Barbara Ulman

Contemporary Classical Music
 
 
 
13 August 2014
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Concert Aug. 17, 2014

Classical music for piano, violin, and viola at 2 PM on August 17, 2014 in the Church of the Good Shepherd, Rangeley, Maine. I will be playing the piano in a concert with violinist/violist Henry Plotkin.  Besides Handel, Schubert, Beethoven, and Massenet, we'll play one of my earliest pieces, "Reverie," which I've just arranged for viola and piano.  On MusicaNeo the same piece is played on clarinet and piano; also available: the original solo piano score and an arrangement for wind quintet. ... 
20 June 2014
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Piano teachers and voice teachers: check this out!

My 12 Interval Studies for Piano are for ear training, finger training, and voice training.  Anyone who can play the piano moderately well can play them and benefit from them.  Not just an exercise, these are short compositions which feature one interval at a time.  Practicing each hand alone will help one hear and feel the intervals. Recently I went through all the scores and edited them to make them easier to read and play.  The audio of each one is now available on MusicaNeo. ... 
20 June 2014
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All 12 Interval Studies now in videos on YouTube

Each study is visualized differently, to illustrate the voice leading of each.  John Kilburn spent hours creating the videos, which illuminate the separation of the two hands as the music is played. Watching the videos helps one concentrate on the sound of the different intervals.  
21 April 2014
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Another Interval Study visualized

We'll be working on the rest of them soon; I'll post the whole set when it's finished.  
15 April 2014
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Videos of my music online

If you write my name into YouTube, you'll see several videos featuring my music.  Here are some of the links: John Kilburn used public domain photos to illustrate this studio performance, which is on my CD Music of the Senses. Josh Freeman created the video using some  public domain photos  with a live performance.   John Kilburn purchased software to create this visualization of one of my 12 Interval Studies.  The others will follow. Another e. e. ... 
31 March 2014
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Sierra Foothill Composers' Co-operative in concert

On March 23, I was one of four composers whose works were performed in a well-attended concert in Oakhurst, CA.  My four songs for soprano and piano were well received. The concert included music by Bach, Mozart, Debussy, and Fauré as well as pieces composed by the four founding members of the group: Brad Hufft, John Kilburn, Susan Moore, and me.  The music was for various combinations of harp, flute, cello, English horn, piano, guitar, and voice, with nine performers.  
18 November 2013
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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
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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.  
03 August 2013
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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
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New covers, updated 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.   Comments: 1
 
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