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Quest 10: Autumn Strings

For the 10th Composer Quest quest, I challenge you to write a piece of music for string quartet inspired by autumn. You have until September 1st to send me your composition...

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Quest 11: Halloween Reeds

I’m excited to announce our 11th Composer Quest Quest, brought to you by our woodwind friends, the Twin Cities Trio! You may remember them from such quests as Quest #1, in which my podcast listeners...

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Quest 12: Suzuki Flute Choir

UPDATE: Our flute choir concert will be on Saturday, February 28th, 10:30am at Richfield United Methodist Church in Minneapolis. For the 12th Composer Quest quest, I challenge you to write a piece of...

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Quest 13: Arias on Tap, the Sequel

For the next Composer Quest quest, we’re partnering with Opera on Tap Twin Cities again to premiere new arias and art songs. You can write for up to 4 voices accompanied by electronic piano. Optional...

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Quest 14: Patchwork Scriabin with UniqueSound

UPDATE: The quest is finished! Check out the results. In honor of the 100th anniversary of Alexander Scriabin’s death, Composer Quest and UniqueSound are teaming up to bring you a collaborative music...

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Quest 15: MNKINO Film Score Fest

Film Score Fest is back in 2015! MNKINO and Composer Quest will be pairing up filmmakers and composers to create new short films, and the Composer Quest orchestra will perform the scores live at the...

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Patchwork Scriabin: The Ultimate Prelude Mashup

Update: The contest winner has been announced! Listen to the Composer Quest episode below or scroll to the very bottom if you can’t stand the suspense. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Right...

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Quest 16: Gamer’s Rhapsody Game Jam

UPDATE: The game jam has begun! If you’ve followed Composer Quest, you know that I challenge my listeners to complete composing “quests” every couple months. This fall, we’ll be teaming up composers,...

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Game Jam Begins!

I’m excited to say that over 70 people have signed up for the “I Barely Survived That Game Jam” game jam. We have SIX CONTINENTS covered, including participants from Brazil, Taiwan, Australia, South...

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Composing Quest 17: The Tattoo

I’m excited to announce our next composing quest, courtesy of Tim Cheesebrow and his forearm. Tim has been looking for a way to commemorate his family tree through music, and he’s decided to leave it...

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Quest 18: MNKINO Film Score Fest 2016

I’m happy to announce that we’re bringing back MNKINO Film Score Fest this year! If you haven’t heard of it, it’s an awesome challenge where filmmakers and composers are paired up to create short...

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Composing Quest 19: MIDI Remix

Since the recent episodes of Composer Quest have been about electronic and video game music, I thought we could do a composing quest related to it. So here’s your challenge, should you choose to...

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Composer Quest Olympics

Since I’ll be on my Composer Quest World Tour this fall, I decided we had to do something worldly and big for the final composing quest. In the spirit of the 2016 Rio Olympics, I’ll be hosting the...

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Composer Quest Olympics: The Results

Update: you can now check out the final scorecard, the results slideshow, and the closing ceremony video (although my mic was muted for 10 minutes…whoops!). 51 composers from 6 countries participated...

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