Orchestration Online
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Thomas Goss's profile on Bluesky for the Orchestration Online Community-at-large. I will post the occasional personal info or photo, but I'll mostly focus on new content and sharing resources.
Hi everyone! I'm announcing this today across the community (and I already mentioned it in a video on YouTube). When I first announced my sale back in late September, I messed up the final date - so I'm just extending the deadline a couple more weeks, through to midnight P.D.T. Monday 3 November.
October 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Hi everyone! I'm announcing this today across the community (and I already mentioned it in a video on YouTube). When I first announced my sale back in late September, I messed up the final date - so I'm just extending the deadline a couple more weeks, through to midnight P.D.T. Monday 3 November.
Glück's approach to clarinet in his early operas: hundreds of bars of them mostly doubling the oboes. It shows, as cautious as Mozart was with clarinets in his operas, how he was still decades ahead by comparison.
October 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Glück's approach to clarinet in his early operas: hundreds of bars of them mostly doubling the oboes. It shows, as cautious as Mozart was with clarinets in his operas, how he was still decades ahead by comparison.
• Daily 2023 Orchestration Challenge Releases Planned.
• Orchestration Tips on Patreon & the main website.
• All other YouTube Channel content (video tips, Carmina Burana, shorts, etc.) on hold thru November.
• All social media platforms (like the FB group) continue as usual.
• Orchestration Tips on Patreon & the main website.
• All other YouTube Channel content (video tips, Carmina Burana, shorts, etc.) on hold thru November.
• All social media platforms (like the FB group) continue as usual.
September 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
• Daily 2023 Orchestration Challenge Releases Planned.
• Orchestration Tips on Patreon & the main website.
• All other YouTube Channel content (video tips, Carmina Burana, shorts, etc.) on hold thru November.
• All social media platforms (like the FB group) continue as usual.
• Orchestration Tips on Patreon & the main website.
• All other YouTube Channel content (video tips, Carmina Burana, shorts, etc.) on hold thru November.
• All social media platforms (like the FB group) continue as usual.
Wilful ignorance excepted, of course.
August 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Wilful ignorance excepted, of course.
THE MOST INCREDIBLE GESTURE AN AUDIENCE CAN EVER SHOW TO AN ORCHESTRATOR... after 2+ hours of listening to Signature Choir sing with my orchestrations with Sydney Symphony, the audience sings a karakia of thanks to the performers.
July 30, 2025 at 10:46 PM
THE MOST INCREDIBLE GESTURE AN AUDIENCE CAN EVER SHOW TO AN ORCHESTRATOR... after 2+ hours of listening to Signature Choir sing with my orchestrations with Sydney Symphony, the audience sings a karakia of thanks to the performers.
Preview of coming attractions: spectrum analysis of separate and combined bassoon and flute played two octaves apart. Tip covering several 2+ octave woodwind combinations dropping in a week or so.
July 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Preview of coming attractions: spectrum analysis of separate and combined bassoon and flute played two octaves apart. Tip covering several 2+ octave woodwind combinations dropping in a week or so.
A place I've always wanted to visit - and now my first time here will be watching 2+ hours of my own orchestrations. Thank you Jadrah, Helen, and everyone at Signature Choir and Sydney Symphony Orchestra! ♥️
June 20, 2025 at 5:53 AM
A place I've always wanted to visit - and now my first time here will be watching 2+ hours of my own orchestrations. Thank you Jadrah, Helen, and everyone at Signature Choir and Sydney Symphony Orchestra! ♥️
Not in New Zealand at present…
June 15, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Not in New Zealand at present…
MASSIVE 3-HR ORCHESTRAL PERCUSSION LECTURE TOMORROW 11:00am PDT! (link in reply below)
• Scoring Polynesian instruments Pa'u Malu/Vili and log drum
• Orchestral Drum Set, going beyond pop drumming
• Staging Large Percussion Ensembles (with minimal space)
• Changeover Logistics and Percussion Scores
• Scoring Polynesian instruments Pa'u Malu/Vili and log drum
• Orchestral Drum Set, going beyond pop drumming
• Staging Large Percussion Ensembles (with minimal space)
• Changeover Logistics and Percussion Scores
May 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
MASSIVE 3-HR ORCHESTRAL PERCUSSION LECTURE TOMORROW 11:00am PDT! (link in reply below)
• Scoring Polynesian instruments Pa'u Malu/Vili and log drum
• Orchestral Drum Set, going beyond pop drumming
• Staging Large Percussion Ensembles (with minimal space)
• Changeover Logistics and Percussion Scores
• Scoring Polynesian instruments Pa'u Malu/Vili and log drum
• Orchestral Drum Set, going beyond pop drumming
• Staging Large Percussion Ensembles (with minimal space)
• Changeover Logistics and Percussion Scores
Good morning, Wellington! ♥️
May 27, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Good morning, Wellington! ♥️
...generated in the minds of youthful performers over the past half a century or so. This well matches the tongue-in-cheek lyrics of the medieval poet (or poetess) and the musical setting's knowing hilarity...
