Never underestimate the extent to which audiences are willing to hear something new, even if this sits outside of what they might be expecting.
Interviews with musicians, composers and conductors
Never underestimate the extent to which audiences are willing to hear something new, even if this sits outside of what they might be expecting.
Working with musicians who connect with what you’ve written is as good as it gets for me. To hear a musician applying his or her decades of experience to your music is the greatest privilege imaginable.
I relish composing for specific performers – it always shapes the music
People need to listen to the music first and make their own minds up
Writing the tune is the hard part