In really fancy restaurants they never point to the bathroom, they just gesture toward the bathroom or they'll lead you to the bathroom. The fancier the restaurant, the less pointing there is.

Because I had been in conservatory for so long, I was jealous of my friends in bands.

In really fancy restaurants they never point to the bathroom, they just gesture toward the bathroom or they'll lead you to the bathroom. The fancier the restaurant, the less pointing there is.

Composition is interesting because, in a sense, you always have to let it go. Unless you're a true composer/performer, you're always sending a PDF and then someone else makes it. It's like instructions for a short story, faxed to every English student who's studying it.

Whenever I get asked to write orchestra music or music that is for a lot of players, I try to make it a little sad.

I'm pretty clear about what I'm capable of doing.

The score is doing a lot of work. It's like Wagner. It's like a yak carrying people.