Composers Forum is a daily web log that allows invited contemporary composers to share their thoughts and ideas on any topic that interests them--from the ethereal, like how new music gets created, music history, theory, performance, other composers, alive or dead, to the mundane, like getting works played and recorded and the joys of teaching. If you're a professional composer and would like to participate, send us an e-mail.
Record companies, artists and publicists are invited to submit CDs to be considered for review. Send to: Jerry Bowles, Editor, Sequenza 21, 340 W. 57th Street, 12B, New York, NY 10019
Greetings. I'm new to the Composers Forum, so by way of introduction I'd like to invite you to visit my website at http://www.automaticheartbreak.com. I got my first exposure to 20th century concert music not in academia, but in a Sam Goody record store at the local mall in my hometown of McAllen, Texas. In 1994 at 16years old I bought a copy of Steve Reich's "Tehillim" and "Three Movements for Orchestra" because I was fascinated that a living composer would appear in the "classical music" section. Sam Goody is not known for having an extensive or eclectic selection, but for whatever reason this disk was there and I bought it.
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