"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.
As I mentioned in my last post, Wright Flight was performed on Saturday in Ohio. I came across this unusual marketing for the performance on the net:
UPDATE: Okay, I have to come clean. These aren't ads, I found them posted on the Myspace page of Drew Traxel, the actor who played Wilbur. I've never met Drew, but he seems to be an amusing guy. He shaved his head into what he calls a New Jersey Wraparound in order to look more like the character he was playing: