In My Own Recent String Trio I

I Don't Like Listening To My Music, Not Even New Pieces. Generally, They Sound Pretty Much Like I Expected Them To Sound, So It's What I Wanted, And That's It.

I Would Not Say That I Was, These Days, A 'student' Of Philosophy, Although In My Youth I Was Quite Deeply Involved With Certain Aspects Of The British Pragmatists.

Naturally Enough, I Couldn't Have Foreseen The Vast Sea Change Which Has Come Upon That Scene As A Result Of German Reunification And Associated Events.

In My Own Recent String Trio I Attempt To Superimpose Two Quite Different Sets Of Formal Strategies, Both Of Which, Ultimately, Refer Back To Historical Precedent.

Certainly Being In California Has Encouraged A Sustained Commitment To Rethinking The Nature, Purposes, And Relevance Of The Contemporary Arts, Specifically Music, For A Society Which By And Large Seems To Manage Quite Well Without Them.