WLT Off the Beaten Craft: “Words that Sing: Writing for Classical Composers” with Todd Boss
February 25, 2025 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM CST
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Did you know the classical music world is flush with commission money and constantly on the lookout for great texts?
Writing poetic texts for classical composers is not a farfetched dream. In this introductory icebreaker, multimedia artist and producer Todd Boss will debunk myths and clarify pathways to rewarding collaborations that lead to potent works of art that can take you from a concert hall to the Grammy Awards, as it has for him. Topics will include:
- The difference between texts and texts written for voice
- Skills you’ll need to collaborate with a composer
- What opportunities exist for writers of classical music texts
- What a contract might look like
- How pay structures work
- How to get involved & meet future collaborators
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CONTINUING YOUR WRITING JOURNEY
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Todd Boss is a patent-holding entrepreneur, producer of 150+ poetry films, internationally acclaimed augmented-reality installation artist, and author of four poetry collections (W. W, Norton), a children's book (S&S), and Emmy-winning and Grammy-nominated librettos that have premiered at Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall. He hosts the podcast There's a Poem in That, a poetry therapy clinic without walls in which he writes poems for complete strangers. His work has appeared in Poetry, The New Yorker, and on NPR. He serves as founding chief of the International Bureau of Custom Poetry, the world’s only poetry commissioning agency. A nomadic house-sitter for six years, he now lives in Austin with his life partner, Grammy-winning soprano Hila Plitmann.
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