Very often, when you're listening to a piece for the first time, you're listening through a model of other pieces that you know. At a certain point, a piece becomes idiosyncratic and you start to understand it on its own terms.

I never thought that I would write orchestra music, but in fact I did write a group of orchestra pieces.

It's always a thrill for me to see new versions of my pieces on YouTube.

I've been really fortunate to have Bridge Records interested in publishing my music for the past 25 years. Most of my music is available in their catalog.

Very often, when you're listening to a piece for the first time, you're listening through a model of other pieces that you know. At a certain point, a piece becomes idiosyncratic and you start to understand it on its own terms.

I don't think there's something that you have to 'get' with my music. It tends toward the dramatic side rather than the narrative.

When you have performers, there's the uniqueness of live performance and what performers do in concerts.