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music took over my life when i was around 9; there had been warnings prior, but the violin took a hold of my being then, with later the piano, the church organ, conducting, and above all, writing music. all of these activities have taught me, over time, that they are actually a manifistation of the most astonishing living, soulfulness - the extraordinary range and downright beauty of people i have met through this living leaves me quite humble. i have only started in this living and relish its ongoing...through my teaching (at CalArts; and the collective i have started with my friends - inauthentica), performing, rehearsing, thinking... another aspect of my creativity is writing, mostly poetry these days. perhaps poetry has a lot in common with musical composition: for me it is musical composition with its relationship to creativity (meaning, lyric impulse, sonic sensibility) seen from the other side.

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