The Journey of a Composer

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Have You Ever Wanted to Be a Composer?

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I started composing around the age of 9.  Although my first pieces sounded a lot like the Czerny Etudes my piano teacher was having me practice at the time, that didn’t stop me from continuing to explore this talent I had. I continued to compose because I had musical ideas flowing through my mind that I simply had to put on paper. Over the past few years, my repertoire has grown from that one-page piano piece I wrote when I was 9, to pop songs, choral arrangements, orchestral pieces, film music, and numerous other piano solo works.

My most recent project is a piano album which consists of Christmas arrangements for intermediate-level pianists. I am going to publish it this fall in Romania, my home country.  I have been working on these piano arrangement for the past three months, and I couldn’t be more excited. Most of them are Romanian Christmas carols, but I also included other well-known international songs, such as Silent Night, Away in a Manger, and Jingle Bells.  Each arrangement presents a different aspect of music that the young pianist will develop technically:

  • 4-part hymn-style
  • melody + accompaniment
  • melody in the left hand
  • church bells
  • jazz chords
  • contrapuntal writing
  • syncopated accompaniment
I hope this piano album will enrich the musical experience of the pianists who share my love for Christmas music. Also, I will make it available for purchase in the States as well. Stay tuned!

 

– Raluca Bojor, Piano Teacher at the Jerry Evans School of Music

 

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