We need to bring the music to the audience, which is more than just figuring out ways to get the people to come where the music is
Tag: interviews with musicians
Anne Dudley, composer
You need a degree of self-belief to keep going – composing is actually quite hard work.
Geoff Hannan, composer
The greatest challenge is to have a career as a composer!
Gary K Thomas, composer
My composing method varies piece by piece and the challenge is staying open and not judging how it wants to present itself.
Ilan Eshkeri, composer
I love the idea that there is no art without resistance from the medium, there are always boundaries to push against especially with a commission. The instrumentation, the style, the budget, the desires of the people you are working with, but all of these constraints force you into a place of creativity which you may never have thought of otherwise.
