The first year I started in San Francisco there was an American work on every program and there's been a lot of music by living composers and gradually that was part of the process of getting the audience really to trust me.
They are representations of many shared hours of collaboration between us...
The betrayal of trust carries a heavy taboo.
My dad is a very quick-witted sarcastic dry humorous guy whereas my mom's very silly and that side of the family is very musical.
