MORNING COFFEE: 3. OVERCOMING YOUR IMPRINTING An early-morning ramble through the topic of imprinting and first impressions - building on them instead of letting them hem you in and rule your life. youtu.be/z6cZLSOX0tY

Morning Coffee: 3. Overcoming Your Imprinting

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LIVE Q&A THIS SUNDAY 26 JUNE AT 11:00am P.S.T.! Please join me for a very fun live event, where I'll share insights, live tips, & answer as many of your questions that I can in 2 hours. Features a special talk on building the right size orchestra for a crossover concert. youtube.com/live/vWQ2BMz...

July 2026 Orchestration Q&A - Crossover Orchestration Numbers

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CARMINA BURANA XV: AMOR VOLAT UNDIQUE A special birthday video post dedicated to my parents, for whom Carmina Burana was a special part of their bond when they first got together. youtu.be/MI7FSZ1f0iU

Carmina Burana XV: Amor volat undique

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CARMINA BURANA XIV: IN TABERNA QUANDO SUMUS Here it is at last! The complete version of the video I've been working on for the better part of a month. Thanks so much to my Patreon crew for supporting the lengthy production every step of the way! youtu.be/JPK1QFIo0ec

Carmina Burana XIV: In taberna quando sumus

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ORCHESTRATION TIP: TUBA/HORN RELATIONSHIPS Tuba can blend seamlessly with horns in exposed chords and chorale scoring - and act as a member of the horn section in certain approaches; especially when the horns are doubling on Wagner tubas. youtu.be/tdLdeqOIJWY

Orchestration Tip: Tuba/Horn Relationships

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MASSIVE VIDEO RELEASE TOMORROW... ...with an hour-long score analysis covering Orff's longest, most outrageous song "In Taberna Quando Sumus - with many passages of huge, blustering scoring - AND a 20+ minute orchestration tip exploring Tuba/Horn Relationships, with a dozen examples in full score.

MORNING COFFEE: 2. SPENDING YOUR $10 WORDS If you don't watch this video, your "fiduciary fluidity may be severely curtailed." 😆 All kidding aside, here's the next of my little monthly morning chats over a cuppa hot chocolate... youtu.be/BVTT6pYq6IA

Morning Coffee: 2. Spending Your $10 Musical Words

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Nice even number! I started my Carmina Burana score analysis last year with 77,777 subscribers. Since then, despite delays due to health and other crises, the channel has grown by another 11,111 subs.

ORCHESTRATION TIP: NEVER USE “a1” EVER! NEVER use the marking “a1” to indicate a single player at woodwind or brass entrances. ALWAYS indicate which player by the number of their seat: “1.,” “2.,” and so on. youtu.be/E9PlZHS4hf4

Orchestration Tip: NEVER Use "a1" EVER

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PROOFING ORCHESTRAL SCORES: INTRO Finally! The introduction to my projected series on proofing your orchestral scores has arrived! This video represents a quick overview of my upcoming intensive, 6-part series on proofing your orchestral scores... youtu.be/JTx0vbfi5DY

Proofing Orchestral Scores: INTRO

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Morning Coffee 1. Memory, Imagination & Obsessiveness Please share a coffee with me this morning here in New Zealand as I talk about torch songs, Beethoven symphonies, being a 5-year-old who could work a turntable, and other ephemera. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Epu...

Morning Coffee: 1. Memory, Imagination, & Obsessiveness

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UPDATES: New Tips, New Book Title, and More • Video releases resume. Thx all for your patience during my recent relapse. • 2 new tips on the Orchestration Online website (a 3rd on Patreon). • Channel now has a BuyMeACoffee account, for those who've asked (linked in info)... youtu.be/noe8F8KI9_0

UPDATES: New Tips, New Book Title, and More

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PERCUSSION SCORING: PLAYER DISTRIBUTION/CHANGES Please join me for a discussion between percussionist/composer/conductor Jamie Whitmarsh and film/concert composer Danyal Dhondy. youtube.com/live/qlR831q...

Percussion Scoring - Instrument Distribution/Changes

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CARMINA BURANA XIII. EGO SUM ABBAS CUCANIENSIS After the dedicated hedonist & the roasted swan comes the comedic supervillain! In this case, a gambling monk who literally wins the pants off his unwary fellow taverngoers, and leaves them crying out against the cruelties of fate. youtu.be/JfFkyrq6lDU

Carmina Burana XIII. Ego sum Abbas Cucaniensis

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ORCHESTRATION TIPS PLAYLIST UPDATED! The Orchestration Tips YouTube Playlist (linked below) has now been updated to reflect all video tips I've released over the past decade+. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

2-OCTAVE WIND DUOS, PART 3: SINGLE-REED COMBINATIONS Begun back in July of last year, then put on hold during the wrap-up of evaluations for the 2023 Orchestration Challenge, my series on 2-Octave Woodwind Unison Duos is now made complete with this third and last chapter. youtu.be/I2R4EtygZ1Q