May 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
...generated in the minds of youthful performers over the past half a century or so. This well matches the tongue-in-cheek lyrics of the medieval poet (or poetess) and the musical setting's knowing hilarity...
Back in New Zealand again. The dawn is there to greet me after my 13-hour flight; along with Venus and a new moon.
May 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Back in New Zealand again. The dawn is there to greet me after my 13-hour flight; along with Venus and a new moon.
A few lovely instruments I recorded on my brief visit to California - as played by the masterful Daniel Norris. Yes, this is for another orchestration course down the road a ways...
May 22, 2025 at 12:28 AM
A few lovely instruments I recorded on my brief visit to California - as played by the masterful Daniel Norris. Yes, this is for another orchestration course down the road a ways...
The concert went awesomely well. Like Beatlemania, the screaming and applause toward the end. But also respect, love, and listening during the softer moments. I love my Pasifiki audience, they are the best! ♥️ Shout-out to NZSO, APO, Signature Choir, Helen Tupai, Jadrah Tupai, and Brent Stewart.
May 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The concert went awesomely well. Like Beatlemania, the screaming and applause toward the end. But also respect, love, and listening during the softer moments. I love my Pasifiki audience, they are the best! ♥️ Shout-out to NZSO, APO, Signature Choir, Helen Tupai, Jadrah Tupai, and Brent Stewart.
The first batch from my triple-graft dwarf apple tree: Royal Gala, wonderfully crisp and sweet (1/3rd of that variety produced, I munched the rest off the tree as they ripened over the past 2 weeks). I'll give the Golden Delicious another week, and then finally the Braeburn at the end of the month.
April 15, 2025 at 4:53 AM
The first batch from my triple-graft dwarf apple tree: Royal Gala, wonderfully crisp and sweet (1/3rd of that variety produced, I munched the rest off the tree as they ripened over the past 2 weeks). I'll give the Golden Delicious another week, and then finally the Braeburn at the end of the month.
Because when you think about it, here's a player sitting behind a set of toms, 3-4 different cymbal options, snare drum, woodblocks and/or cowbell, triangle, etc. each of which could be used separately or in combinations - and that doesn't even rule out the kick if used judiciously.
April 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Because when you think about it, here's a player sitting behind a set of toms, 3-4 different cymbal options, snare drum, woodblocks and/or cowbell, triangle, etc. each of which could be used separately or in combinations - and that doesn't even rule out the kick if used judiciously.
So relieved and grateful! I love you, New Zealand! ♥️🇳🇿
April 9, 2025 at 4:36 AM
So relieved and grateful! I love you, New Zealand! ♥️🇳🇿
Okay, everyone wanted it - so here it is! Alto Clef Reading Course, totally free (thanks to the gracious support of my crowd over on Patreon🙏). Take the 2-week Challenge! Thanks all! ❤️ (Melodic Dictation Video drops in a few days.) Link to Orientation Page: orchestrationonline.com/alto-clef-re...
March 30, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Okay, everyone wanted it - so here it is! Alto Clef Reading Course, totally free (thanks to the gracious support of my crowd over on Patreon🙏). Take the 2-week Challenge! Thanks all! ❤️ (Melodic Dictation Video drops in a few days.) Link to Orientation Page: orchestrationonline.com/alto-clef-re...
Here in New Zealand, we have volcanos. Big ones. You can see some of them many miles away. This is Mt. Taranaki as seen from Shannon, 125 miles (201km) to the south, during a perfect sunset.
March 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Here in New Zealand, we have volcanos. Big ones. You can see some of them many miles away. This is Mt. Taranaki as seen from Shannon, 125 miles (201km) to the south, during a perfect sunset.
Not on Bluesky to plug my orchestration tips books necessarily. But recently I've gotten a ton of requests regarding a student discount. While I can't admin that, I can hold a sale for everyone that helps composers on a tight budget. So here it is. Links in the replies below.
March 16, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Not on Bluesky to plug my orchestration tips books necessarily. But recently I've gotten a ton of requests regarding a student discount. While I can't admin that, I can hold a sale for everyone that helps composers on a tight budget. So here it is. Links in the replies below.
A lovely little consort of medieval players rocking out over the castle walls, in a detail from the title image of tomorrow's Carmina Burana score analysis covering Song V: Ecce Gratum. I love the double shawm player.
March 15, 2025 at 4:36 AM
A lovely little consort of medieval players rocking out over the castle walls, in a detail from the title image of tomorrow's Carmina Burana score analysis covering Song V: Ecce Gratum. I love the double shawm player.
This morning in Wellington, New Zealand...
Sauron: "I SEEEE YOUUUU..."
Sam: "Oh no, Mister Frodo!!!"
Sauron: "I SEEEE YOUUUU..."
Sam: "Oh no, Mister Frodo!!!"
February 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
This morning in Wellington, New Zealand...
Sauron: "I SEEEE YOUUUU..."
Sam: "Oh no, Mister Frodo!!!"
Sauron: "I SEEEE YOUUUU..."
Sam: "Oh no, Mister Frodo!!!"