With all this altruism floating around why can't I get an
Orchestral Recording made of my Horn Concerto? If it
weren't a good piece of music, then WHY is it probably the
first time in history, when an ENTIRE DISSERTATION was
written about a person (in this case, myself as a composer),
under the conditions of:
1) before I had been famous (I'm still an "unknown
composer"),
2) before I had been a college professor for 20 years (I've
been a Graduate Assistant Teacher for one semester, but
I've never been an official 'professor' for one day), and
3) while I'm still alive (usually after fulfilling the 2 above-
named criteria, the person is already dead for 10 years).
Not to mention that the respected Classical and Jazz Tuba
Virtuoso Sam Pilafian, who is notorious for hating Non-
Functional, Dissonant Music (for example, 12-Tone Formula
Music, John Cage 'Aleatoric' ['Random'] music, and other
"Non-Functional Harmony"), was one of the 6 professors on
the Doctoral Committee. By the way, I don't like, nor use,
that kind of unmusical harmony either! All of my music uses
Chromatic Modality (which means it sounds like a blend of
Hindemith, Shostakovich, Bartok, Prokofieff, etc.).
Sam Pilafian personally oversaw each recording session,
by hornist Karen McGale when she recorded 4 of my Horn
Works as her Doctoral Dissertation. That included the
sessions where Karen McGale masterfully recorded the
Piano Reduction Version of my Horn Concerto with the
talented pianist Ms. Gail Novak. A few members of these
Horn Lists have those scores and the CD of it.
Bear Woodson Horn Concerto
I Energico 5' 59"
II Leggiero Passacaglia 4' 14"
III Hunting Rondo 6' 22"
Total Time: 16' 35"
Composed from May 31 to Dec. 27, 1999.
The Dissertation was accepted at Arizona State University
on December 3, 2001.
Here are some websites about this Dissertation:
http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/oclc/50122306&referer=brief_results
http://library.lib.asu.edu/search/q?author=McGale%2C+Karen&title=Woodson
or go to:
http://www.chmtl.indiana.edu/ddm/DN20th_century.html
Once it downloads, do a Search for "McGale" or "Woodson".
Since all this documentation proves the merits of my
work and Dr. McGale's fine playing, WHY can't I get
funding for an Orchestral Recording of this New, but
neglected Horn Concerto?!?
Bear Woodson, Composer
Home: 520 - 881 - 2558
"Bear Woodson" <[email protected]>
"It's bad enough that I have an outdated
computer, but now I may need to upgrade
my toaster, as well. It seems to object
violently, whenever I put already-buttered
bread into it." - Bear Woodson (2007)
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