The writer in me requires three things in order to make art: a good meal, a comfortable workspace, and stimulating interactions. Food fuels me. And if I am content I am compelled to sit at my computer and sing with the keyboard until I lose my voice for the evening....
Thanks to Marya Martin who commissioned the piece for the Flute Book for the 21st Century. Many thanks to my dear friend and colleague Margaret Lancaster, who tried out the piece for me and advised me about notation. Thanks also to the Civitella Ranieri Foundation who...
Civitella gave me invaluable time – to reflect, think, and test. I mined the library’s music collection and filled my studio with the music of Guy Klucevsek, Henry Threadgill, Bill Frisell, Jive Soweto, Korean Kayagum, Songs of Somalia, and Hindustani and...
I arrived at Civitella Ranieri with a rigid determination to relax. There were two concrete goals to my stay: first, to conquer the small but imposing mountain of books I had brought along, and the second goal was to see a great many birds, in particular one bird, the...
