6 March 2008 | 8pm
Scotiabank Dance Centre, 677 Davie St.
One of the most prominent living American composers and a prodigiously talented pianist, he is also an old-fashioned iconoclast. He's blunt-speaking, cantankerous - focused on his art and intent on creating it with as much independence as possible from the institutions and bureaucracies that have congealed around it. A very political and ritual music theatreis music is also strongly rooted in American tradition. 'You'd meet a businessman and they'd say, 'Oh, you're a musician, what kind of music do you make?' And I always used to stammer something. But then I found a way that seems to work well. I say 'I do traditional music.' And people seem to accept that. And it's true. I'm just a traditional musician."
Free artist chat at 7pm.
Scotiabank Dance Centre, 677 Davie St.
One of the most prominent living American composers and a prodigiously talented pianist, he is also an old-fashioned iconoclast. He's blunt-speaking, cantankerous - focused on his art and intent on creating it with as much independence as possible from the institutions and bureaucracies that have congealed around it. A very political and ritual music theatreis music is also strongly rooted in American tradition. 'You'd meet a businessman and they'd say, 'Oh, you're a musician, what kind of music do you make?' And I always used to stammer something. But then I found a way that seems to work well. I say 'I do traditional music.' And people seem to accept that. And it's true. I'm just a traditional musician."
Free artist chat at 7pm.
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