Fundraising and Bronze Pass winner...

Hello Friends!

Been working hard on the scores. Can't believe rehearsals begin in 10 days. It's almost here!

Thanks so much to all of you for your generosity and support of this project. The IndieGogo crowd funding campaign raised $7820.

I'm still getting emails and requests to donate from people - thanks so much! If you missed the crowd funding campaign, but you'd still like to contribute towards Requiem for Fourteen Roses, you can make a cheque payable to Elise Letourneau, put "Requiem" in the memo, and mail it or drop it off to my attention at Alcorn Music Studios, 953 Gladstone Avenue, Ottawa ON, K1Y 3E5. I'd need to receive it by October 31 to be sure you are included in the concert programme as a supporter.

And congratulations to Nathan Corr, whose name was drawn for the 2 Bronze passes for the 2015 TD Ottawa Jazz Festival!

CKCU interview with David Yazbeck

Had a lovely chat this morning on CKCU 93.1FM on Thursday Morning Special Blend with David Yazbeck. We talked mostly about the concert and the IndieGogo fundraiser.

If you'd like to listen in, you'll find it HERE.

If you don't have time to listen to the entire program, the Requiem part starts at about 72:45.

Thanks so much David!

CBC interview on Ottawa Morning

Early yesterday morning (Tuesday August 12) I was interviewed on CBC Radio 1 91.5 FM on "Ottawa Morning" about Requiem for Fourteen Roses.

If you missed it and would like to hear it, you can find it at http://www.cbc.ca/ottawamorning/episodes/ - and you'll need to scroll down in the player to Requiem for 14 Roses.

And in case you've ever thought musicians aren't up that early, you're generally right. Unless they are still up from the night before. Or, as in my case, it's a great time to write, because the inner critics are still asleep, and composing is pure joy without premature editing.

But that doesn't mean I'm entirely at home outside my home at the crack of dawn. It was too early for coffee!!!

NEWS: You could win Jazz Festival passes!!!

A big shout-out and THANKS to Catherine O'Grady and the TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival! They have made passes available to next summer's edition of the jazz festival available as a way to encourage donations to the Requiem for Fourteen Roses crowd funding campaign.

So, everyone who donates to our IndieGogo fundraising campaign will automatically have their name entered into a draw for a chance to win two Bronze passes to the 2015 Ottawa International Jazz Festival.

Please click HERE if you'd like to be part of Requiem for Fourteen Roses in a very real way. All donations of any size will be eligible for the draw, but also be sure to check out the rewards available at the various donation levels. Thank-you for your support!

And be sure to visit the TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival website to learn more about their activities leading up to next summer's festival.

Progress Report 1

Things have been quiet here at the blog, but for good reason. I'm happy to report that the compositional sketches for the soloist are complete, and the last choral sketch got finished yesterday. So things are on track to have scores fleshed out and made legible for choir rehearsals beginning in September. Stay tuned!