In April of 2023, my goal is to have seven compositions written and arranged for an octet (8 person) ensemble. Working backwards from that, I should have seven themes or ideas to sketch music from. To find these themes, I continued to analyze and connect thoughts on the “Things that jump out at me” mind map. I began to see connections between different thoughts, knowing that I was trying to amalgamate the feelings and experiences of 14 different people. As I searched for meaning behind the connections I was making, I started to realize the themes. After I came up with all seven themes, I made lists underneath each, of feelings and experiences that first led me to identify each theme. After looking at the big picture I moved some of the feelings/experiences around between different themes, searching for a place where they made the most sense. You will notice that the themes are not super well defined or neat, some are adjectives or verbs and others are nouns. I didn’t think it was important to try to have something consistent here, so I just left the themes the way they were. Currently the seven themes I am working on are: Powerless (emotionally), Resourceless, Dreams, Anxiety, Cherish, Death, Information.
Lack of Emotional Space, and the First 2 Sketches
Lack of Emotional Space, and the First 2…
Lack of Emotional Space, and the First 2 Sketches
In April of 2023, my goal is to have seven compositions written and arranged for an octet (8 person) ensemble. Working backwards from that, I should have seven themes or ideas to sketch music from. To find these themes, I continued to analyze and connect thoughts on the “Things that jump out at me” mind map. I began to see connections between different thoughts, knowing that I was trying to amalgamate the feelings and experiences of 14 different people. As I searched for meaning behind the connections I was making, I started to realize the themes. After I came up with all seven themes, I made lists underneath each, of feelings and experiences that first led me to identify each theme. After looking at the big picture I moved some of the feelings/experiences around between different themes, searching for a place where they made the most sense. You will notice that the themes are not super well defined or neat, some are adjectives or verbs and others are nouns. I didn’t think it was important to try to have something consistent here, so I just left the themes the way they were. Currently the seven themes I am working on are: Powerless (emotionally), Resourceless, Dreams, Anxiety, Cherish, Death, Information.