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Langston's Lot: Song is a Strong Thing
Summers are for fun, relaxation, and special rehearsals! I am using the summer months to complete my latest song-cycle, Langston’s Lot:...
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“DOC”
The picture is larger on the page, to match the man’s outsize personality. This is what Scott Huston looked like during my years of...
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The Ten “Perfect” Pieces
Grad school: composition seminar. This was a chance to talk shop with your fellow student composers, led by a member of the composition...
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Living in the ‘Interior World’
"When I compose it's an inner discipline that controls me. No concerts, rehearsals, interviews! It's another way of living and I prefer...