contemporary classical music – Page 30

Dustin O’Halloran, composer

June 11, 2021 The Cross-Eyed Pianist

Those are the best moments; when you’re collaborating with others and they share a way to find something new within music, and you’re thrown out of your own head.

the greatest challenge is to remember to take pleasure in the journey of being a composer rather than being overly focused on end goals. Obviously, we have goals, but sort of ironically, the best way to get to them is to stay engaged in the day-to-day process and find joy in that.

Adam Gorb, composer

June 3, 2021 The Cross-Eyed Pianist

To keep writing music true to myself despite fashions and the world changing.

Hayley Jenkins, composer

May 13, 2021 The Cross-Eyed Pianist

Music is a language and each performer views music through the possibilities of their instrument and technique; I enjoy having conversations about how best something should be played as there are often possibilities I wasn’t even aware of, and that is exciting.