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….

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

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….

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

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