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Getting Un-Stuck in my Career

Back in early 2023 I was feeling stuck. I didn’t get a lot of gigs & opportunities that I was applying for, interviewing for, and working towards. In fact, I was 0/23 in all my concert performance submissions for 2023. So I was just burned out and needed something to infuse some energy into my career. This is where I was in life when I decided to take part in the Joy Music House Music Production Workshop.

Since the workshop I’ve been on an exciting journey in my career feeling reinvigorated and new opportunities in new directions. I’m super thankful to Catherine, Robin and the team for the encouragement and support even after the workshop.

Joy Music House Score Production Workshop
https://www.joymusichouse.com/workshop

I did a video last year showing the behind the scenes of the recording sessions for “A Light Divided” at Silent Zoo Studios with the amazing team of the Joy Music House Workshop.

Silent Zoo Studios, the home of some of my favorite scores, was a terrific space to record this piece with some of LA’s most talented musicians. The piece was recorded over two days with 25 minutes for strings and 25 minutes for winds and brass. Recording is always a wild ride, a collaborative process between the booth and the musicians, facing all the technical difficulties and time constraints together.

Videographer Don Downie recorded two days of recording sessions showing the hard work process of recording music. I also took video while on the trip and added it in. I composed with a piano and a notepad, then input directly into Dorico. During the composing process, I take walks with my dog and in this video I included a voice memo with the music idea for this piece.

Recording Engineer: Brian Taylor
Final Mix by Tim Corpus
Video Edited by Tim Corpus

Musicians:
Sara, Jonathon, Cat, Lieza, Drew, Preston, Lori, Gabe,Lisa, Lorand, Juliette, Patti, Rodney Julie, David, Stephanie

Many thanks to so many involved:
🤘 My partner in crime, sharing the desk with me and keeping me organized, Brandon Maahs

🎶 The incredibly talented community of composers in the room who all lifted each other up throughout the weekend, with no bias, no agenda, and no competition.

🎺🎻 The talented musicians who put in the long hours bringing so much music to life.

🎧 The JMH team for their guidance, support, technical prowess, oh and also their love of good food.

📸 Photos are by the very talented Christian Amonson, who volunteered to document the weekend.

Tim Corpus is a composer with a genuine lyric impulse. He writes music that is at the same time challenging and appealing - which should be the ideal of any composer. He has a wonderful ear for sound and for shape. This is a composer with a real and important voice.

Henry Fogel Retired Dean of the Chicago College of Performing Arts and CEO/President of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

...`{`Three Pieces for Five Timpani`}` is an outstanding addition to the literature for timpani and great for advanced recital programs.

George Frock Professor Emeritus, The University of Texas

Tim Corpus is a wonderfully skilled composer who has important things to say with his music. His debut album, Breath, is extremely impressive. Beautiful and exciting music to be sure!

Larry Alan Smith Composer

Tim Corpus' music is complex, original and steeped in tradition. His Three Pieces for Five Timpani is clearly an extension of the composers, such as Elliott Carter, that came before him. The pieces are challenging but fulfilling to learn and perform. Possibly the most important thing about Tim's timpani writing is that audiences will enjoy listening to his compositions. He is taking solo timpani writing to the next level.

Ed Harrison Timpanist of the Lyric Opera of Chicago

The melodic gestures in Tim Corpus' masterful piece for strings, ``Breath``, are paced so that a listener’s respiration pattern aligns itself instinctively with the slow and even pulse of the piece. Breath creates a powerful performer/listener symbiosis, a remarkable accomplishment on the part of the composer.

Steven Gryc Composer

Tim Corpus’s music is beautifully lyrical, nicely voiced and technically well-realized. In person, he is a pleasure to work with. We very much enjoyed recording his first two string quartets and hope to see more from him in the future.

Jen Leckie Violinist, Grant Street String Quartet

I recently had the pleasure of conducting the premiere of First Flight. It is artfully written, fresh, unique, and best of all – a beautiful piece of music! Tim is a major talent with big things in store for his future. It clearly deserves a permanent place in the repertoire of any serious wind ensemble. I can't wait to program it again!

Stephen Squires Conductor, Chicago College of Performing Arts Wind Ensemble

I have worked with Tim Corpus as a performer, composer and teacher. He brings passion and energy to his craft. He is a young lion who is making his mark on the Chicago music scene.

Kevin Miller Retired Band Director, Schaumburg High School

I've had the pleasure of knowing Tim for years now, and I learned very quickly that his passion and talent as a performer and composer are unquestioned. Everything he does is handled with a rare combination of intensity and care, and his works display such attributes. His lyricism in particular, along with his rich, beautiful harmonies and intricate polyphony set him apart from many of his colleagues. In a world littered with simple, non-intellectual music, Tim is breaking through and creating a new, exciting, accessible, and, most importantly, intelligent style of music that is imperative to the future of our art form.

Matt Bronstein Axiom Brass Quintet

Breath is very professionally produced, and the overall impression is of a lyrical and rhapsodic voice. I think Breath is a great starter, very ample and serene, even ecstatic. The second quartet is lively and engaging throughout.

Dr. Robert Carl Composer
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