‘Having the freedom to choose your own projects and the confidence to be able to give all of yourself to them.’
Leila Josefowicz, violinist
‘Music has to be accessible to people, embedded into our culture’
Ophelia Gordon, pianist
‘Use your life to enrich your music….Channel every lived experience through each note.’
Stephen Emmer, composer
‘Don’t become a ‘Jack of all trades and Master of none,’ but DO learn some tricks from the ones who are and then quickly go your own way!
David Malmberg, guitarist
‘I only play music that speaks to me.’
Patricia McCarty, violist
‘When at a concert you create the intended mood and the audience is so quiet that one could hear the proverbial pin drop, when you know you have played as well as the image in your mind’
