic Dances for piano 4-hands (No. 2, 4, and 7) and will also be one of the four pianists playing Smetana's Sonata for 2 pianos, 8 hands. Very energetic music!
17 February 2014 Article: Waiting to hear the echo....
For most contemporary composers, it's hard to get performances. When my music is performed anywhere in the world, I would like to know how it went, who performed, and how the audience reacted. A printed program, recording, or video would be frosting on the cake. I once read that publishing a book of poetry is like dropping rose petals into the Grand Canyon and waiting to hear the echo. Well, publishing music is like that too. I'm waiting....
20 January 2014 Article: My CD featured in Fanfare Magazine for Jan./Feb., 2014
Phoenix Classical, of Toronto, which sends CDs to classical music radio stations, sent some of my CDs to Fanfare Magazine. The editor of that publication sent some CDs to reviewers. I'm gratified to have an interview by email, and articles by four reviewers published in the current issue. My music was praised for appropriately "illustrating" the poetry I used for the vocal numbers, and for its lyrical yet contemporary sound.
18 November 2013 News: Website updated
My website (barbaraulman.com) is now responsive to screen size, and has all the new covers for my compositions. John Kilburn redesigned the site so that it has active links and more info than the previous version. All the music from my CD is included. Soon my newer compositions will be added.
30 August 2013 News: My most recent composition, One Loon's Afternoon, performed in concert
For mixed chorus, flute, and clarinet, this piece contains loon calls and melodies starting with those notes. It tells the true story of a loon rescued from fishing line by a man in a kayak.
30 August 2013 Article: My newest composition performed
One Loon's Afternoon, for mixed chorus, flute, and clarinet was performed in Rangeley, Maine by the Rangeley Community Chorus, introduced by the man who rescued the loon. When I first heard about a loon being rescued from tangled fishing line in the summer of 2008, I wanted to share the story by writing a musical composition about it. I asked my friend Rachel Oliver to write a poem telling the tale. During the following summers, I notated the loon calls heard at my house on Rangeley ...
17 August 2013 Article: Scores from MusicaNeo
On Saturday, I learned that my friends who play cello, viola, and violin would all be available the next day to play the Mozart piano quartets. All I had here was the piano part. So I bought and downloaded the parts from MusicaNeo, and on Sunday we played through both quartets, with a small invited audience. Great fun, and a wonderful service -- no wait at all to get the scores.
03 August 2013 News: In rehearsal!
My newest piece is now being rehearsed by the Rangeley Community Chorus, to be performed August 28. It's for SATB chorus, flute, and clarinet, and tells the story of a loon rescued from tangled fishing line.
14 June 2013 Article: New covers, improved scores
Soon all the music that was up before will reappear, with new covers designed by John Kilburn, and corrections made in the scores. It's been a long and rewarding process. John is as talented artistically as he is musically, and just as insistent on excellence.

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