Ep 21, Artist Talks: Jordan Kuspa

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Jordan Kuspa’s music has been praised in the New York Times as “animated and melodically opulent” and “consistently alive and inspired.” His works juxtapose a bristling rhythmic drive with expansive textures and sinuously interwoven counterpoint.

Kuspa is the Founding Director of the Del Mar International Composers Symposium, which presents a week-long new music festival to encourage the sharing of new musical ideas between composers, performers, and the community in Del Mar. His prestigious accomplishments are prolific, all of which can be found on his website and YouTube channel.

This episode is chock full of impactful aspects of great composing.

In this episode we cover:

The advantages of having people play your music early on
The special relationship between a composer and the performers who play their music
The challenge of formal structure and the aspect that leads to mastery
"Form is the flow of ideas through time"
The third leg - performer to the audience
How the audience makes sense of the piece