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The symphony has, it would be fair to say, fallen rather out of fashion during the modern/post-modern era. Many composers appear to consider it to be an unwieldy, unnecessary, 18th century relic, and many of the composers who do utilise it are stuck in a very much an antiquated musical paradigm, churning out putrefied (neo/post)-romantic [...]

Simon Dickson: Partial Aspects Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsy: Violin Concerto Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 6 Soloist: Ben Morrison (violin); Conductor: Ken Young This New Zealand School of Music concert at St Andrews on the Terrace opened with a piece by NZSM graduate student Simon Dickson, written for the Jenny McLeod Composition Award (or something along [...]

Q. How do you think you would react if your music suddenly became wildly popular? A. … I guess I’d think it was shit …