2 Octave Wind Duos, Part 3: Single Reed Combinations

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CARMINA BURANA XII: OLIM LACUS COLUERAM This intense kernel of dramatic agony comes right at the halfway point in Carl Orff's sprawling song cycle; with the tenor solo's only appearance. But what an appearance it is... youtu.be/rjh6CF_QN84

Carmina Burana XII: Olim lacus colueram

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ORCHESTRATION TIP: TROMBONE/HORN COMBINATIONS A chapter-in-progress from 100 LAST Orchestration Tips, taking a deeper look into the possible teamups between trombones and horns... youtu.be/yHeiL8Uq77s

Orchestration Tip: Trombone/Horn Combinations

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CARMINA BURANA XI: ESTUANS INTERIUS Orff at his most operatic, heroic, chivalric, and even metallic: a blasting, scorching ode to the Goliard lifestyle: gambling, drinking, partying, and companionship; with a dedication to Venus and a desire to float on the winds of fate. youtu.be/gkm0iajns6Q

Carmina Burana XI. Estuans Interius

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COMPARISON OF TRUMPET VS. CORNET WAVEFORMS... ...which I'll be discussing at tomorrow's livestream Q&A (linked below), along with other excerpts from my upcoming book, previews of coming orchestration analysis videos, and answering as many of your questions as I can in 2+hrs. 10 Jan at 11:00am PST.

PLEASE JOIN ME THIS SATURDAY 11am P.S.T FOR A SPECIAL LIVE STREAM! Bookmark this link, save the date, then tune in for... • Live Q&A! • Chat about upcoming releases! • Excerpts from upcoming videos! • Previews from my next book, 100 LAST Orchestration Tips! youtube.com/live/tG1iP7O...

Orchestration Questions 2026

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BEETHOVEN PATREON EVALUATION 82B. RAFA RODRIGUES (MOVT. 2) The 2nd movement of Rafa's score shows signs of immense haste in its orchestration - but it's hard not to get swept up in the momentum, with one idea after the next spilling over. youtu.be/GuU0o0LLUOo

Beethoven Patreon Evaluation 82B. Rafa Rodrigues

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BEETHOVEN PATREON EVALUATION 82A. RAFA RODRIGUES (MOVT. 1) Rafa's lively, multifarious, and deeply imaginative entry is in some ways the most challenging of all... youtu.be/fc9FBNqTow8

Beethoven Patreon Evaluation 82A. Rafa Rodrigues

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BEETHOVEN PATREON EVALUATION 81. CALLUM HÜSEYIN Callum's entry is more than just an orchestration - it's an essay informed by historical research; professional experience as a composer, orchestrator, and conductor; and as a creator with an obvious affinity for the material. youtu.be/rqoWD31tqDc

Beethoven Patreon Evaluation 81. Callum Hüseyin

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BEETHOVEN PATREON EVALUATION 80. HUGH VAUGHAN WALLIS Hugh's entry contains many superb features: period-informed brass and timpani, lovely phrasing and proportion, excellent architecture, and a great sense of momentum in both movements. youtu.be/fhaDSDeEnhA

Beethoven Patreon Evaluation 80. Hugh Vaughan Wallis

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BEETHOVEN PATREON EVALUATION 79. NOEL LEGGETT (Includes Tip on Slurred Tremolos as Intermission) Noel did more than simply orchestrate Beethoven's 24th Piano Sonata. He transformed the material into a full 3-movement clarinet concerto... youtu.be/_TB-t6al-N4

Beethoven Patreon Evaluation 79. Noel Leggett

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BEETHOVEN PATREON EVALUATION 78. D.A. RANSEVYCZ (includes Tip on Slurred Tremolos as Intermission) Dean's interpretation has a Mozartian sweetness and cleverness, for all its Beethovenian source material - as well it should, taking the form of a duo concertante... youtu.be/sbb3yz-aO5E

Beethoven Patreon Evaluation 78. D.A. Ransevycz

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BEETHOVEN PATREON EVALUATION 77. ARNE BREMER (includes orchestration tip about Tied Tremolos, Part 2) Arne exercises a great deal of intelligence, craft, and instinct to deliver a magnificent example of scoring. youtu.be/Fq6kmagaOAk

Beethoven Patreon Evaluation 77. Arne Bremer

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BEETHOVEN PATREON EVALUATION 76. EDWARD BERDEN (includes orchestration tip about Tied Tremolos, Part 1) Edward orchestrates with a keen sense of style and proportion, beautifully realising the period approach and sensibilities in Beethoven's source score. youtu.be/OFSwi_wxJjE

Beethoven Patreon Evaluation 76. Edward Berden

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Sorry everyone! A couple weeks delay while my health gets back on track. www.patreon.com/posts/143609...

LAST FEW BEETHOVEN CHALLENGE EVALUATIONS DELAYED BY A COUPLE WEEKS | Thomas Goss

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