Composition, for me, involves the combination of musical materials through analysis, intuition and chance – a subtle mixture of freedom and constraint.
Tag: interviews with composers
Sam Sadigursky, clarinettist & composer
I’m not a structured composer, and I never had any proper schooling in it. Instead I see it as an extension of my playing and a tool for developing my playing.
George Ko, pianist
Improvisation gives musicians an innate understanding of why composers make certain choices, develop a subconscious sense of style, cultivate discerned tastes in melodic lines, and form a complex vocabulary of harmony and resolution.
Marie Awadis, pianist
In my own experience I realized that being an artist was not a choice; it was who I was and who I am.
Glen Gabriel, composer
To communicate a story and feelings with music and someone being able to receive it and feel it all. It’s such a powerful thing.
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