Living Composers – Evelyn Pursley-Kopitzke, Composer

Funeral Music for the Non-Religious: Story Time

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The thought began quite some time ago with someone in an online church musician group where I’m a member. They mentioned how hard it was to find any music for unchurched and non-believers’ funerals and asked for suggestions. Funeral music always seems to be exclusively religious: eternal life in heaven, the love of God, etc. […]

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Open Letter to Prospective and Past Performers

The score is not the music. Dear Performer or Director: If you have already performed my music, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!! Thank you for being progressive enough to consider performing new music. Thank you for spending the time practicing music that’s unfamiliar, that no one else has yet interpreted. Please realize that having you