Jed Scott Music – Page 103 – arrange • compose • conduct

Every Day Work

November 25, 2023November 25, 2023 jedscottHuman Nature

You can’t make every dinner Thanksgiving.

Quantum Sufficit

November 24, 2023November 24, 2023 jedscottArranging, Composition, Writing

Don’t stop till you get enough, but also…stop.

Find Your People

November 23, 2023November 23, 2023 jedscottHuman Nature

Thanksgiving is about being with your people: the ones who make you feel all right.

Big & Little

November 22, 2023November 22, 2023 jedscottArranging, Composition, Writing

Often it’s the diction that matters as much as the content.

Awards Come & Awards Go

November 21, 2023November 21, 2023 jedscottHuman Nature

What’s the right range of emotions to feel around awards and honors?

How It Makes Me Feel

November 20, 2023November 20, 2023 jedscottEducation, Programming

Program music like you choose your menu for Thanksgiving.

Mature/Sophisticated

November 19, 2023November 18, 2023 jedscottChoral Music, Conducting, Rehearsal Technique

I’ve revised my list of what I’ll use as landmarks of choral sophistication.

Mature Sound

November 18, 2023November 18, 2023 jedscottChoral Music, Conducting, Education, Rehearsal Technique

What do we mean when was ask a youth choir for a more mature sound?

When Conditions Are Right

November 17, 2023November 17, 2023 jedscottEducation

We can make plans, and we can lay out when we intend to teach things, but the right time to teach is when conditions are right.

Always Simpler/Essential Complexity

November 16, 2023November 16, 2023 jedscottArranging, Composition, Creativity

The longer I write, the simpler I try to be.