I dreamed I went to an opera reading where all the notation was made out of raw bell pepper sculptures and then I felt really silly for writing notes when I could’ve been carving veggies this whole time

And now our kid has diarrhea 😂 😭

Annika Socolofsky@aksoco.bsky.social · 2w ago

What a f*cking week. Gotta vent. Brace yourselves. First, we found out one of our elder dogs has a permanently dislocated hip and we’re praying she’ll take to a wheelchair. 120 pounds of dog in a wheel chair would be a totally epic promenade around the neighborhood. Then, we..

Final trombone concertoooo structure diagram

What a f*cking week. Gotta vent. Brace yourselves. First, we found out one of our elder dogs has a permanently dislocated hip and we’re praying she’ll take to a wheelchair. 120 pounds of dog in a wheel chair would be a totally epic promenade around the neighborhood. Then, we..

Is it really rude of me to keep winds on their own staves for this orchestra piece? It’s gonna be a battle to combine them as they are quite independent at times

Just used a secondary dominant unironically in this piece what am I even doing

Composers! What are some of your favorite modulations from pieces from the last 100 years (classical or classical adjacent genres)? Links please!

That is quite the toupé, Landon Donovan

Do you ever write a whole ass piece and realize you’ve given nothing to Bassoon 2 or Trumpet 3? 😂

Trombone concerto coming along nicely! Way ahead of schedule, and feeling better and better about it day by day.

Started out today by making a reasonable goal for a short work day: write a secondary theme for the first movement of this trombone concerto. Within 5 mins I realized I just needed to spin out some transition material into a full theme. Took 10 mins. Now I’m FLYING past my original goal for 2day 💅

I think I might have actually successfully de-corned my trombone concerto. There’s still a bit of sap, for sure, but not quite dekalb 🌽

Annika Socolofsky@aksoco.bsky.social · last mo.

Is it possible to write something for trombone that isn’t at least a little bit cheesy?

I looked up the full text of 4834 and Illinois is straight up refusing to acknowledge testosterone as a controlled substance or track prescriptions of it and will destroy any such existing records. This is really great!

Ghost Astrid@disastridf.bsky.social · last mo.

This is cool (the first one especially)

Someone just unironically said to me: “I’m a republican. I’m in the middle.” Sir, what?

Profoundly sad (and angry) about today's SCOTUS ruling against transgender athletes. The bigotry and racism of several recent rulings are hard to absorb. My heart goes out to transgender people and their families, especially the parents of transgender kids (I know many). I feel your sadness today.

Just a women’s sports fan out here routing for whatever men’s team doesn’t have a known rapist on it. God, I hate men’s sports.

Is it possible to write something for trombone that isn’t at least a little bit cheesy?

Ok, I’ll admit it, I have no idea what the difference is between a ritardando and a rallentando

The erasure of the women’s game in this World Cup is SENDING me. J. David does not have the most goals all time for Canada (40), Christine Sinclair has 190 international goals for Canada. Messi does not have the most World Cup goals of all time (16), Marta has 17. DO BETTER.

Niche, thought-provoking documentaries on Netflix that aren’t about men athletes?

It’s small, but this feels good

Nicole Chung@nicolechung.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“‘Congress gave the Kennedy Center its name, and only Congress can change it,’ the judge wrote. He ordered that the 18 letters added to the center’s front portico be removed within two weeks. The judge also temporarily blocked the institution from shuttering this summer for renovations”

Something I’d like to do this summer is make a short series of video tutorials on how to put materials together when applying to opportunities. It’s an access issue where, especially folks who didn’t attend a traditional music program, have barriers to entry outside of even just application fees 1/2

Hot take, but using someone’s image in an AI generator without their consent is really unethical

Giving this a little bump to see if anyone in my network knows what going rates for hour admin are. Thank you! 🙏

Annika Socolofsky@aksoco.bsky.social · 2mo ago

What is a reasonable hourly rate for someone working as an assistant to a composer? I have no idea what going admin rates are, and am hiring someone for a fixed amount of work over the summer.

What is a reasonable hourly rate for someone working as an assistant to a composer? I have no idea what going admin rates are, and am hiring someone for a fixed amount of work over the summer.

Having spent more time on public transit in the last 3 days than I have in the last year, it was a rude reminder of how men perceive women’s bodies as movable and malleable—never with consent.

Business idea: hotel doors that close silently

Omg this email just made my day 🥹

A friend sent me this auto reply she got from a German colleague and I couldn’t possibly feel more seen! Ladies and Gentlemen I am on parental leave. Your message will not be read or answered. Kind regards, [name redacted]

In our neighborhood in Boulder, you can very accurately predict a household’s political leanings by how conformist, bland, and trendy their house color is. Navy with wood beams on front porch? Trump sticker on car. Monochrome black with cement planters? Trump duck in Jeep.