Trinidad and Tobago – Roger J Henry Music

Symphony 5 Update

This post provides an update on the composition process for Roger J. Henry’s fifth symphony.

Movement One Complete – two Underway

First, I know I’m kinda plugging you in during a process that’s already started and it might be a little confusing. Sorry. I have to take this as it comes. Anyway, tldr – movement 1 of Symphony 5 is done. I’ve started movement 2. I’ve shifted my approach to the structure of the symphony fromContinue reading “Movement One Complete – two Underway”

Claiming A Trinidadian Sound-World

Making music is about making deliberate choices about how to organize sound. Most often, you take these things, pitches, and you organize a bunch of them until you have a thing that you can hum along to or vocalize. A melody. If you want to get fancy, you can use rhythm. Rhythm is the relationshipsContinue reading “Claiming A Trinidadian Sound-World”