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 has received numerous awards including a 2016 Lincoln Center Emerging Artist Award and a 2015 Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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Julia Adolphe discusses how to balance her time between composing and working on her composition business.
Topics discussed in this episode:
- Connecting through concerts
- Connecting in person
- Keeping in touch with potential commissioners
- Scheduling composing & business time
- Creating a writing calendar
- Setting writing goals
- Communicating throughout the creative process
- Creating buy-in with the performers
- Being patient
- Asking a lot of questions
- Being curious
- The power of naps
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