inspirations

Rimsky-Korsakov insisted that the act of creation could not be taught. Bartók felt the same way, so fervently that - even when desperate for...

In August 2001, I traveled to Plovdiv, Bulgaria, to study the Thracian folk style with clarinetist Nikola Iliev. Thracia is a region in Bulg...

After school I floated around for a while. Busked on the streets in Paris until my clarinet got stolen at a phone booth, then herded baby g...