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Ep 57-Rain Worthington on How to Make an Album

World music, minimalism and romanticism influence Worthington’s compositional style. Worthington’s music takes “…ideas of American musical style to a new place – like a walk in a familiar, yet very different park.” and “music which speaks to the senses, is packed with real emotion and, most important of all in contemporary music, really communicates.” Two [...]

Ep 56-Lessons Learned from One Year of Composer on Fire

This week marks the one-year anniversary of the Composer on Fire podcast. I decided this would be a good time for me to reflect on some of the many lessons I've learned from interviewing composer, performers, entrepreneurs, and other thought leaders. These lessons are what have stood out to me. There are many more. What [...]

Ep 23-Jake Runestad on Learning from Other Composers

Considered “highly imaginative…with big ideas” (Baltimore Sun) and “stirring and uplifting” (Miami Herald), award-winning composer Jake Runestad (b. 1986) has received commissions and performances from leading ensembles and organizations such as Washington National Opera, the Netherlands Radio Choir, the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, Seraphic Fire, the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, the Virginia Arts Festival, the Rockford Symphony [...]