But, counterintuitive though it might seem, I don’t think sound is always a helpful way to understand genre. I’m a composer and conductor in the field that’s broadly known as Western classical music, ...

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I’m almost embarrassed to broach a subject like classical music in such a hip-hop saturated society. At the gym, in dining facilities, offices, and pouring out of the windows of passing cars, the ...