Composers Dialogue - And Obsessively, Bitterly Argue

Certainly Being In California Has Encouraged A Sustained Commitment To Rethinking The Nature, Purposes, And Relevance Of The Contemporary Arts, Specifically Music, For A Society Which By And Large Seems To Manage Quite Well Without Them.

The Past Nine Years In San Diego Have Represented Such A Period Of Questioning.

Sometimes One Can Be So Closely Involved With Things That The Larger Context Is Lost To View.

What Makes A Specific Quality Or Quantity Of Innovation Retain Its Intense Newness Over The Years?

The Western Musical Canon Came About Not Merely By Accumulation, But By Opposition And Subversion, Both To The Ruling Powers On Whom Composers Depended For Their Livelihoods And To Other Musics.