Comments on: Small Ensembles

By: Amy Scurria

Amy Scurria — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 01:56:02 +0000

Dear Nico,

Congratulations on all of your well-deserved success! Your post is beautiful and expresses (much better than I could in words) the feelings that arise for a composer, particularly when faced with that moment of unmitigated nakedness before a new work is unveiled.

I have been thrilled to follow your rising success since our days in Paris together and I look forward to continuous news of great success.

Write on, write on, my friend!

By: killian

killian — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 11:21:31 +0000

“It gave me a flash of the sort of piece I could have written: an amble, an aleatoric series of duets and trios walking in a comfortable, almost hand-holding unison.” PLEASE write that piece. It is already gorgeous. You bring great positivity my life. And clearly, to many others. THANK you.

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 18:33:35 +0000

Dear Nico

Thank you for all you’re insight at the Q and A session for young composers at the RCM (pre Gait performance). I really valued you’re advice and it honsetly helped me in writing a piece of music this week, along with the performance of Gait which was, of course, fabulous.

That is so nice to hear, thank YOU very much for your kind words!

By: Josh G.

Josh G. — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 19:57:30 +0000

Your blog consistently makes me laugh and your music consistently makes me feel better about life. Thanks!

By: Ellen

Ellen — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 00:05:16 +0000

This is such a beautiful post. You’ve captured how very special youth symphony can be. And you’ve made me realize how very vulnerable composers make themselves when they stand before an orchestra. As a violinist, I want to apologize for that idiot in rehearsal. And I want to just let you know that you’re one of my favorite writers, period. Enjoy some well-deserved rest (and I’m sure, hard work also) at home.

By: Tamika D.

Tamika D. — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 15:18:16 +0000

How exciting it is to be a composer (I hope no one expects you to remember their name–that’s a lot of people) to these young adults!! I know you are happy to be back home from doing your duty of “keeping kids out of trouble & off the pole!” 🙂 It’s funny how drinks seem to make people talk. Maybe they feel more comfy in that different setting. Congrats on all of your work.

By: Grandfather

Grandfather — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 13:30:52 +0000

“At first I thought that I had signed up for some kind of teen version of The Wicker Man and that I was going to be burned in some enormous effigy of a viola” Hahahahaha!

By: Elliot Pooley

Elliot Pooley — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 12:30:59 +0000

Hi Nico,

Thanks for a great course! Over two years at NYO, I’ve had the chance to work with a few composers, none of whom have been nearly as involved with members of the orchestra as you were. I really enjoyed your piece, and I can’t wait to see it on the proms in a few weeks – as a trombonist sitting at the back of the orchestra, we quite often get a different, quite brass/percussion-heavy version of most pieces, so it’ll be nice to see the whole piece from an audience perspective! I didn’t get the chance to talk to you much during the course, (other than a brief question about whether or not the 3rd trombone part was muted at a certain point!) but it’s been a great experience working with you nonetheless!

Thanks again,
Elliot

By: Tom Francombe

Tom Francombe — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 00:03:48 +0000

Hi Nico,
I’m the second tuba player in the Gait, alongside Chris, who I must say, played the tuba solo, wonderfully!
I didn’t get to talk to you during the actual course, apart from a brief photo on the leavers night, where I was suitably beveraged from 2 bottles of white wine! (i was the one dancing like a moron)
Just to say your piece was really great, and it was fantastic working with you, especially in full brass! congratulations on a epic work! and best luck for the future!

Tom