Julia

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[Governor Tony Evers @GovEvers]

Still jazzed as hell.

[Julia @queenjuliaXV]

The nonsense lyrics shift into singing in unison then to microtonality so easily, the words are so rhythmic and the singing is almost melodic enough to make me think I can sing along until it unexpectedly has a shift to microtonality. #ShawPartita #MUS365

[Julia @queenjuliaXV]

The running notes in this piece feel like the flight of the bumblebee. The rhythms are constant and driving incessant notes but I could not tell you the meter due to the strange accent pattern. #CarterCatenaires #MUS365

[Julia @queenjuliaXV]

IDK what about this is different than older opera pieces but especially the instrumental parts sound very cinematic

[Julia @queenjuliaXV]

This opera being in English makes it accessible to so many people not from Europe. Still has a very "traditional" opera feel with symphonic interjections, with perhaps more modern instrumentation. #AdamsAtomic #MUS365

[Julia @queenjuliaXV]

The grove seems latin, the voices sound like an African choir, which changes in instrumentation but the grove and overall feel of the piece is still there until we reach the operatic third section. #GolijovMarcos #MUS365

[Julia @queenjuliaXV]

I enjoyed the parts of the piece where the violin was very dense in notes and the long cello part had a melody under and I couldn't tell which was the melody. #GubaidulinaRejoice #MUS365

[Julia @queenjuliaXV]

This piece reminds me a lot of Debussy's Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum, there are lots of repeated flowing notes in sort of scale patterns. #LigetiVertige #MUS365

[Julia @queenjuliaXV]

The fanfare in this piece gives it so much majesty, the driving rhythms make it sound super fun to play but doesn't get stuck in your head too easily because of the lack of melody. You can see how it is a band director's dream and students would love to play #AdamsMachine #MUS365

[Julia @queenjuliaXV]

This piece reminds me a lot of baroque church music, but only the good parts. While it adds these beautiful harmonies and the melody is very follow-able and is on the verge of catchy #PartAntiphons #MUS365

[Julia @queenjuliaXV]

What I liked about this piece was the chaos. The different motives in different instruments through out made it feel like there was a lot of tension and angst. #SchnittkeConcerto #MUS365

[Julia @queenjuliaXV]

loving the simplicity of this piece, it feels very calming. The melody also feels a bit familiar though I'm sure I've never heard it before. #ShengSeasons #MUS365

[Julia @queenjuliaXV]

I really liked the first section of this piece where it felt like repeated melodies and ostinatos sort of piling on top of each other #MUS365 #DaughertyElvis

[Julia @queenjuliaXV]

Towards the end it sounded as though the strings and some of the percussion sounds were underwater, I'm not sure how they did that #MUS365 #CrumbAngels

[Julia @queenjuliaXV]

I love the direction this takes, it starts out as a quiet calm mysterious "cool" and along the way after a roaring shout-chorus/dance break, it becomes about being a loud, boisterous, bold "cool" #MUS365 #BerensteinCool

[Julia @queenjuliaXV]

To me, the intensity at which the saxophone plays the line makes it hard to hear any sort of melody. The rhythm is driving this piece and the notes just happen to be adding variety #MUS365 #GillespieAnthrology

[Julia @queenjuliaXV]

This really just feels like intermittent notes from different instruments even though it is all from one. However, no sort of melody is created. #FeldmanProjection #MUS365

[Julia @queenjuliaXV]

I like the concept of a prepared piano! This one gave me the initial thought that it sounds kinda like a mariachi band. I liked that this piece was more rhythmic. #CageSonatas #MUS365

[Julia @queenjuliaXV]

This is a piece that is a lot more like a cat on the piano than the mathematical-ness of the recent composers we have listed to. But that would make it good cartoon music. #CageChanges #MUS365

[Julia @queenjuliaXV]

So maybe because I started listening to this piece late at night but I thought it was scary. I know she is using a lot of REALLY complex vocal techniques but it sounds like some basement mosnter. I am curious how she was so loud and then suddenly quiet. #BerioSequenza #MUS365