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What role, if any, do you think technology will play in the composition and performance of your music in the next 25 years? Pamela Z
October 1, 1999 / By
What role, if any, do you think technology will play in the composition and performance of your music in the next 25 years? Pamela Z

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What role, if any, do you think technology will play in the composition and performance of your music in the next 25 years? Paul Lansky
October 1, 1999 / By
What role, if any, do you think technology will play in the composition and performance of your music in the next 25 years? Paul Lansky

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The Orchestra in Contemporary American Musical Life
September 1, 1999 / By

Frank J. OteriPhoto by Melissa Richard

Is the orchestra a viable contemporary American institution? That’s a question that’s been on a lot of people’s minds both within and outside the orchestral music community as well …

Describe your best and worst memories of premiere performances John Corigliano, Composer
September 1, 1999 / By
Describe your best and worst memories of premiere performances John Corigliano, Composer

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Describe your best and worst memories of premiere performances Tim Page, Former Classical Music Critic of the Washington Post
September 1, 1999 / By
Describe your best and worst memories of premiere performances Tim Page, Former Classical Music Critic of the Washington Post

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Describe your best and worst memories of premiere performances Laurel Ann Maurer, Flutist
September 1, 1999 / By
Describe your best and worst memories of premiere performances Laurel Ann Maurer, Flutist

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Describe your best and worst memories of premiere performances David Del Tredici, Composer
September 1, 1999 / By
Describe your best and worst memories of premiere performances David Del Tredici, Composer

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Describe your best and worst memories of premiere performances
September 1, 1999 / By

John Corigliano“The best premiere I can remember is that of my Clarinet Concerto with Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic and Stanley Drucker as the soloist…”

Tim Page“…I’d choose the first performance of the orchestral …

What do you expect to hear when someone says “American music?”
August 1, 1999 / By

Chen Yi“I think that all musical works composed in the States AND influenced by American culture are considered American music.”

Judith Lang Zaimont“In a very real sense, it is the lifeblood of our country expressed in …

What is American Music?
August 1, 1999 / By

Frank J. OteriPhoto by Melissa Richard

America is a land of immigrants and the culture of America has been formed and reshaped time and time again by the immigrants whose traditions get introduced here and …