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Composers

Composers offer their views on composing and other music-related topics. Below, you will find blogs about specific composers.

Featured Postings

Here are ten recent blog entries from the Composers category.
  • Aaron Gervais, USA and Canada
  • Alexandra Gardner Building Noises, USA
  • Andrew Cole A Composer’s Blog, USA
  • Aristea Mellos, USA
  • Bear McCreary, USA
  • Ben Phelps, USA
  • Charles Shere The Eastside View, USA
  • Christian Carey File Under? (Sequenza 21), USA
  • Christopher Larkin, Australia
  • Christopher Painter The Endgame, UK
  • Clark Ross Music Composition Weblog, Canada
  • Daniel Thompson Microtonal Composer, USA
  • Daniel Wolf Renewable Music, Germany
  • David Allen, UK
  • David Bruce, UK and USA
  • David MacDonald, USA
  • David McIntire Words About Music, USA
  • David Ocker Mixed Meters, USA
  • Daron Hagen Notes: A Composer’s Blog, USA
  • Dennis Tobenski, USA
  • Douglas Gibson, USA
  • Eric Craven, USA
  • Eric Whitacre, USA
  • Fred Himebaugh Fredösphere, USA
  • Ian Monro, Australia
  • Ingram Marshall Old Man of the Woods, USA
  • J. Simon van der Walt, UK
  • James Ballard, USA
  • James MacMillan James MacMillan in Scotland, UK
  • James McCarthy, UK
  • Jay C. Batzner (Sequenza 21), USA
  • Jennifer Jolley Why Compose When You Can Blog?, USA
  • John Adams Hell Mouth, USA
  • John Mackey Osti Music, USA
  • John Oliver, Canada
  • John Piscitello, Film Composer Blog, USA
  • John Presley Music Composer Blog, USA
  • Judd Greenstein, USA
  • Judith Lang Zaimont MusicMaker (JLZ) (Sequenza 21), USA
  • Kati Agócs, Canada and the USA
  • Kevin O'Connell, Ireland
  • Kyle Gann PostClassic, USA
  • Lauren Redhead, UK
  • Lawrence Dillon An Infinite Number of Curves (Sequenza 21), USA
  • Madaleine Cocolas Fifty-two Weeks, USA
  • Mara Gibson, USA
  • Mark Gustavson, USA
  • Mason Bates, USA
  • Matthew Orlovich, Australia
  • Matthew Whitall The Short Road to Nirvana, USA
  • Michael Colgrass Adventures of an American Composer, USA and Canada
  • Michael James Oberhauser, USA
  • Michael Kaulkin, USA
  • Nicholas Simpson, UK
  • Nickitas Demos Greek & Composing, USA
  • Nico Muhly, USA
  • Pamela J. Marshall Elusive Music, USA
  • Paul Bailey, USA
  • Peter Alexander Professional Orchestration , USA
  • Phillip Cooke, UK
  • Richard Lannoy, UK
  • Roger Bourland, USA
  • Ryan Anthony Francis, USA
  • Sam Watts, Composer Blog, UK
  • Simon Bielman, USA
  • Steve Peters, USA
  • Thomas Schoenberger, USA
  • Timothy Andres, USA
  • Thomas Butler, UK
  • Tod Machover Opera of the Future, USA
  • Various contributors Atlanta Composers Blog, USA

Blogs About Composers

These blogs are not written by composers; rather, they are about specific composers.
  • Anonymous F*ck Yeah! Elliott Carter, USA
  • Greg Mitchell Roll Over Beethoven, USA
  • Jelena Novak Louis Andriessen, Holland
  • Laura Kuhn John Cage Trust, USA
  • “Scoredaddy” Fanfare for Aaron Copland, USA
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