Welcome to the St. Benedict’s Prep Drama Guild blog, our organization’s first foray into the world of online communication. Through the blog we hope to share with you what most audiences never get to see or experience – the rehearsal process. Through our writing, we hope to give you some insight into what it is we do here every afternoon from 3:10 – 6pm.

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

My first BIG Composition


Hello, I stated before in my first post that I don’t just play a character, the Poet, I also play and create the music. In my first play here at SBP, Tibetan Book of the Dead, I did most of the underscoring along with other members of the cast. In that play I played 3 instruments - my main instrument, an acoustic guitar, a student metal flute, and a Tibetan flute. However, I only worked and composed some of the music. Then, in The Beaux' Stratagem, my second SBP play, I also played the acoustic guitar for one scene, and in one song accompanied the lead actor. What makes this play different and the most important play I’ve done yet, is that I’m in charge of composing the entire music for the play. Finally I’m able to use my electric guitar, Fionna, and use my full rig. My group of artists for this play is called the Urban Beat Band (UBB), that includes another guitarist, and 3 percussionists who made their own drum rig out of city material and sounds.  Now I might also be gaining orchestral instruments like the clarinet and baritone. We will play the transition scenes, scene moods, and underscoring. Other than being the songwriter and bandleader of my own band, The Fallen Legends, composing this play will be a big step in my music experience and career.  This will be the first time I ever composed an entire play and I am so happy that Ms. Flynn chose me to do this. The process is hard but rewarding, seeing how all my UBB members bring their talents and skills to our music. Those who know my playing style will hear that “Dakota flavor” in there, but I hope to thin that out and allow everyone’s spice to add to the taste of my composition, making it an explosion of styles, sounds, and textures. So when you come, listen to the music and feel the hard work we all put in, and if you ever get a chance to talk to me don’t be afraid to give me some feedback. Remember, this is my first time composing something of this caliber. Thank you, and thanks to the Members of the UBB.

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