Michael James Oberhauser

So, I had another idea for a new project, which is hopefully going to happen:

A photographer, a writer, a poet, another composer and I are all sending short pieces to each other which will then serve as the inspiration for a new short piece. This new piece will be sent out again, and... you see the ring happening here.

Writer sends to composer sends to photographer sends to poet sends to composer, lather, rinse, repeat.

Once we get these first five rounds done, I'll share what we created!

Other than that, the 365 project is still chuggin' along. Love is Not the Last Room has slowed down a bit, but I think once I have a little more time this will charge ahead again.

I've re-thought what I'm doing with the song cycle. It's going to be slightly more Rorem-esque in scope than I had originally planned, but I think it'll still go fairly quickly.


The song cycle is now called "Love is Not the Last Room," a line from the last poem of the set. It will be for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, and baritone soloists, with a piano accompaniment. Each singer will have 3 solos. There is also a finale quartet, and there will be an intro and a few transitions with various groupings of the singers based on material from the quartet. All in all there will be 18 movements, but many are around a minute long.


I have three pieces done so far- "Oh, Every Day that Dawns" (soprano... previously written, but recycled for this), "A Cry" (soprano), "Singers" (tenor). I'm also pretty much done with the vocal line for the final quartet- it just needs some tweaking and for the piano part to be fleshed out. Several other songs are sketched out a bit, too.


More details once I have them!