Category: Interviews

Composer, pianist, violist, and conductor Jonathan Newmark was born in New York City in 1953 and received his MM in composition from University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music in 2015. [...]

Gary Smart’s career has encompassed a wide range of activities as composer, classical and jazz pianist, and teacher. Always a musician with varied interests, he may be the only pianist [...]

If you've heard composer Kile Smith's music before, you probably haven't forgotten it since. Described as having an "uncanny ability to speak in a consistent aesthetic tone" with works notable [...]

Nora Essman Morrow has been a musician all her life. As a child she composed songs on the guitar and improvised stories at the piano. Introduced to modern dance accompaniment [...]

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 [...]