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Composers Forum |
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Question #1 - At what age did you begin to write music? MSB - M. Susan Brown; SH - Steve Hahn; TK - Tim Krueger; TS - Terry Schlenker |
| MSB - My first memory of writing music was at age twelve, a setting of the poem “Invictus” (William Ernest Henley) for voice and piano. SH - I was about fifteen. My earliest compositions were for a band in which I played trumpet and guitar. The music was suite-oriented (called concept albums at the time). TK - I first started at age 14, but after high school, I stopped. I felt intimidated. I believed that my compositional style was derivative, that I had nothing new to say. I started again in my early 30’s, largely out of necessity. I had taken the position of choirmaster at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Denver, and I needed some good settings for liturgical music. So I wrote some descants and proceeded to other music for worship. TS - I think I was about twelve. I am not sure why it happened. I did not know anyone who wrote music. It is something I just felt compelled to do. I wrote a few pieces at that time but then began to focus on other things. I really didn’t take it more seriously until I was in my early twenties, after I had finished my bachelor’s degree. |