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blake's blog: May 2009
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Thursday, May 28, 2009. Cloud Forest - Now Available. The score and parts for Cloud Forest. Are now available at www.blaketyson.com. I'm also running a Summer Sale Spectacular! And get A cricket sang and set the sun. For free. The total price is $25 and it includes shipping (within the US). To paraphrase Michael Daugherty's Used Car Salesman. You can't afford NOT to buy this piece! If you haven't heard them, recordings of both pieces are available on my website. Tuesday, May 26, 2009.
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blake's blog: August 2008
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Wednesday, August 27, 2008. Most people reach their mental peak between the ages of 35 and 40, then begin a steady decline that speeds up in the years before death". Having just attending my 20th high school class reunion (you do the math), I was glad to read that in the news today. Looks like I've got two good years left. I'd better get that application for Jeopardy. In while there's still a chance. Mental skills fade earlier than thought - Aging- msnbc.com. Tuesday, August 26, 2008. I finally gave in a...
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blake's blog: December 2008
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blake's blog: Cloud Forest - Now Available
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Thursday, May 28, 2009. Cloud Forest - Now Available. The score and parts for Cloud Forest. Are now available at www.blaketyson.com. I'm also running a Summer Sale Spectacular! And get A cricket sang and set the sun. For free. The total price is $25 and it includes shipping (within the US). To paraphrase Michael Daugherty's Used Car Salesman. You can't afford NOT to buy this piece! If you haven't heard them, recordings of both pieces are available on my website. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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blake's blog: Calling all performers!
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Thursday, February 11, 2010. Lately, I've been trying to list every performance of pieces I have written on my website calendar. If you are performing one of my pieces, or if you know of any performances, let me know. If you've played a piece of mine in the past, let me know that, too. I'm working on an archive. It's probably impossible to find every performance over the last ten years or so, but it's worth a go! So, if you've played. A Ceiling Full of Stars. A cricket sang and set the sun.
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blake's blog: June 2011
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011. January to June 2011. The first half of 2011 was an exciting (and busy) time for me. The UCA Percussion Studio was involved in many performances both at the University of Central Arkansas and around the state. I also had the chance to perform and work with students both in Arkansas and around the country. Above: members of the UCA Drumline. Above: A shot of Cloud Forest at Greenbrier High School with the expanded ensemble. Photo credit: Marcy Wells. Not long after our return from ...
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blake's blog: January to June 2011
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011. January to June 2011. The first half of 2011 was an exciting (and busy) time for me. The UCA Percussion Studio was involved in many performances both at the University of Central Arkansas and around the state. I also had the chance to perform and work with students both in Arkansas and around the country. Above: members of the UCA Drumline. Above: A shot of Cloud Forest at Greenbrier High School with the expanded ensemble. Photo credit: Marcy Wells. Not long after our return from ...
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blake's blog: February 2008
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Friday, February 15, 2008. Pro-Mark has an ad for the new Autograph Series mallets (including mine) in the latest Percussive Notes. Wednesday, February 13, 2008. 5 Days.5 Concerts. The past week has been incredibly busy. Three orchestras and five concerts in five days (with all the rehearsals that go with them.plus my job, of course). The first was the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Broadway Pops concert on Friday and Saturday nights. It was the. Then off to Pine Bluff to play. Now, it's time to get back to...
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blake's blog: November 2009
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Saturday, November 28, 2009. A Ceiling Full of Stars. I've finally gotten around to starting up a real YouTube channel. And posting video there. The first video I posted was A Ceiling Full of Stars. Performed by the UCA Percussion Ensemble. My students gave a wonderful performance of the work. The work was premiered in Spring of 2009 by the Texas Christian University Percussion Ensemble with Brian West conducting. The video above was recorded just a couple of weeks later. A Ceiling Full of Stars.
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blake's blog: New work for percussion ensemble
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009. New work for percussion ensemble. Last summer, Brian West and the Texas Christian University Percussion Ensemble commissioned me to write a new work for percussion ensemble. On April 7th, they gave an incredible premiere performance in Ft. Worth. I was there to hear it along with the premiere of Eric Ewazen's Symphony for Percussion Ensemble. And the premiere of Till Meyn's Zzzzing. Both are amazing pieces and TCU has recorded all three works for a CD release later this year.