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The Portfolio Composer

Feb 25, 2016

Julia Adolphe’s music has been described as “alive with invention” (The New Yorker) and “colorful, mercurial, deftly orchestrated” (The New York Times). Current commissions include a viola concerto for the New York Philharmonic and a large choral work for James Conlon and the Cincinnati May Festival. Adolphe...


Feb 18, 2016

Reena Esmail is a composer of orchestral, choral and chamber music. She is a graduate of Yale and Juilliard, and a recent Fulbright grantee to India. Her music explores the spaces between Indian and Western classical music. She has received awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and ASCAP, and she...


Feb 11, 2016

World music, minimalism and romanticism influence Worthington’s compositional style. Worthington’s music takes “…ideas of American musical style to a new place – like a walk in a familiar, yet very different park.” and “music which speaks to the senses, is packed with real emotion and, most important of...


Feb 4, 2016

This week marks the one-year anniversary of the Composer on Fire podcast. I decided this would be a good time for me to reflect on some of the many lessons I've learned from interviewing composer, performers, entrepreneurs, and other thought leaders. These lessons are what have stood out to me. There are many more. What...