The “Shepard Tone,” also known as the “Shepard Scale” or “Shepard Illusion,” is an auditory…
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Articles to go with the course “Orchestration for Strings”
Student Spotlight, Volume 5: Listen to New Works by Student Artists
Each and every month, we start a new Mainstage session, welcoming in a fresh batch…
Orchestral Works for Children’s Education: Britten, Prokofiev, and Saint-Saëns
Inventive, exciting music plus an educational angle? Now that’s a Soundfly super combo! Here’s a topic we’ve…
Straight Outta Wakanda: How the “Black Panther” Score Fixed Marvel’s Music Problem
Spoiler alert! This article contains spoilers for the movie Black Panther. If you haven’t seen the movie,…
Student Spotlight, Volume 4: Listen to New Works by Student Artists
Each month, we start a new Mainstage session, welcoming in a fresh batch of uniquely…
The Spectacle of Hope: Reflections on the Music of Jóhann Jóhannsson
By RE Katz Perhaps it’s fitting that the untimely death of composer Jóhann Gunnar Jóhannsson…
Mirah on the Sound of 50,000 Decisions and ‘Total Collaboration’
Welcome back to Soundfly’s weekly interview series, Incorrect Music, curated by guitarist, singer, and composer Lora-Faye Åshuvud (of…
Student Spotlight, Volume 3: Listen to New Works by Student Artists
Each month, we start a new Mainstage session, welcoming in a fresh batch of uniquely…
Sarah Davachi on the Tuning and Resonance of Synths and Acoustic Strings, and More
Welcome back to Soundfly’s weekly interview series, Incorrect Music, curated by guitarist, singer, and composer Lora-Faye Åshuvud (of…
5 Compositional Elements That Define the Music of Ennio Morricone
Ennio “Maestro” Morricone is a composer as revered in the hearts of generations of Americans…