The Bubble Tree – Winner of the Skirball Film Scoring Competition

My score to The Bubble Tree, an animation by Ran Jing recently won the Skirball Film Scoring Competition and was premiered by the NYU Symphony Orchestra in a live concert synchronized to film on March 7, 2011 in New York. This black and white film, deceptively simple, was a challenge to score. With its shifting [...]

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“Unveiling” for String Orchestra to be performed by the North/South Consonance

I am pleased that my work “Unveiling” (which I introduced earlier in this blog post) for string orchestra was recently selected by the North/South Consonance to be performed next June at Christ & St. Stephen’s Church in New York City. ———————– June 2011 update: Please click on this link to listen to live recording excerpts.

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Resume

Born Don’t recall Where Anywhere but here School A degree of wanting and waiting Work Is holy said my friend Worth Everything to few nothing to most Race Becoming extinct Belong Sometimes I don’t Connections Looking people in the eyes Scores Prime numbers and golden proportion Languages Always leave things unspoken Experience Raspberries are equally [...]

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Success

The depths of the ocean are supposed to be earth’s last frontier. Far removed from the reach of humankind, indeed, even from the rays of light, are bizarre creatures of the sea, swept about by the blind currents of the water. The fish are perfectly adapted to their mysterious world, communicating with the life around [...]

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Danse Macabre Wins Again

I am pleased to announce that my Piano Trio Danse Macabre (earlier introduced in this entry) won on regional level of Society of Composers Inc./ASCAP Student Composition Competition. The same composition also won the Southeastern Composers’ League’s Arnold Salop Memorial Composition Contest in March 2007. ©2007 Dosia McKay

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