"There are no two points so distant from one another that they cannot be connected by a single straight line -- and an infinite number of curves."
Composer Lawrence Dillon has produced an extensive body of work, from brief solo pieces to a full-length opera. Partially deaf from birth, Dillon grew up in a bustling household with seven older siblings. He began composing as soon as he started piano lessons at the age of seven. In 1985, he became the youngest composer to earn a doctorate at The Juilliard School, and was shortly thereafter appointed to the Juilliard faculty. Dillon is now Composer in Residence at the North Carolina School of the Arts, where he has served as Music Director of the Contemporary Ensemble, Assistant Dean of Performance and Dean of the School of Music.
Dillon's music, in the words of American Record Guide, is "lovely...austere...vivid and impressive." His works are recorded by Albany Records, Channel Crossings and CRS, and published by American Composers Editions. He is represented by Jeffrey James Arts Consulting.
A few other highlights from the trip I can’t neglect to mention:
Père Lachaise - not just for the graves of famous composers, authors and artists, but for the moving memorials to Resistance fighters and Holocaust victims.
Dinner in a Parisian home - belonging to one Brigitte Warnez of Rue Emile Zola on the Rive Gauche. Everything was great -- the wine, the reminiscence of her life in Cambodia in the 1960s, and especially the three courses of cheese.
Musée d’Orsay - especially Joel Shapiro’s sculpture inspired by Carpeux.
Any glimpse - from any angle of Notre Dame de Paris.
Fun with French - buying chocolate, when the nice lady behind the counter asked me how many boxes I wanted, and I said “God” instead of “two.” Come to think of it, maybe that was the right answer.