Composer Jeremy Beck is touted, in an unattributed quote, as "Exhibit A in classical music's defense against the charge of being out of touch." There was a time when, indeed, the dictum of "We don't care if you listen" was something of a standard at the conservatory level. As time went on, however, composers found that such an attitude was as restrictive to the forward development of their musical efforts as it was daunting for the audiences who had to endure the results. Beck is a composer who, does, in fact, care if you ...
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Composer Jeremy Beck is touted, in an unattributed quote, as "Exhibit A in classical music's defense against the charge of being out of touch." There was a time when, indeed, the dictum of "We don't care if you listen" was something of a standard at the conservatory level. As time went on, however, composers found that such an attitude was as restrictive to the forward development of their musical efforts as it was daunting for the audiences who had to endure the results. Beck is a composer who, does, in fact, care if you listen; established systematic techniques of musical composition are as alien to him as a 13th pitch is to a twelve-tone row, as he looks into his own emotional responses for musical inspiration. Beck also turns to disciplines outside music for input on formal development schemes, such as "flashbacks, crosscutting, sharp juxtapositions of diverse material (and) the layering of simultaneous yet unrelated events."pause & feel & hark features chamber and vocal works of Beck, who is also...
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