"Dies Irae" is a single-movement of a Requiem Mass I sketched out. I will be composing the rest of the Requiem Mass (7 movements) during my Composer Residency in Iceland June-July 2019. Chamber Singers: Kelsea Maloney-Johnson Kylie Smith Caroline Hines Lotta Mushkatblat Olivia Adolph Mario Felix David Kronenberg Zade Dardari Brett Crockett Michael Blackburn Spencer Greene Robert Jeffrey ⭐️ Where to find me ⭐️ ▸ Patreon | https://www.patreon.com/feonaleejones ▸ blog | http://feonaleejones.com ▸ facebook | http://facebook.com/feonaleejones ▸ instagram | http://instagram.com/feonaleejones ▸ twitter | http://twitter.com/feonaleejones ▸ soundcloud | https://soundcloud.com/feona ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oObBfz6K24w

Whether you are a beginner or professional composer, I wanted to share 6 helpful tips for composers that I have used regularly when composing and developing my music. Enjoy! Don't forget to Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/feonaleejones ⭐️ Where to find me ⭐️ ▸ blog | http://feonaleejones.com ▸ facebook | http://facebook.com/feonaleejones ▸ instagram | http://instagram.com/feonaleejones ▸ twitter | http://twitter.com/feonaleejones ▸ soundcloud | https://soundcloud.com/feona As a composer some of my inspirations include: Maya Deren, Ligeti, Terry Riley, Penderecki, Bartok, Elliot Carter, Schnittke, Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Debussy, Chopin, Ravel, Poulenc, Wagner, Schubert, J.S. Bach, Johannes Ockeghem, Palestrina, Guillaume Dufay, Arvo Part, Beethoven, Chen Yi, Tan Dun, Elliot Carter, George Crumb, Kaija Saariaho, John Adams, Toru Takemitsu, Alan Hovhanes, Jaap Blonk, Meredith Monk, Bernard Herrmann, Cecil Tayler, Sun Ra, Miles Davis, Keith Jarrett, Michale Nyman, Yoko Ono, Robert Ashley, Sonic Youth, Tarkovsky, Kenn Russell, David Lynch, Stan Brakhage, Zhang Yimou, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Adam Elliot, Nino Rota, Coil, Aphex Twin, Plastikman, Can, John Carpenter, Tim Burton, Ang Lee, NIN, Angelo Badalamenti, Danny Elfman, Bernard Herrmann, David Raksin, Ennio Morricone, Cliff Martinez, Bauhaus, Oingo Boingo, Devo, Talking Heads, Gary Numan, Love & Rockets, Wire, PIL, Brian Eno, Roxy Music, Kraftwerk, David Wise, Dead Can Dance, Cocteau Twins, Tom Waits, David Bowie, Swans, Slayer, Metallica, Black Sabbath, Bjork, Frank Zappa, and John Zorn. BIOGRAPHY Feona Lee Jones currently lives in Santa Cruz, where she works as a freelance composer, pianist, and educator. As a composer and pianist, she continues to explore her own musical language, influenced by classical, jazz, North Indian classical, avant-garde film, experimental theatre, and electronics. Her music has been performed in the United States, Iceland, and Poland. She has been commissioned by prestigious ensembles, organizations, and artists such as the Del Sol String Quartet, Composers Inc., Awesome Orchestra, The Humane League, Opera on the Spot, Luger Hofmann-Engl, and Invoke String Quartet. Never satisfied with a single medium, she has worked in concert music, film music, interactive games, and most recently, opera. ARTIST STATEMENT As a composer, I strive to cross the cultural sound barrier, to erase existing boundaries between modern and ancient, East and West, masculine and feminine, physical and spiritual. Challenging norms and experimenting with possibilities in the sonic realm is at the core of my work as an artist. I hope to bridge disciplines working with and across disciplines. I avoid stereotypical ways of working with these media and have found my voice as a com ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRDnRhwaNYc

"The Galactic Tidal Wave of Light" is a drone-y, ambient, electronic, new age meditation piece created for a meditation track. This piece was made using software synths: FM8, Massive, as well as analogue synths: Korg Poly 800II, Yamaha DX7, and Ensoniq ESQ-1. Some of my influences include: Steve Roach, Brian Eno, Pauline Oliveros, Maggi Payne, Aphex Twin, Flying Saucer Attack, Robert Fripp, Harold Budd, and Barbara Marciniak (title comes from her book, "Bringers of the Dawn: Teachings from the Pleiadians." Video shot in Marin Headlands, California in 2017 Don't forget to Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/feonaleejones Connect: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/feonaleejones Twitter: https://twitter.com/feonaleejones Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/feonaleejones/ Website: http://feonaleejones.com/ Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/feona ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTtmb53vQmU

In this video I discuss practical bookkeeping and tax preparation tips for freelance musicians (i.e. performers, composers, and teachers) like myself. If you have any questions, please post them below. Don't forget to Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/feonaleejones ⭐️ Where to find me ⭐️ ▸ Patreon | https://www.patreon.com/feonaleejones ▸ blog | http://feonaleejones.com ▸ facebook | http://facebook.com/feonaleejones ▸ instagram | http://instagram.com/feonaleejones ▸ twitter | http://twitter.com/feonaleejones ▸ soundcloud | https://soundcloud.com/feona BIOGRAPHY Feona Lee Jones currently lives in Santa Cruz, where she works as a freelance composer, pianist, and educator. As a composer and pianist, she continues to explore her own musical language, influenced by classical, jazz, North Indian classical, avant-garde film, experimental theatre, and electronics. Her music has been performed in the United States, Iceland, and Finland. She has been commissioned by prestigious ensembles, organizations, and artists such as the Del Sol String Quartet, Composers Inc., Awesome Orchestra, The Humane League, Opera on the Spot, Luger Hofmann-Engl, and Invoke String Quartet. Never satisfied with a single medium, she has worked in concert music, film music, interactive games, and most recently, opera. ARTIST STATEMENT As a composer, I strive to cross the cultural sound barrier, to erase existing boundaries between modern and ancient, East and West, masculine and feminine, physical and spiritual. Challenging norms and experimenting with possibilities in the sonic realm is at the core of my work as an artist. I hope to bridge disciplines working with and across disciplines. I avoid stereotypical ways of working with these media and have found my voice as a composer unifying them. Like most art forms, I believe the function of music is to create an experience, so that each work evokes a new conclusion, and is dynamic and evolving in nature. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtnkwUUBPbY