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nothing pleases me more... than finishing a
new composition.
when composing a new work... I often find
myself deeply inward turned.
Most people who know me well would
agree... that I'm a romantic idealist.
one thing about music that will never
change... is that, as Plato penned, "When the
mode of the music changes, the walls of the city
shake."
growing up in deer lodge... made me love
small towns. I was born there — my maternal
grandparents, the Pascoe's, lived there — but I only spent summers there during my
childhood.
the one character trait I most admire is... making people feel better for being
with you.
junk food? well, if you must know I really do like... chips.
of all my work, I suppose I am most proud of... a ridiculously large five-move-
ment composition for amplified string quartet, two symphony
orchestras, large mixed chorus, and baritone voice, entitled
"Mandel'shtam: a Valediction to the 20th c."
when I get angry it's usually because... spikes of injus-
tice reveal my compassion weariness.
the most relaxing thing to me is... to watch old cowboy
movies on TV.
there is no doubt that someday I will... travel to every
place on earth and hear performances of most of my music.
If I wasn't a music composer or musician I would
probably... be a speculative physicist or philosopher.
Watch Eric's Tedx talk in
Bozeman in 2013
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