Talk with Alexandra Hardwood – Directing Composers

It was extremely informative to hear about Alexandra’s experiences and what it’s like to work with directors as a composer. It is always so useful to hear the other side and the best way to learn.

We also had a chance to look at her Cue Sheets to see what kind of feedback was industry standard.

As well as this, I found Alexandra’s exercise very insightful: we drew a random ‘feeling’ and needed to find a piece of music to express it, then see if the rest of the class guessed it right. There are some feelings that will easily overlap, and others that would definitely become clearer with visuals.