As I had collaborated with visual artists before whether on installations, on performance pieces, in the context of theatre works and as I had taught for a time in art colleges the idea of writing music in response to painting was not alien.

What was once underground is now coming to the surface.

Craft is part of the creative process.

One thing I'm doing on the new Titanic recording is actually bringing in different acoustic spaces.

Still, American composers working in France have had a pretty hard time.

I am writing something which I find satisfying and which I am prepared to put my name to as a composer.

Music history has flowed under the bridges for many years.