Kristin Ditlow - PassagesComposers are often tasked with creating from a void, an emptiness. The blank page is an easel. The parts of a structure of a piece of music melody, accompaniment, line, harmony, tension, and release must take shape to reach the listener's ear. Sometimes, instead of starting with an empty sheet of staff paper, a composer creates something which is pollinated by another source. Perhaps it is a folk song, a poem, a melody, or an even larger work, such

I wanted to exactly portray the sensation of peace and solitude that I felt in 1969

she was always primarily an album artist

released on CD for the very first time

the name Santiago Quartet was chosen when two of the ensemble's founding members moved to England after several years with the world famous Yucatan Symphony Orchestra in Mexico

remaking his empire in the face of the economic climate of the '90s

Even after he decides to follow his heart

Shot for $6000 by first-time filmmaker Dean Alioto in 1989

Following the recent assassination attempt on the Queen

It features performances with some of the great names of the era - Oscar Peterson

Sammy Davis Jr

On "First Flight REDUX

Gaynel Hodge and Earl Nelson as long serving key members among the changing personnel