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 [...]

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Composer of the Week, Vol. I, Issue III – January 28, 2008
Name:  Christopher Rouse
Born:  1949, Baltimore, MD
Current post:  Professor of Composition, The Juilliard School
Previous post:  Professor of Music, Eastman School of Music
Publisher:  Boosey & Hawkes | Schott-Helicon
Suggested listening:  Flute Concerto
Quote:
I got the opportunity to know Mr. Bernstein only in the summer of 1989, although I [...]

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