Thursday, January 10, 2013

#5 Leaha Maria Villarreal







Leaha Maria Villarreal




Who is Leaha? : Composer, Co-Founder of Hotel Elephant

Preference;

Pen: Gel ink pens
Notebook: Moleskine Plain/Blank

Digital Devices/Software ;

Hard: laptop computer, keyboad(music)
Soft: Sibelius 7, Logic 9


Leaha uses one notebook for everything. Her notebook is Moleskine, Classic Hardcover Plain Notebook. Taking advantage of plain notebooks, the direction of her writing shifts freely.


Why Moleskine? ;
She likes the smoothness of the paper in Moleskine. Also from her undergraduate teacher Steve Takasuki's advice; Use the items you like and create welcoming environment for yourself to achieve better performance.

Why gel ink pens over ball pens?
Gel ink pen can write smooth, and much less likely to be scratchy.


Whats up?
Her company Hotel Elephant has a concert this weekend at The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, Mary Flagler Cary Hall. This concert is a critic's pick on New Yorker. This is the rescheduled concert from 2012 November due to the Hurricane Sandy effects.


Tickets at the door: $15
January 12, 2013  at 8pm. Tickets at the door.

The DiMenna Center for Classical Music
Mary Flagler Cary Hall
450 West 37th Street @ 10th Avenue
New York, NY



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Since I pursuit concert music, why not I focus on composers?
For the compositional process, Leaha told me she goes straight into Sibelius. Although her notation is all done by Sibelius, her idea and phrase comes from her improvisation on keyboad. Leaha said the starting is hard, and everything about you reflects into your piece.

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