The Composer Chronicles

What do you get when you gather ten composers, all with different musical styles, talents, backgrounds, and areas of expertise? You get ICEBERG. Featured pieces (in alphabetical order by composer last name): Unfolding for strings and live electronics by Drake Andersen Coatlicue barría la escalera del templo (Coatlicue was Sweeping the Temple Steps) by Victor Baéz pOwer trIo for alto sax, piano, and percussion by Alex Burtzos Decomposition by Yu-Chun Chien RISE by Derek Cooper Steep for strings, percussion, and celesta by Jack Frerer Clarinet Quintet by Max Grafe Source Code by Harry Stafylakis Learn more about ICEBERG and follow them on social media: Website | YouTube Facebook | Instagram | Twitter The Etudes Project album featuring Jenny Lin and ICEBERG. Lisa Pegher at Timucua Theme music is by Daryl Banner. Alexandrian Media podcast music by Andrew Gavin. Voiced by Michael Bolton. Listen to this episode early and ad-free by supporting The Composer Chronicles on Patreon. Sign up for Amazon Music Unlimited! | Alexandrian Media Store

Adam Kennaugh believes that genuine communication between the composer and performer(s) is what creates honest and powerful music. Featured pieces: Crepuscular Light | Watch this piece: https://youtu.be/0R0IfOUhi70 Confronting Distance | Departure Duo Approaching Cyyrhus | Natalie Magane - In All but Name... (YouTube flute performance) Where to find Adam Kennaugh and his music: Website | Facebook | Instagram YouTube  Theme music is by Daryl Banner. Alexandrian Media podcast music by Andrew Gavin. Voiced by Michael Bolton. Listen to this episode early and ad-free by supporting The Composer Chronicles on Patreon. Sign up for Amazon Music Unlimited! | Alexandrian Media Store

Derek Cooper is a composer with a deep passion for engaging with his audience. To Derek, the relationship between the composer, the ensemble, and the audience is one of the most important aspects of music making. Featured pieces: Puzzles: https://youtu.be/PWAG8XZ4fno | How he created this piece: https://youtu.be/c_8FhFXFn3c Starry Night: https://youtu.be/fVfiv1hzYUM | How he created this piece: https://youtu.be/vj8n2zT3m10 Where to find Derek Cooper and his music: Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter YouTube | SoundCloud Watch Star Wars Music Analysis: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuCty0Ik_7PJZYxYxQjYZpA Theme music is by Daryl Banner. Alexandrian Media podcast music by Andrew Gavin. Voiced by Michael Bolton. Listen to this episode early and ad-free by supporting The Composer Chronicles on Patreon. Sign up for Amazon Music Unlimited! | Alexandrian Media Store

On this episode of Movie Night, Brooks Leibee joins me once again to chat about Chris Roe's score for the 2018 documentary Spitfire and François Tetaz's score for  the 2007 horror/thriller film Rogue. Grab some popcorn, dim the lights, and get comfy! Watch Spitfire and Rogue (click on the titles to watch the films). Where to find Brooks and his projects: Instagram | Twitter SoundCloud | IMDb Theme music is by Daryl Banner. Alexandrian Media podcast music by Andrew Gavin. Voiced by Michael Bolton. Listen to this episode early and ad-free by supporting The Composer Chronicles on Patreon. Sign up for Amazon Music Unlimited! | Alexandrian Media Store

In this interview with Eric Lagergren, he leaves us with an important message: never take your art too seriously. Perfection is unachievable, especially when you’re desperate to obtain it. Featured pieces: Quarantime | Flor de Muerto | Rhopalocera Where to find Eric Lagergren and his music: Website | Instagram | Twitter SoundCloud | Bandcamp Theme music is by Daryl Banner. Alexandrian Media podcast music by Andrew Gavin. Voiced by Michael Bolton. Listen to this episode early and ad-free by supporting The Composer Chronicles on Patreon. Listen to 20 - Robert and Sonia Delaunay on Cultured, But... Not Really on your favorite podcatcher.  Sign up for Amazon Music Unlimited! | Alexandrian Media Store

In a world where music has time and time again been given narrative, Stephen Ryan Jackson uses his music to explore the mundane. Featured pieces: i can feel the universe expanding | solo voice + electronics Tooth Necklace | flute + bass clarinet + violin + cello + piano + percussion rinse & repeat | soprano saxophone + double bass + two percussion Where to find Stephen Ryan Jackson and his music: Website | Instagram SoundCloud Theme music is by Daryl Banner. Alexandrian Media podcast music by Andrew Gavin. Voiced by Michael Bolton. Listen to this episode ad-free by supporting The Composer Chronicles on Patreon. Sign up for Amazon Music Unlimited! | Alexandrian Media Store

