Michael Kaulkin
@michaelkaulkin.com
Composer and musicianship teacher.
https://www.michaelkaulkin.com
Language learner. 🇭🇺🇮🇱🇮🇷
Founder, Swirly Music
https://www.swirlymusic.org
https://www.michaelkaulkin.com
Language learner. 🇭🇺🇮🇱🇮🇷
Founder, Swirly Music
https://www.swirlymusic.org
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Michael Kaulkin
@michaelkaulkin.com
· Jan 24
Since I’m new to BlueSky, just a little introduction… I’m a composer, mostly of choral and chamber music. I wanted to be Stephen Sondheim when I grew up, and I’m currently writing a musical that takes place inside a man’s solar plexus. Also a lifetime musicianship teacher and silly goose.
Stephen Sondheim (born this day in 1930) was the kind of guy who would answer his fan mail.
March 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Stephen Sondheim (born this day in 1930) was the kind of guy who would answer his fan mail.
When I was a smart-ass college student in the 1980s, I subscribed to Newsweek or something under the name Paul Hindemith. That resulted in all sorts of interesting junk mail.
February 22, 2025 at 5:15 AM
When I was a smart-ass college student in the 1980s, I subscribed to Newsweek or something under the name Paul Hindemith. That resulted in all sorts of interesting junk mail.
My Lyft driver in San Antonio just had Márquez’ Danzón No. 2 on his playlist. (How cool is that!) It reminded me of this dazzling snippet of Alondra de la Parra rehearsing this piece. Such wonderful musical leadership.
youtu.be/YfKBfH0g_Hc?...
youtu.be/YfKBfH0g_Hc?...
Márquez - Danzon n° 2 sous la baguette d'Alondra de la Parra (répétition)
YouTube video by Orchestre de Paris
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February 15, 2025 at 1:42 AM
My Lyft driver in San Antonio just had Márquez’ Danzón No. 2 on his playlist. (How cool is that!) It reminded me of this dazzling snippet of Alondra de la Parra rehearsing this piece. Such wonderful musical leadership.
youtu.be/YfKBfH0g_Hc?...
youtu.be/YfKBfH0g_Hc?...
The rug really ties the room together.
February 12, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The rug really ties the room together.
Is this Phoenix’s answer to the Information Superhighway?
February 11, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Is this Phoenix’s answer to the Information Superhighway?
It’s a music dance experience.
February 8, 2025 at 3:58 AM
It’s a music dance experience.
It has been a busy week, and next week is even more so! Just kicking the tires on my new banner rig for the Swirly Music booth at the Texas Music Educators Association convention in San Antonio. Any Texan choral directors out there? Stop by Booth 111!
February 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
It has been a busy week, and next week is even more so! Just kicking the tires on my new banner rig for the Swirly Music booth at the Texas Music Educators Association convention in San Antonio. Any Texan choral directors out there? Stop by Booth 111!
Aw, nuts! I woke up sure that this whole Riviera thing was just a bad dream.
February 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Aw, nuts! I woke up sure that this whole Riviera thing was just a bad dream.
Serving the self-publishing composer as a platform to handle sales, printing, and fulfillment, 10-year-old Swirly Music was recently redesigned, and I'm just now starting to crow about it! Here's a little demo/intro I made for a brand new Instagram account.
www.swirlymusic.org • #classicalmusic
www.swirlymusic.org • #classicalmusic
January 30, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Serving the self-publishing composer as a platform to handle sales, printing, and fulfillment, 10-year-old Swirly Music was recently redesigned, and I'm just now starting to crow about it! Here's a little demo/intro I made for a brand new Instagram account.
www.swirlymusic.org • #classicalmusic
www.swirlymusic.org • #classicalmusic
Plane crash in DC. I grew up there, and this is reminding me very much of the Air Florida crash in the Potomac in 1982 when I was about 15. Sounds like there are some survivors! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KM6...
Live: Plane Crash reported near Reagan Washington National Airport
YouTube video by WUSA9
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January 30, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Plane crash in DC. I grew up there, and this is reminding me very much of the Air Florida crash in the Potomac in 1982 when I was about 15. Sounds like there are some survivors! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KM6...
Perfect! I hate thinking about what I should listen to.
January 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Perfect! I hate thinking about what I should listen to.
Bucket list item checked. Conversation in Persian with strangers in a parking garage elevator. Something like this:
ME: Are you speaking Persian?
THEY: (surprised) Yes.
ME: I'm learning Persian.
THEY: (more surprised) That's great!
ME: Thanks! Goodbye.
THEY: Goodbye.
About all I could handle.
ME: Are you speaking Persian?
THEY: (surprised) Yes.
ME: I'm learning Persian.
THEY: (more surprised) That's great!
ME: Thanks! Goodbye.
THEY: Goodbye.
About all I could handle.
January 27, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Bucket list item checked. Conversation in Persian with strangers in a parking garage elevator. Something like this:
ME: Are you speaking Persian?
THEY: (surprised) Yes.
ME: I'm learning Persian.
THEY: (more surprised) That's great!
ME: Thanks! Goodbye.
THEY: Goodbye.
About all I could handle.
ME: Are you speaking Persian?
THEY: (surprised) Yes.
ME: I'm learning Persian.
THEY: (more surprised) That's great!
ME: Thanks! Goodbye.
THEY: Goodbye.
About all I could handle.
“Start being a musician before you make a sound,” I said to my class yesterday.
Then I thought to myself - hey, that’s pretty good! (The context was a melody that begins with a quarter rest.)
Then I thought to myself - hey, that’s pretty good! (The context was a melody that begins with a quarter rest.)
January 26, 2025 at 6:29 PM
“Start being a musician before you make a sound,” I said to my class yesterday.
Then I thought to myself - hey, that’s pretty good! (The context was a melody that begins with a quarter rest.)
Then I thought to myself - hey, that’s pretty good! (The context was a melody that begins with a quarter rest.)
Best. Tempo marking. Ever. Translated from the Hungarian "Mérsékelten".
January 26, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Best. Tempo marking. Ever. Translated from the Hungarian "Mérsékelten".
Since I’m new to BlueSky, just a little introduction… I’m a composer, mostly of choral and chamber music. I wanted to be Stephen Sondheim when I grew up, and I’m currently writing a musical that takes place inside a man’s solar plexus. Also a lifetime musicianship teacher and silly goose.
January 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Since I’m new to BlueSky, just a little introduction… I’m a composer, mostly of choral and chamber music. I wanted to be Stephen Sondheim when I grew up, and I’m currently writing a musical that takes place inside a man’s solar plexus. Also a lifetime musicianship teacher and silly goose.
“Use your words,” I just said to the dog.
January 24, 2025 at 6:46 AM
“Use your words,” I just said to the dog.