The blog is going away but the reviews are not. You can find them here in the online print edition.
Home > ATLarts > Archives > 2008 > March > 24 > Entry
Atlanta composer Alvin Singleton in Conversation
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
New Music Box is an online forum for composers. Its latest issue has editor Frank J. Oteri in conversation with Atlanta’s Alvin Singleton. Click here for the link. It’s from an interview in January at New York’s American Music Center and it’s loaded with interesting ideas. There’s also a video with sound clips.
Oteri starts: I’ve never quite known how to categorize the music of Alvin Singleton. And, after finally sitting down to chat with him about his music after years of knowing him and his compositions, I’m less sure of what to say than ever before. But therein lies my fascination….
FJO: Is Atlanta an exciting place for a composer?
AS: When a place is home you can’t say. It’s like when you live in New York and someone says, “Do you like New York?” You say yes, but then it begs the question. Where else have you lived? Atlanta is a good place to live. I don’t know whether it’s exciting for composers, but I get work done. And I come here [to New York] a lot.
Permalink | Comments (1) | Post your comment | Categories: Classical Music
Comments
By Darren Nelsen
April 5, 2008 11:26 AM | Link to this
Thanks for posting this. I had breezed through the interview earlier and missed this important portion.
www.curiomusic.com