"Music is music whether it is for the stage , rostrum or cinema . Form may change, the manner of writing may vary , but the composer needs to make no concessions whatsoever to what he conceives to be his own musical ideology ..." Erich Wolfgang Korngold (interviewed in 1946) See Photos & Read Reactions to the 3-4 April 2004 Premier of THAT WE MIGHT LIVE. (The Best...) US
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INTERVIEW with GERHARDT ZIMMERMAN: "Will the Canton Symphony ever release a CD? It's a goal. I have a composer in mind if we can come up with the financial wherewithal to put it together. His name is Stephen Melillo. I gave the world-premiere performances of his first two symphonies (with the North Carolina Symphony) and they were wonderfully well-received by the audience. But at this point, a CD is in the gee-wouldn't-it-be-nice-if stage. You have a dedication to programming works by new composers, which I know is not popular with everyone. Basically the premise comes down to this: To ensure the music of the past, you have to enable the music of the future. Some people don't realize that. No matter how good the music may be, it's not going to please them because they have this built-in wall against anything since Brahms." Austria July 2004
Marktoberdorf 2002
Fine Composers in the not-too-distant Future!
Andrea C., Andreas. Bernard, Andrea, Hedi, Markus & Marco!
Bill Pritchett, Commissioner of GODSPEED!
If
you are rendering DAVID,
and have the wherewithal, Ben Sotomayor, pictured below,
is an excellent and timely choice for the Boy Soprano character.
Steve and Kurtwood Smith met while working on the Oscar nominated 12:01PM. They have collaborated again on Melillo's AHAB! a work for Actor and Wind Ensemble composed in 1992 and recorded on the STORMWORKS... Chapter Two CD. "Steve: Wow ... what a CD!! It's fabulous and I can't tell you how happy I am to be a part of it. The music for the entire disc is wonderful and I am so pleased with the Moby Dick piece ... the way you have worked voice and music together is very exciting ... once I got over criticizing myself and just listened to it I really felt I experienced the entire emotional life of the story ... it's beautiful. Congratulations Steve. I hope we can continue to work together ... and I thank you again for making me a part of your project. Hope to see you soon." Kurtwood Smith, Actor
Thanks to Photographer Joe Smith! Here, my friends is such a great shot. It's a sandwich in which the bread far exceeds the quality of the meat! Note the Ship's Wheel in back of me, denoting ERICH! and AHAB! Note that there's a ship in back of Dr. McBeth, denoting OF SAILORS & WHALES. Note that in back of Ed Lisk (aka Edmund, AKA Edward "Scissorhands" Lisk) is a Brick Wall denoting one of the most solid, most strong and dedicated people in Music Education... a true Mentor and Hero!
Steve with Hero and "Tunde", Frigyes Hidas.
This is Sten, the 11-year-old Boy Soprano that gave a Spine-Chilling Rendering of DAVID! in the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, The Netherlands with The MB of RNN.
Johan
DeMeij, SLM, Jan Van der Roost, Robert W. Smith, Max McKee "We do not judge great art. It judges us." Caroline Gordon STEVE'S CHALLENGE Dear "Mathematics" teacher... and/or composition contest judge, By listening to just one 3:34 composition, please derive an analysis. Your insights will be measured against the actual analysis which is currently in the possession of the school Music Teacher. After deriving the analysis, you must then explain the mathematical significance of the interrelatedness in the analysis. At the center of the composition is a Matrix, called the 34-Matrix. I have used this matrix in many of the STORMWorks. Before beginning the analysis, you must correctly explain this Matrix, taking into account its significance in History... as well as the significance of its numeric and symmetrical symbolism. If you are able to correctly and completely analyze the Music, via its inner geometry, then we must move on to the reason for the coded message. You must decipher the mathematical code implied by the analysis and derive the substance and meaning of the work. If you are able to do this, then together, we shall mutually deem Music an "extracurricular" subject. Mere fluff. If not, you will kindly cease and desist from propagating a completely ignorant position and accept Music as a powerful reflection of Humanity, abounding not only in arithmetic, but Mathematics and Physics. We shall not yet consider matters of the Heart and Soul, often left unspeakable. You will subsequently rise to the level of the true Renaissance Individual, and become worthy of the title: Teacher. If a student does not do well in Music Class, he or she may not be able to attend your class until such time as you have emerged from the darkness of your narrow, dimly-lit cave and figured out that all of us are doing our best to affect the lives of our students with more than just bread! (... and for the composition contest judge? Now, I will send you a piece!) Godspeed! And
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