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In chains

September 5, 2016 by Lawrence Dillon

At some point in my younger days, I got it in my head that a musical composition, like a chain, was only as strong as its weakest link.  That meant that the final stage of the compositional process was a meticulous search for those weak links, to remove them or strengthen them, making the entire composition as sturdy as could be. More recently, I considered whether a musical composition might … [Read more...]

Lawrence Dillon

Composer in Residence at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Lawrence Dillon creates works that connect past and present in attractive and unexpected ways. [Read More]

Infinite Curves

There are no two points so distant from one another that they cannot be connected by a single straight line -- and an infinite number of curves. In a musical composition, there are always many ways to get from Point A to Point B, regardless of how little A and B seem to have in common. Similarly, … [Read More...]

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