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Tag: interviews with composers
Alexander Chapman Campbell, composer
Who or what inspired you to take up composing, and pursue a career in music? I don’t remember a specific time when I started composing.
Kit Downes, composer, pianist and organist
Who or what inspired you to pursue a career in music? I started playing organ and piano quite young, and sung in a choir when
Elizabeth Knudson, composer
The most enjoyable pieces to work on are usually ones where I am writing for someone I know well—whether it’s a performer, an ensemble, or a conductor. It’s satisfying to have an ongoing musical relationship in this sense. I am writing for someone I know well, then I already have a good sense of their musical personality, their strengths, their interests— I can play with these ideas and allow them to filter through and mix with my own ideas, to create something new.
Douglas Knehans, composer
It is imperative that music carries with it intense feeling.
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