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Composer: Glenn Branca
Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2004 3:27 pm
by Maurice_Archive
Start with The Ascension, which has shorter pieces and is maybe more immediately apprehensible. It's recently been remastered and reissued on CD. If you're after longer works, I'd recommend Symphonies No. 6 and No. 5. I'm really fond of the 13, but the others are available now.
Composer: Glenn Branca
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 12:03 am
by Angriest_Dragon_Archive
NOT BUMP
er
wait
BUMP
NOT CRAP
that's more like it
Composer: Glenn Branca
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 3:49 am
by Champion Rabbit
I'm really not sure.
I'd say NOT CRAP
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Composer: Glenn Branca
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 10:32 am
by burun_Archive
He's doing Symphony 13 again, in February (Hallucination City, the piece for 100 guitars) and I bet he's still looking for guitarists/bassists.
No drummer though, that's Wharton.
I'm looking forward to playing this for the third time.
Composer: Glenn Branca
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 11:10 am
by Maurice_Archive
It'll be the second go-round for me. What section were you in at Astoria, burun?
Composer: Glenn Branca
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 12:18 pm
by gio_Archive
does he hold auditions?
Composer: Glenn Branca
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 2:14 pm
by Possum Hiss_Archive
That is a good question.
Glenn Branca?
NOT CRAP
Composer: Glenn Branca
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 2:28 pm
by burun_Archive
Maurice wrote:It'll be the second go-round for me. What section were you in at Astoria, burun?
I was (as always) an Alto 2. Which section were you?
He asked me if I wanted to change parts, but I told him that I liked being in a section with other women (Ellen Watkins was my section leader.)
AFAIK, Glenn doesn't audition people for this particular piece. You have to be able to sight-read, but honestly, most people just write the chord progressions on their scores (and, in my case, on the neck of the guitar) and follow along.
There's contact info on his website, and I bet he'd be happy to have some fresh blood for this.
Composer: Glenn Branca
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 2:40 pm
by Maurice_Archive
burun wrote:I was (as always) an Alto 2. Which section were you?
Tenor 1. Reg was our section leader, and I sat next to Ben Miller. (Embarrassingly, I bumped him a few times with the guitar.)
I think the timeline here will be that Glenn will finish his revision of the score, then email all the previous players for confirmation, and then determine if he needs new people. If so, he'll put the request up on his site, and out on his mailing list, so you're best off just joining his list. Then he assigns players to sections and sends out scores.
Speaking of this, I'd think we're getting on time for this above process to happen. We'll see how it shakes out, of course.
Composer: Glenn Branca
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 2:46 pm
by thebookofkevin_Archive
Champion Rabbit wrote:I'm really not sure.
I'd say NOT CRAP
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Really dude??
I decided on the Not Crap option about .3480 seconds after noting a C/NC topic regarding this man.
No waffles.