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Surviving Bliss
It is difficult to describe the MacDowell Colony experience to someone who has never had it. After spending five weeks there this past spring working on a viola concerto and on a flute duet, I could simply say that it was heavenly. MacDowell is so absolutely blissful that at times I felt embarrassed to be…
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IN AND OUT OF THE VOID
What stands between composing music and the world feels like a void that I simultaneously crave and loathe. On the one hand, I seek those moments when I am alone and self-absorbed over a score in progress. On the other hand, I reject the thought of being a loafer, oblivious of my surroundings, because in…