Melissa Dunphy is an award-winning and acclaimed composer specializing in vocal, political, and theatrical music. Melissa is a composer who would be amongst the first to tell you that, if you want to be a composer, you need to write what you're passionate about. After the premiere of her large-scale choral work the Gozales Cantata, her career took off, and she wants to share her vision with the world. Featured pieces: Come, My Tan-Faced Children | Performed by Raehann Bryce-Davis, Laura Ward, Min-Young Kim, Tim Ressler More Milk, More Milk Makes it Better (from American DREAMers) | Performed by the Singers Tesla’s Pigeon movements III and IV (orchestral version) | Performed by Jessica Lennick and the Curtis Symphony Orchestra, cond. Kensho Watanabe Intro to The Boghouse Where to find Melissa Dunphy, her music, and The Boghouse: Website | Twitter | Facebook The Boghouse Theme music is by Daryl Banner. Alexandrian Media podcast music by Andrew Gavin. Voiced by Michael Bolton. Listen to this episode ad-free by supporting The Composer Chronicles on Patreon. Sign up for Amazon Music Unlimited! | Alexandrian Media Store

You never fully understand what someone is going through unless you've lived it yourself. What makes Puccini's opera La bohème so powerful is that so many of its creators went through the same hardships that the characters of the opera went through. Theme music is by Daryl Banner Sign up for Amazon Music Unlimited! | Alexandrian Media Store Music used in this episode: "Quando m'en vo'" (orchestral version) from La bohème by Giacomo Puccini Caught in the Waves by Trevor Kowalski Divine by Amaranth Cove For Those Who Know by Gavin Luke Lion's Drift by Trevor Kowalski Night Sky Alive by Trevor Kowalski Look Down When You're Ready by Trevor Kowalski Sources used in this episode: Mary Jane Phillips-Matz, Puccini: A Biography (Boston: Northeastern University Press, 2002).

Humans have been looking up towards the sky for answers for thousands of years. To this day, humans have held on to the belief that celestial bodies can impact our daily lives, and Gustav Holst saw this as an opportunity for music. Theme music is by Daryl Banner Listen to this episode ad-free by supporting The Composer Chronicles on Patreon. Sign up for Amazon Music Unlimited! | Alexandrian Media Store Music used in this episode: The Planets, Op. 32 by Gustav Holst City of Silent Wishes by Hampus Naeselius Graso by Strom Adrastea by Van Sandano Silverstar by Elm Lake

The plays of William Shakespeare have been an inspiration to countless other pieces of art, and that includes composers and music makers. Giuseppe Verdi, one of Italy's leading composers in the 19th Century, was thrilled at the idea of getting to set an opera to one of Shakespeare's plays, something he would return to for the rest of his career; it all started with Shakespeare's terrifying tale Macbeth. Theme music is by Daryl Banner Listen to this episode ad-free by supporting The Composer Chronicles on Patreon. Sign up for Amazon Music Unlimited! | Alexandrian Media Store Music used in this episode: "Una macchia è qui tuttora" from Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi Lucky Guess by Trevor Kowalski Corrivation by Ethan Sloan Offcut by Ethan Sloan Inception by Megan Wofford Junior Momentum by Rand Aldo The Batoidea by Martin Landh Sources used for this episode: Julian Budden, Verdi (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008).

Let's kick off this spooky season with a Movie Night! Today, I am happily joined by author and booktuber Cameron Chaney. The film Trick 'r Treat is one of his favorite movies, enough for him to start a tradition of watching it every year with other activities; however, the music of this film is even more special. Besides setting the mood brilliantly, the music holds special significance to Cameron. Where to find Cameron and his work: Facebook | Instagram | Goodreads | Patreon Library Macabre Autumncrow: Amazon | Goodreads Theme music is by Daryl Banner. Listen to this episode ad-free by supporting The Composer Chronicles on Patreon. Sign up for Amazon Music Unlimited! | Alexandrian Media Store

Making his debut after the release of his first album Year of the Beard, Toska Bear has been on the rise as a singer and songwriter. His unique style marries elements of indie pop, synthwave, vaporwave, EDM, indie rock, and hip-hop, and Year of the Beard is inspired by gay culture, video games, and underground music. Featured music: From Year of the Beard: "Year of the Beard", "Time to Let Go", "Help Me Out", and "Prom Queen Days". Where to find Toska Bear and his music: Instagram | Twitter | BandCamp Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube Theme music is by Daryl Banner. Listen to this episode ad-free by supporting The Composer Chronicles on Patreon. Sign up for Amazon Music Unlimited! | Alexandrian Media Store

Richard Fay is a composer who has absorbed the culture of his ancestors and his hometown and embedded them into his own music. With a love for klezmer, Balkan, and Irish music, he had established many various ensembles to perform these musics as well as his own. Featured music: From Hamosity: Music for Hard Times: New Horizons, Hamosity Horo, The Seasons, The Heron Pool, and Sean Mannion Where to find Richard and his music: Website | Facebook | Instagram YouTube | BandCamp Theme music is by Daryl Banner. Listen to this episode ad-free by supporting The Composer Chronicles on Patreon. Sign up for Amazon Music Unlimited! | Alexandrian Media Store

