Archive - Letters from a Composer

between everything and nothing

what does pure perception feel like?

May 20 •

The Strangeness of the World

Why does any of this stuff matter

May 16 •

The Breath of Meaning

meditations on Tavener's "Song For Athene"

May 6 •

April 2025

What is the shape of a phrase?

Apr 29 •

feeling and meaning

how does feeling become meaning?

Apr 24 •

The shape of musical time

Being, embodiment, and the study of time in music

Apr 15 •

the paradox of love

the heart-opening kind

Apr 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 •

November 2024

Emotions of Elation

We are also creatures of joy.

Nov 25, 2024 •

October 2024

The Known and Unknown

Can music education transform society?

Oct 30, 2024 •

September 2024

Taps and The Light of Day

Music at life’s end

Sep 18, 2024 •

April 2024

Apr 18, 2024 •

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