Heather Pechin | December 18, 2012
The 66th annual Midwest Clinic is this week! The theme for this year’s famed International Band and Orchestra Conference is “In Honor of Our Mentors,” and some important figures in band and orchestra music will be in attendance.…
Jen Tolnay | December 11, 2012
On November 5th of this year, the classical music world lost one of its giants. Elliott Carter would have celebrated his 104th birthday today, most likely by attending a concert or composing a new piece.
Born in New York…
Kathy Fernandes | September 14, 2012
We’re happy to announce My Score, an exciting new service that helps composers make their music available for sale through the Pepper network!
My Score leverages the strengths of J.W. Pepper and makes it available to composers who want to have…
Mandy Kubik | September 5, 2012
“Of course he’s not a composer, but he’s an inventor — of genius.” – Arnold Schoenberg on John Cage
To categorize him as simply “a composer” would certainly be failure to adequately describe all that John Cage was, nor would…
Rebecca Minor | August 1, 2012
On July 23, 2012, J.W. Pepper hosted Summer Sing, a choral music reading session in the company’s corporate headquarters in Pennsylvania. While reading sessions are a standard practice for Pepper, inviting musicians into the corporate location for such an event…
Paul Smith | April 11, 2012
I recently had the honor of interviewing composer and teacher Frank Ticheli. In addition to composing, he joined the faculty of the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music in 1991, where he is Professor of Composition. He…
Paul Smith | November 1, 2011
Sean O’Loughlin is a rising name in the music world. His music is characterized by vibrant rhythms, passionate melodies, and colorful scoring. Commissions and conducting appearances
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Karen DeSimone | June 23, 2011
Larry Clark’s pieces have been performed internationally and appear on numerous contest/festival lists. He is an ASCAP award-winning composer with over 200 titles in print and is in high demand to write commissions for bands and orchestras across the country. …
