Commission Rates for Debra Lynn, composer Composition Commission Rates DLynn 4.18.23 Please note: arranging & orchestrating are very different processes from composing. If you are seeking a commission, be sure you check rates for which type of work you are... Continue Reading →
Below is a statement I prepared and read to our MSO audience at our December 11 (2022) concert, featuring John Rutter's "Gloria." This was in response to various arts and humanities programs being cut at MU and other universities in... Continue Reading →
William Grant Still (1895-1978) I don't think that it is good for the world of music to have everything come out of the same mold. God didn't place only roses on earth, or only lilies or only violets. He put... Continue Reading →
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) The only love affair I have ever had was with music. You might lose your spontaneity and, instead of composing first-rate Gershwin, end up with second-rate Ravel. (to George Gershwin when declining to instruct him in composition)... Continue Reading →
I am a Driskell, which means throwing garbage into its designated receptacle is always done from where you are at the time the item becomes disposable. One does not approach said receptacle. Oh no! If you are a football field... Continue Reading →
Text message thread between me and my daughter Emily. Me: We start three days of juries tomorrow. Fun times! It's better than grading papers... mayyyybe. Although, I can grade papers in my pajamas, so there's that. Emily: Truuuue. And you... Continue Reading →
Me: (starts telling a story to Robert, but falls asleep mid-sentence) Me: (two hours later, waking up from nap) "...and then..." (continues story from the exact point where snoring began earlier) Robert: (shakes head, chuckling) "How the heck do you... Continue Reading →
23 November, 2021 In my naive undergrad years, I was flustered when my professors required me to play and sing Bach's music. I remember my little Romantic-era-loving self making the ignorant statement to Dean Wilder (my voice teacher) waaaaay back... Continue Reading →
Robert: (loading the dishwasher) I knew I should've done this yesterday. I can't fit everything in here now. (Frustrated there's no spot for one last plate) Me: Just put that one behind the other plates. Robert: I can't do that!... Continue Reading →
If you know me, you know I hate the F-bomb and almost never use it, unless I'm pretty upset. If you know my spousal unit, you know he is a very mild-mannered and quiet person who occasionally chortles under his... Continue Reading →
Television, Radio, and Podcast Guest Appearances "ABC News" Channel 21 Ft. Wayne (3 May, 2022) about preparing to perform "A Family Portrait" at Carnegie Hall "Third Gear Scratch" Podcast Interview (27 March, 2022) Allen Epley, frontman for Chicago-based rock band... Continue Reading →
My spouse has decided to invest some free time each day into a new television series called Chicago Med. The very few random times I'm actually home for a meal also happen to line up perfectly with Robert's intake of... Continue Reading →
When drunk college students are being loud and obnoxious outside your window and it suddenly begins raining really hard.
Preface: I struggle with several spatially related issues, one of which includes having absolutely no sense regarding which Tupperware lid fits what container. It's a source of great delight for Robert who runs toward the kitchen every time he hears... Continue Reading →
Happiness is when the tornado siren lands in the same key as the orchestral score you're studying. How did Respighi know all those years ago????
Robert: (Crossing the eastern Missouri border) Illinois, a pretty smart state in spite of being smack in the middle of the midwest. Now that's one heck-uv-ah slogan.
I have just decided that working on your retirement plan should be an Olympic event.
More Lynn household banter/mockery. Me: (totes in stressed-out composer mode because I have to jot down an idea before it disappears from my brain - yes, this is my daily life) Hey...hand me one of those...y'know...one of those...(still can't conjure... Continue Reading →
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