‘Learn the score before you learn the gesture – technique in front of an orchestra means nothing without total command of the music itself.’
Interviews with musicians, composers and conductors
‘Learn the score before you learn the gesture – technique in front of an orchestra means nothing without total command of the music itself.’
‘Success means writing the music you want to write’
‘Practice builds technique. Listening makes it music.’
‘I think, for me, writing a piece well is always an aim. I like the idea of someone describing my work as “well-written”, whatever that means.’
‘If you build it they will come! Create your own means, don’t wait to be “picked.”‘