YALE STUDENT COMPOSER PROJECT                                                   OHVII3a

Justin Tierney

with Maura Valenti

New Haven, CT

October 20, 2010

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Harmonic language, specific to The God Script and in general — The God Script based on short story by Jorge Borges — connection between musical elements in work — form, with or without extramusical factors — Japanese project including gagaku — taking koto lessons — aesthetic goals: sound over structure — Martin Bresnick — coming to music late — learning to read music only six years ago — self-taught — ordered violin on eBay — started college at Albertus Magnus as philosophy major — transfer to University of Bridgeport to become music major — Jeffrey Johnson — Master’s from Tufts — serious interest in music starting in late high school — Bruckner Fourth Symphony — quality of expression — expressive objectivity, not personal — Schoenberg — timbre and color.