Conventional wisdom says that the emotional sensitivity associated with depression leads to increased creativity. But what if we've got it backwards?

Building music from childhood memories, transcribing folk flute ornamentation, and researching the world's many Bird Islands

Fragmented collage, historicization, authorial ambiguity, and creative origin in Helgeson's orchestral overture Echoes of Always

Harnessing concepts from phenomenology to analyze silence, sound, and perception in Italian composer Salvatore Sciarrino's Infinito Nero

Program notes for Stephen Drury's performance of 4'33", Etudes Australes, and other prepared and non-prepared piano works

Program notes for performances of John Cage's  percussion music by Percussion Group Cinncinati and redfishblue

Program notes for John Cage's radio play on texts by James Joyce, Marcel Duchamp, and Erik Satie read by Gordon Mumma, Steven Schick, Irvine Arditti, Thomas Delio, and others