I've always been a composer dependent on texts..

I began like all composers, writing for small groups. Chamber groups..

Well, American composers are the best composers. At this time in the world, we are where the energy is. We are the most diverse, the most iconoclasti….

Composers love to write for symphony orchestras because the symphony is the Rolls Royce of musical instruments..

When I first wrote for orchestra, I didn't realize, when you have 20 people playing a violin line, that is very different than one person playing tha….