Re: Giving Thanks (and Preachin' the Gospel)

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi all,

Trying this again without the images…  =(

Kieren.


On Jan 4, 2014, at 1:34 PM, Kieren MacMillan <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> Just wanted to let you know two things.
> 
> 1. I was a guest lecturer at the Michigan State University School of Music 
> last month. Although most of my [short and varied] presentation to the 
> composition department was ostensibly about my music and career, I gave a BIG 
> plug to our favourite engraving app. Everything I said just got them more and 
> more excited about Lilypond — you should have seen their minds being blown 
> when I told them about polymetrics and the recent “Ferneyhough-style 
> interrupted polyphony”. And of course, when I showed them the untweaked (but 
> styled) output of my full orchestra score(s), they were appropriately stunned:
> 
> <Screen Shot 2014-01-04 at 1.32.42 PM.png>

This was the top of the [lovely] first page of my big arrangement of “The 12 
Days of Christmas”…

> 2. The promotional CD for “Robin Hood: The Legendary Musical Comedy” (from 
> last year’s Hart House Theatre production) is almost ready. I thought you’d 
> get a kick out of this corner of the liner notes:
> 
> <Screen Shot 2014-01-04 at 1.24.30 PM.png>

This said “Thank Yous” and the list included “Lilypond Developers & Community”…

> 
> I really do appreciate everything that the heavy lifters do (you know who you 
> are) — I continue to be in awe of how good you make me look, at least on 
> score paper.  =)
> 
> With gratitude,
> Kieren.