Letters from a Composer

Acceleration

Gravity makes stars and stars make life, but life can veer from the forces that make it.

Sep 30 • 

Jordan Ali

5

May 2025

between everything and nothing

what does pure perception feel like?

May 20 • 

Jordan Ali

9

2

The Strangeness of the World

Why does any of this stuff matter

May 16 • 

Jordan Ali

6

2

The Breath of Meaning

meditations on Tavener's "Song For Athene"

May 6 • 

Jordan Ali

4

April 2025

Its Own Gospel

What is the shape of a phrase?

Apr 29 • 

Jordan Ali

7

feeling and meaning

how does feeling become meaning?

Apr 24 • 

Jordan Ali

3

The shape of musical time

Being, embodiment, and the study of time in music

Apr 15 • 

Jordan Ali

3

1

the paradox of love

the heart-opening kind

Apr 1 • 

Jordan Ali

10

1

March 2025

The Intimacy of Elizabeth Cotten

What it means for a song about death to be written by a child and sung by an elder.

Mar 24 • 

Jordan Ali

4

November 2024

Emotions of Elation

We are also creatures of joy.

Nov 25, 2024 • 

Jordan Ali

5

October 2024

The Known and Unknown

Can music education transform society?

Oct 30, 2024 • 

Jordan Ali

4

3

September 2024

Taps and The Light of Day

Music at life’s end

Sep 18, 2024 • 

Jordan Ali

3

1