Similarly you can make a transition from one set of instruments to another imperceptibly.

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Music history has flowed under the bridges for many years.

Music history has flowed under the bridges for many years.

When Philip Glass asked me if I would be interested in doing a new recording...

When Philip Glass asked me if I would be interested in doing a new recording...

Writing tonal music now, you are not writing into the 19th Century.

Writing tonal music now, you are not writing into the 19th Century.

Somehow in the 20th Century an idea has developed that music is an activity or...

Somehow in the 20th Century an idea has developed that music is an activity or...

Still, American composers working in France have had a pretty hard time.

Still, American composers working in France have had a pretty hard time.

Like an apparently strict musical form it breaks the five minute whole into its structural...

Like an apparently strict musical form it breaks the five minute whole into its structural...

One thing I'm doing on the new Titanic recording is actually bringing in different acoustic...

One thing I'm doing on the new Titanic recording is actually bringing in different acoustic...

What was once underground is now coming to the surface.

What was once underground is now coming to the surface.

The project which we developed, however, was for a sound piece and I was initially...

The project which we developed, however, was for a sound piece and I was initially...

I work very fast, keeping the ideas flowing but making sure they come out the...

I work very fast, keeping the ideas flowing but making sure they come out the...

I remember once, when I started writing for the alto saxophone, a saxophonist told me...

I remember once, when I started writing for the alto saxophone, a saxophonist told me...

I've heard though that there is a younger generation of tonal French composers who are...

I've heard though that there is a younger generation of tonal French composers who are...

Over the years I have tried to develop something which is technically assured.

Over the years I have tried to develop something which is technically assured.

It makes sense to invest in new work. It's almost like having a research department...

It makes sense to invest in new work. It's almost like having a research department...

The academic area of new music or modern music festivals is not something which attracts...

The academic area of new music or modern music festivals is not something which attracts...

I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles.

I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles.

I currently spend a lot of time thinking about orchestration and every detail of a...

I currently spend a lot of time thinking about orchestration and every detail of a...

As I had collaborated with visual artists before whether on installations, on performance pieces, in...

As I had collaborated with visual artists before whether on installations, on performance pieces, in...

I have friends who have a CD mastering plant in Hollywood and they are very...

I have friends who have a CD mastering plant in Hollywood and they are very...

It's rather like attending a university seminar where you are talking to a few gifted...

It's rather like attending a university seminar where you are talking to a few gifted...