It’s a well-known fact that composers dread first rehearsals of their works. John Adams wrote a few months ago about his recent work for the LA Phil, ‘City Noir’, and told of his experiences with even such a great orchestra. He recounted the first rehearsal, along with all of the difficulties the players experienced with […]

I just uploaded an audio file of the third movement of my second string quartet, which will feature on my grad recital this March.  It’s a Garritan mock-up, which means it’s much better than ordinary MIDI but is still a bit ‘flat’… anyway, it’s up at www.instantencore.com/markbuller. Enjoy!