Michael Allen

In 1970, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City) was celebrating its centennial and the Director of the Museum, Thomas Hoving, approached iconic American composer William Schuman to write a fanfare to commemorate the occasion. Mr. Schuman suggested to Mr. Hoving that there be five different works to open each of the five exhibitions to be produced during that centennial season. On behalf of the museum, Schuman reached out to the four colleagues featured on the cover of this recording:...

At the risk of stating the obvious, I've been meaning to briefly address the mildly curious numbering paradigm. I have always used the...

I recently spent 90 minutes editing a 40 measure section of a score. I did not add a single articulation, or dynamic mark. I did not...