13 Episodes

  1. AOC 013: William Caplin and Analyzing Classical Form

    Published: 4/14/2017

  2. AOC 012: Samuel Adler and The Study of Orchestration

    Published: 4/7/2017

  3. AOC 011: Partimenti and the Secrets of the Greatest Composers – An Interview with Robert Gjerdingen

    Published: 3/14/2016

  4. AOC 010: Understanding Harmony

    Published: 1/21/2016

  5. AOC 009: My Principles of Orchestration

    Published: 3/4/2015

  6. AOC 008: Understanding Musical Form

    Published: 11/11/2014

  7. AOC 007: Creativity and Music Composition

    Published: 10/1/2014

  8. AOC 006: The Pathway to Mastery, Part 3 – Beyond the Apprencticeship

    Published: 5/10/2014

  9. AOC 005: The Pathway to Mastery, Part 2 – The Ideal Composer Apprenticeship

    Published: 2/16/2014

  10. AOC 004: The Pathway to Mastery, Part 1

    Published: 12/28/2013

  11. AOC 003: So You Want to Become a Composer?

    Published: 12/24/2013

  12. AOC 002: The Process of Composing Music

    Published: 11/21/2013

  13. AOC 001: What is Music Composition?

    Published: 11/17/2013

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Jon Brantingham talks about everything related to music composition, music theory, and creativity, to get you started on the right foot while learning to compose. Discover what you need to be doing to consistently grow as a budding composer, what tips and tricks will make the process a little less painful, and most importantly, what you can do to find your own composing voice. Jon is a composer, music composition teacher, business owner, former Army helicopter pilot, father and husband. He doesn't enjoy long walks on the beach, but instead prefers to jump in and surf. Whether you like to write in a classical or romantic style, like Jon, or you like to write 4 minutes of bleeps and bloops and call that music, or maybe you are a singer-songwriter, the Art of Composing podcast will be your guide to learning the art and craft of music composition.