Life can take you down interesting paths; you never know if that path will lead you directly where you want it to take you or somewhere you are pleasantly surprised to be. Kevin Graham started his career in filmmaking. With a passion for music stirred in, he turned his career into being a full-time composer. Featured music: From Dying of the Light: "Fireforge", "Golden Age", "Unbreakable", "Fortress", and "For the Stars" From Enigma Machine: "Immortality" Where to find Kevin and his music: Website | Facebook | Instagram FILMPAC | Vimeo | SoundCloud | Spotify | Apple Music Theme music is by Daryl Banner. Listen to this episode ad-free by supporting The Composer Chronicles on Patreon. Sign up for Amazon Music Unlimited! | Alexandrian Media Store

Silas Hite is a composer with many projects. From television to the concert stage, ambient to folk, Silas has created repertoire for himself that gives everyone a chance to hear his music! Where to find Silas and his music: Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter SoundCloud | Spotify | YouTube Theme music is by Daryl Banner. Art used for cover by Patrick Whitehorn. Listen to this episode ad-free by supporting The Composer Chronicles on Patreon. Alexandrian Media Store

Often when music and language are paired together, we simply get lyrics to a song, but every once and a while, a composer will use language in a much more unique way.⁣ This week, I’m joined by David Dies to tell his story, discuss the use of language in his music, and the beauty of music. Where to find David and his music: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Website | SoundCloud | Apple Music Theme music is by Daryl Banner Listen to this episode ad-free by supporting The Composer Chronicles on Patreon. Sign up for Amazon Music Unlimited! | Alexandrian Media Store

Originally designed for television, Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein II wrote a musical that just couldn't be contained to the television. Disclaimer: This episode discusses the events of a surgery and the emotional trauma inflicted by it.  Theme music is by Daryl Banner Listen to this episode ad-free by supporting The Composer Chronicles on Patreon. Sign up for Amazon Music Unlimited! | Alexandrian Media Store Music used in this episode: Cinderella Ball Night by Sinfonietta Cinematica My Friends by Vendla I Will Be Right Here With You by Wendy Marcini Laponia by Bladverk Band

Sometimes the score for a film or a television series is just so perfectly crafted for the show that the music is what you remember the most. In this episode of "Movie Night," I chat with Adal Rifai about the perfection that is the score to the Netflix Original series Dark. Theme music is by Daryl Banner Where to find Adal: Twitter | Instagram Hello from the Magic Tavern | Hey Riddle Riddle Listen to this episode ad-free by supporting The Composer Chronicles on Patreon. View a free video version of this episode on the Alexandrian Media YouTube channel or the full video on the Patreon. Alexandrian Media Store

Stephen Sondheim. Andrew Lloyd Webber. Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein II. These are just a few names you may see shining bright on the marquees down Broadway. Spicer Carr certainly caught the musical theater bug early on, so much that he dedicated his career to writing musicals. Featured pieces: From Chance the Snapper: "This Town Ain't For Me", "Gravy Train", and "My Bestest Friend" From The Rocking Boy: "Making Friends" "This Too Shall Pass" Chance the Snapper: Concept and Book by Rose Freeman; Book, Music, and Lyrics by Spicer W. Carr; Orchestrations, Music Direction, and Conducted by Patrick Tice-Carroll The Rocking Boy: Book, Music, and Lyrics by Spicer W. Carr "This Too Shall Pass": Music and Lyrics by Spicer W. Carr Theme music is by Daryl Banner Where to find Spicer and more of his music: Website | Facebook | Instagram SoundCloud Listen to this episode ad-free by supporting The Composer Chronicles on Patreon. View a free video version of this episode on the Alexandrian Media YouTube channel or the full video on the Patreon. Alexandrian Media Store

Sometimes there are simply no words to describe exactly what you want to express. Erik Satie dug deep into the history of language to find words that would best describe his latest works, altering them just a little bit for his own purposes. Theme music is by Daryl Banner Listen to this episode ad-free by supporting The Composer Chronicles on Patreon. Sign up for Amazon Music Unlimited! | Alexandrian Media Store Music used in this episode: Gymnopédie No. 1 by Erik Satie. Provided by Musopen Gnossienne No. 1 by Erik Satie. Performed by La Pianista on 2010-11-16. Gnossienne No. 3 by Erik Satie. Performed by La Pianista on 2010-11-16, An Ocean Full of Characters by Trevor Kowalski The Best Way Out Is Through by Trevor Kowalski All Gathered by Spectacles Wallet and Watch Sources used for this episode: Rollo H. Myers, Erik Satie (New York: Dover Publications, 1968)