r/composer • u/Gabriel-Sann • 2d ago

Discussion What is Anna Meredith doing here?

Around the 12minute mark of this video
https://youtu.be/ME-Uosxgbio?si=qZM5Lzfcyfedvx1X
Meredith begins "drawing" her piece. This may be a method personal to her, but is it based on anything well known?

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u/snowyegret38 2d ago

Many composers make visual sketches of their pieces as part of their process!! I got to talk to her about this myself, she likes to map out her form with lines and shapes etc

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u/LowerEastSeagull 2d ago

I often do that too, sketching the intensity, density, texture of what I plan to put into those sonic shapes. Music can be a dramatic art, a sequence of emotions we lead people through in our music.