Composer of the Week

Composer of the Week, Vol. I, Issue IV – February 4, 2008

Name:  Michael Colgrass

Born:  1932, Chicago area

Current post:  Composer and lecturer

Previous post:  N/A

Publisher:  Carl Fischer

Suggested listening:  Winds of Nagual

Quote:

I’m not trying to pull any tricks or dazzle anybody. I’m trying to make a music which convinces me, and which is interesting to me. It’s as simple as that.

Michael Colgrass, in an interview with Joseph Horowitz

Michael Colgrass, working on Deju Vu

Photo credit:  Arnold Matthews