Category: Interviews

Clare Shore, the second woman to earn the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Composition from The Juilliard School, has received critical acclaim for her works, with reviewers from The [...]

David Nisbet Stewart is a composer, pianist, and organist. His career began in academia and migrated into computer technology from 1979 onward. His style of composing also changed as he pursued a [...]

James Shrader is a retired Professor of Music at Valdosta State University in Valdosta GA, and also taught at Northwestern Oklahoma State University and Texas Tech University. He was a [...]

Elliott Miles McKinley’s music has been performed throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe, and he has received commissions from numerous notable ensembles. Elliott is a recipient of numerous awards [...]

Performer and educator Robert McCormick is the director of the McCormick Percussion Group, recognized by composers and aficionados throughout the world for their creative interpretations and recordings that are decidedly [...]

With music described as “flat out beautiful” and “full of mystery,” composer Edie Hill is a name you'll want to remember. Her works have been performed around the world, and [...]

It’s a moment many performers only dream of. That backstage buzz of energy, met by the hum of audience murmurs and the anticipation of composers on the edges of [...]

One look at Joseph T. Spaniola's biography, and one can't help but want to lean in and learn more. Joe describes himself as "a composer on a passionate quest to [...]

Hailed by the New York Times as "An interesting composer” and "attractive and tonal" with music described as "a passionate duet “ and "a sprightly songfest,” prolific contemporary composer Mira J. Spektor’s [...]

Daniel Ott is a recipient of honors from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the ASCAP Foundation. He has received commissions from the National Symphony Orchestra, New York [...]