DMA Lecture Recital: April 7 at 7:30

April 7th (next Thursday) at 7:30 P.M., my final degree requirement, the Lecture Recital, comes to CUA's John Paul Haul. It's a recital of original music, along with analyses and comments, by your truly.

This event highlights my recent compositions, which have grown increasingly concerned with social and environmental issues and other topics of practical, everyday relevance. Click here for more information and a detailed program.

Hope to see you there!

Oblivion announcement

My one-act opera Oblivion was recently accepted for performance at a DC-area theater festival in July 2010 (more details to follow). It's based on the short story "Ex Oblivione" by H.P. Lovecraft. For more info on him, check out the H.P. Lovecraft Archive.

The work also incorporates poems by William Carlos Williams, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, myself, and others. This essentially plotless "meditation on acceptance" spends a lot of time in various dreamscapes.

I will be posting often on this work in progress, and I hope everyone will check it out every so often and give some feedback. Perhaps an entirely new blog is in order! More word later.

Peace,
Kyle

Reviews of Performances, Compositions, Now on My Website!

Good morning, reader. Or, if you're on the mainland, good afternoon!

As you probably know, I like to review music. In addition to reviewing live performances, I also spend time listening to and reviewing compositions for private (public) study and reflection.

Well, if you're into long-winded descriptions of and musings on music and other arts, this is your lucky day. I recently went through the arduous task of linking every one of these reviews to my website. I'm up to 33 and counting!

You can check them out here:
www.kylegullings.com/reviews-and-blog.php

(The text is still on my blog.)

Good day!