Category Archives: Tubular Bells
Herald Square Station
From Five Subway Haiku by J.K. McCauleyarchive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blogs.…r/j-k-mccauley/ The score is available at bit.ly/HeraldSquareStation
In The Beach Breeze
This piece was written in response to Naviarhaiku318 – in the beach breeze in the beach breeze my travels forgotten… evening cool This haiku is by Kobayashi Issa, who wrote over twenty thousand poems written in his lifetime In The … Continue reading
This piece was written in response to Naviarhaiku302 – bursts from our guns bursts from our guns the town on the horizon a brief vision of light The haiku was by Julien Vocance published “Cent visions de guerre” (A Hundred … Continue reading
No Food In The House
No Food In The House piece was based on a haiku I wrote: No food in the house Someone please go to the store Finally, dinner! The piece is in three parts, each part relating to a line in the … Continue reading
Splendid Affinity
This piece was written in response to Naviarhaiku 235 – Splendid Affinity. Splendid affinity sun’s great halo green leaves This is a haiku by Zen Buddhist master and poet Soen Nakagawa, who visited the United States more than a dozen … Continue reading
Rude Mechanicals
Rude Mechanicals was written in response to Disquiet Junto Project 0339: Rude Mechanicals. Step 1: Imagine there is a genre called “rude mechanicals.” Step 2: Imagine what might characterize the “rude mechanicals” genre. Step 3: Create an original piece of … Continue reading
Music For Meditation
Music For Meditation was written in response to Disquiet Junto Project 0323: Music For Meditation. Step 1: Consider music appropriate for meditation. Think of the sounds, the tones, the forms that might suit such a thing. Step 2: Record a … Continue reading
Springtime in Edo
This piece was written for Naviarhaiku 191 in response to Takarai Kikaku’s haiku: Springtime in Edo, Not a day passes without A temple bell sold It is scored for Crotales, Tubular Bells, Vibraphone, Violin, Viola, Cello, and String Bass Springtime … Continue reading
Green And Black
The idea of Disquiet Junto Project 0288: Interspecies Duet was to use samples of two different animals and have them make music together, with a bonus for adding myself. I decided to use existing samples I have made over the … Continue reading