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    <title>Josh Forgét</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[I'm a composer currently studying music composition at SUNY Fredonia in the School of Music.  My primary instrument is piano, but I sing and play percussion as well.  Over the last four years or so, I studied composition in my hometown of Rochester, NY under the tutelage of Nancy Strelau through the Hochstein School of Music and Dance (an offshoot of The Eastman School of Music).  I'm a graduate of the honor's certificate program that was offered there in composition.  Thus far, I've composed pieces for both the concert stage and media (including short films and a TV show, which I will talk about later. . .) I also played percussion in the Hochstein Percussion Ensemble and the Hochstein Youth Symphony Orchestra.  Both of these ensembles each premiered one of my original compositions.  My first symphonic tone poem "Love and War" was premiered by the HYSO in May of 2008.  In March of 2009, my composition for percussion ensemble "Wind Up" was performed by the Hochstein Percussion Ensemble under the baton of the Rochester Philharmonic's Jim Tiller.  

My first film score was completed in 2008 for the High Falls Film Festival.  The film was called "Remembering to Forget" and was directed by RIT's Jennie Brodka.  It won first place in the sOfa section of the festival.  I also scored three episodes of the television show "7th Street Theater" for director Dave Christiano.  The episodes aired on TBN, JCTV and Cornerstone Network as well as a few others.  I also have an upcoming project with composer and orchestrator Philip Klein (co-orchestrator on the feature films The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and The Tale of Desperaux).

Over the summer, I write and perform music for vocals and piano in the Rochester area.  This summer, I'll be performing with local cellist Paul Watrobski at casual venues.  I'll be sure to post the dates as soon as we begin playing out.  

IN THE MEANTIME, take a listen to some of my music above! There's a variety of works both classical and otherwise for your enjoyment.

You can contact me through e-mail, facebook or twitter.  My e-mail is jforget@rochester.rr.com.



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      <title>I fear this snow is enveloping me.</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:28:19 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Morning coffee, then off to work.</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Morning coffee, then off to work.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 06:19:40 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>composing a few cues tomorrow for Dave Christiano's show.  Then practicing...</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[composing a few cues tomorrow for Dave Christiano&#039;s show.  Then practicing some Bach.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:23:17 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>MAHLER 2</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 10:07:30 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>just made a youtube account. . .ready to upload some videos!</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[just made a youtube account. . .ready to upload some videos!]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:23:47 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Drinking coffee while practicing soulless piano duets for tomorrow.</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Drinking coffee while practicing soulless piano duets for tomorrow.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:19:10 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Adding electronics to my composition for solo horn made it much more...</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Adding electronics to my composition for solo horn made it much more intense. . .and scary.]]></description>
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      <title>and the bass line in measures 20-21 reminds me of something but I can't...</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[and the bass line in measures 20-21 reminds me of something but I can&#039;t place it!]]></description>
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      <title>I like that hard, round sort of snow that bounces off of my jacket.</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:05:59 -0800</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[One of these years I&#039;m going to pitch a tent in front of the mall on black friday, start a fire, get out some canned soup, and buy nothing.]]></description>
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      <title>Composing String Quartet, No. I. . .in e minor apparently.</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:25:43 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Roommate's gone for the weekend=solitude.</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Roommate&#039;s gone for the weekend=solitude.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:52:40 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>viva la vida is overpowering Ravel.</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[viva la vida is overpowering Ravel.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:30:33 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>just listened to I Don't Need No Doctor by John Mayer on @Grooveshark:...</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[just listened to I Don&#039;t Need No Doctor by John Mayer on <a href="http://twitter.com/Grooveshark" target="_blank">@Grooveshark</a>: <a href="http://tinysong.com/7n7W" target="_blank">http://tinysong.com/7n7W</a>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[setting a Yeats poem to music. . .trio consisting of tenor voice, French horn and bassoon]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:16:23 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>So far, a very chorale like beginning :)</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[So far, a very chorale like beginning :)]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:16:22 -0800</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[just listened to Catch Me If You Can by John Williams on <a href="http://twitter.com/Grooveshark" target="_blank">@Grooveshark</a>: <a href="http://tinysong.com/7f5n" target="_blank">http://tinysong.com/7f5n</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:26:28 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>just listened to Mars The Bringer Of War by Gustav Holst on @Grooveshark:...</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[just listened to Mars The Bringer Of War by Gustav Holst on <a href="http://twitter.com/Grooveshark" target="_blank">@Grooveshark</a>: <a href="http://tinysong.com/6IpC" target="_blank">http://tinysong.com/6IpC</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:57:27 -0800</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:59:09 -0700</pubDate>
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