Third Discussion @ Poppa Rollo's 09-14-05 @ 10:00pm

Composers that attended:

Ben
Chris
David
Derek
Joanna
Mandie
Margaret
Stephanie
Steven

Discussion began with the question:

How long (time) should a piece of music be?

and quickly led to

Who are we writing for?
- audience?
- ourselves?
- music as an entity?
- G(g)od?

Would you forfeit credit for a piece you wrote to make it less about you?
(Would you be willing to put someone else's name on your music?)

Anonymous concert idea (mystery concert)
The composition department would put on a concert with a program omitting all composers' names. Credit would be given for each piece at the end of the concert . . . or not.

Other ideas product of discussion
- group compose = each write four measures of a piece built upon the previously composed measures of our colleagues
- write a piece of music, put all into a box anonymously, each critique all the music in the box in a group setting to get feedback objectively . . . then reveal who's piece it was
- (one secret idea was discussed that has to do with anonymous creations that cannot be posted)

DISCUSSION TOPIC FOR NEXT WEEK
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