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    Derek Jacoby

    Welcome!

    This is just a new site to give more people a chance to listen to my music. I recieved a bachelor of arts degree from California State University, Hayward and I am now working towards a masters of music at the New England Conservatory, in Boston. To keep it brief, I try to vary my musical styles as much as a can. Some of my influences are Copland, Stravinsky, Bartok, Christopher Rouse, John Adams and Maria Schnieder. I play a lot of jazz (trumpet/flugelhorn) and I'm sure that influences my composition or approach to composition somehow, but it is not as direct as ragtime rhythms or jazz chord progressions. Please check back here frequently as this page is very new and will be updated!

    Derek - 12/29/01

    Ok, I said I'd update this page so here goes... I have two new things from 2002! An orchestra piece read by the NEC Honors Orchestra and a choral piece that I had read by a chamber group.

    Derek - 03/11/02

    Ok, more updates. I'm actually putting the Requiem on. I said I was going to in March but it never happened. It's ok though because I have a better recording now. I originally had one with 12 singers now I have one with 90. So, take a listen. It just won an award in the I Wage Peace choral competition. Oh, also you can visit my new home page now. I'll be updating that quite frequently...and working out all the bugs...

    Derek - 06/01/02

    Ok, more stuff. A solo flute piece.

    Derek - 08/23/02


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    "Self Castigation for Orchestra"genre: Symphonic
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    The word castigation means harsh criticism. I named the piece that because I assumed that after I heard it for the first time that's what I'd do...self castigate. While there are quite a few things I'd change, I'm ok with my first orchestral attempt. I suppose it's atonal, maybe octatonic in some parts.
    Credits: New England Conservatory Honors Orchestra with Stephen Lipsitt, conducting
     
    "Requiem - for large chorus"genre: Choral
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    A choral piece I wrote for the victims of September 11th. For unaccompanied large chorus that divides to a maximum of SSSAATTBBB. The text is a portion of the Requiem mass text, still in Latin
    Credits: New England Conservatory Chorus - Simon Carrington, cond.
     
    "Sketches for Solo Flute - Mvt I"genre: Solo Instruments
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    a four movement work for solo flute (uploaded as four different tracks). Uses the same motive at some point in each movement. I basically wrote it to give a friend of mine a challange.
    Credits: Meghan Miller, flute - 6/1/01
     
    "Sketches for Solo Flute - Mvt II"genre: Solo Instruments
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    "Sketches for Solo Flute - Mvt III"genre: Solo Instruments
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    "Sketches for Solo Flute - Mvt IV"genre: Solo Instruments
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    "5 Short Songs on poetry by E. Dickinson"genre: Vocals
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    "Surgeons must be careful" This is the first song in the cycle for soprano and piano. I kept them seperate to allow smaller downloads. This song cycle is meant to be fun. It uses very short Dickinson texts, two of them being only four lines long. It also employes very little text repetition so each song becomes a short view of what the intended mood is supposed to be.
    Credits: Heather Chu, soprano ; Derek Jacoby, piano ; 12/04/01
     
    "5 Short Songs on poetry by E. D. II"genre: Vocals
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    "It's such a little thing to weep" Second song in the cycle.
     
    "5 Short Songs on poetry by E. D. III"genre: Vocals
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    "Perhaps you'd like to buy a flower" Song three in the cycle.
     
    "5 Short Songs on poetry by E. D. IV"genre: Vocals
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    "I should not dare to leave my friend" Song four in the cycle.
     
    "5 Short Songs on poetry by E. D. V"genre: Vocals
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    "You cannot put a fire out." Fifth and last song in the cycle. As I said, I kept the songs seperate to facilitate faster d/l times. I would recommend starting with either the 3rd or 5th song in the cycle to get a feel for it.
     
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