Category: Wizarding School for Composers

I love to cook. My favorite part is chopping vegetables and inhaling their aroma as they sauté on the stove. When I was younger, and when I want to try something new, I would follow recipes. Often, though, I simply mix together and season what I have on hand. I can do this because I’ve […]

As composers, we all know that ideas, technique, and process are inseparable:Ideas are the specific musical gestures we imagine.Technique is what we have internalized—physically, aurally, and theoretically—about music in general.Process is how we use that technique to bring our ideas to life.When these three align, composing is a joy.When they’re not, it sucks. And, stuck, […]