Duché de Coeur-Tip Corbett speaks on Composers Scriabin & Ravel

This event has been postponed.

The Académie Royal de Musique presents Tip Corbett speaking on Composers Scriabin and Ravel as part of our Musically Speaking series.

Scriabin was a very 'bold' composer, whose intention was to transform the world around him with his music.

Ravel was a 'beautiful' composer, to whom the exquisite phrase was paramount. I will discuss why these two composers are the biggest influences on my improvisational style through improvisation and performance of their written works.

Tip Corbett Improv Bio:
Tip Corbett (Gregory Hall in RL) has been performing weekly live concerts of classical/compositional improvisation in Second Life since March 2009; artist's representative is Votslav Hax, Symbiotic Productions. He holds degrees from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the Curtis Institute of Music. He is an elected member of the American Composers Alliance, and has received commissions from the Music Teacher's National Association, the Arcady Chamber Orchestra, etc., and has had many works performed and reviewed in the U.S. and abroad. He is a Fellow of the Ucross Foundation, and is listed in Marquis' Who'sWho in America. Three commercial CD's including his works are due out in the next two years.

About the "Mysteria", his classical improvisations: "For many years I have striven to develop a style of classical improvisation. The art of improvising did not fare as well in classical as in popular and jazz musics in the last century. I am interested in helping to revive this lost art, once practiced by the great classical composers as readily as composition itself." Tip is open to relevant music-related questions from the audience!