Comments on: Talking to the Audience http://www.sequenza21.com/dillon/?p=1229 an infinite number of curves Sun, 19 May 2013 01:39:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Kyle Gann http://www.sequenza21.com/dillon/?p=1229&cpage=1#comment-25038 Kyle Gann Sat, 23 Apr 2011 15:21:47 +0000 http://www.sequenza21.com/dillon/?p=1229#comment-25038 I admire those who are willing to bestow their charitable acts on composers. I admire those who are willing to bestow their charitable acts on composers.

]]> By: Lawrence Dillon http://www.sequenza21.com/dillon/?p=1229&cpage=1#comment-25022 Lawrence Dillon Sat, 23 Apr 2011 14:01:59 +0000 http://www.sequenza21.com/dillon/?p=1229#comment-25022 Thanks, Kyle. I should have mentioned that Rebecca, our coach, is a founding member of the contemporary ensemble Origins, a former member of the Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra, artistic director of the multidisciplinary ensemble ODE, and an award-winning public speaker. She also happens to be my wife, but the fact that she would marry a composer shouldn't be held against her. Thanks, Kyle. I should have mentioned that Rebecca, our coach, is a founding member of the contemporary ensemble Origins, a former member of the Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra, artistic director of the multidisciplinary ensemble ODE, and an award-winning public speaker.

She also happens to be my wife, but the fact that she would marry a composer shouldn’t be held against her.

]]> By: Kyle Gann http://www.sequenza21.com/dillon/?p=1229&cpage=1#comment-24945 Kyle Gann Sat, 23 Apr 2011 00:39:10 +0000 http://www.sequenza21.com/dillon/?p=1229#comment-24945 Hi Lawrence - and amen. Some composers just aren't good at talking to an audience, and that shouldn't be held against them. But every single composer should give some thought to what could be said to a general audience, and giving young composers some training in it is a fantastic idea. Most non-musicians feel insecurity if not anxiety when faced with new music, and a significant portion of the population responds more readily to words than to music. Many people truly want to be told how to hear it, and start to get the idea if told. If we, in general, can't stand up and tell a group of interested non-musicians why our music is important to us - as well as write music that has the potential to be important to them as well - then we will deserve all the marginalization this society can dish out. Hi Lawrence – and amen. Some composers just aren’t good at talking to an audience, and that shouldn’t be held against them. But every single composer should give some thought to what could be said to a general audience, and giving young composers some training in it is a fantastic idea. Most non-musicians feel insecurity if not anxiety when faced with new music, and a significant portion of the population responds more readily to words than to music. Many people truly want to be told how to hear it, and start to get the idea if told. If we, in general, can’t stand up and tell a group of interested non-musicians why our music is important to us – as well as write music that has the potential to be important to them as well – then we will deserve all the marginalization this society can dish out.

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