Composer, emerge thyself!
Now that the smoke has cleared after last weekend’s ginormous recital/premiere extravaganza, it’s time to pop out of the foxhole and see what the past five months of preparation has wrought. It was a...
View ArticleString Quartet video is up
The last bit of video from the concert has been posted. Liana, Stephanie, Evan, and Lucas did a great job with the quartet and I’ll be forever grateful to Mark Casey for finding them last year. The...
View ArticleSF Girls Chorus, Bach, and Me
Next Thursday and Saturday (June 9th and 11th) the superb San Francisco Girls Chorus will be performing a remarkable concert of new works including an arrangement of JS Bach’s famous Wachet Auf Cantata...
View ArticleThe real reason I’m in theater…
It’s not the applause. It’s not the artistic satisfaction. And it’s certainly not the payday. It’s the facial hair. More importantly, it’s the “get out of shaving that ridiculous beard off despite your...
View ArticleOK. Just ONE Steve Jobs anecdote.
Having worked at Pixar since 1993, I have quite a number of Steve Jobs stories. Most of those I keep well within the confines of the building or my close friends, but this is one that I think really...
View ArticleA new unit of time: The Wagner
After a full evening of writing music, I am proposing a new unit of time. The Wagner (abbreviation Wg). One Wagner is equal to one thousand minutes, approximately the length of the entire Ring Cycle....
View ArticleTONIGHT: The latest from my opera
If you’re in San Francisco tonight and interested in hearing some brand new music, swing by Counterpulse at 7:30 to hear a brief excerpt of the latest from my solo opera Failing That. The section I’ll...
View ArticleHey look! I’m a muse!
I first saw the name Ken Malucelli when I purchased the CASA christmas songbook in 1993 (all arranged by Ken and Deke Sharon). Years later Ken was one of the judges at the Harmony Sweepstakes...
View ArticleJune 24 – Sneak Peak of Failing That (my solo opera)
I’ve been doing a lot of composing so far this year. In addition to an encore for the Hilary Hahn competition (which didn’t result in an honorable mention, but did result in a pretty cool piece for...
View ArticleLet’s Get Ready To Rumble!
Time to put the game face on. It’s about to get real. I’m goin’ big or goin’ home. (Continue with the conspicuously out of place sports phrases at will.) Very proud to announce that the string quartet...
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