Word: improvisationism
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Pompous white elephants will scarcely be missed if they are replaced by temporary improvisation as imaginative as Jerde and Sussman's.
"I had to apply twice to convince them to let me do it. The first time I really wanted to do it, but they wouldn't accept it. The second time, I didn't know what I was doing: I submitted something vague, but they liked that and they let...
At Harvard, Rothenberg was also involved in music for theater, composing and performing for productions all over campus, including the Loeb Mainstage and the Ex. The possibilities for innovation in this type of music particularly appealed to him. "I found doing music for theater you can try different things and...
But in September of 1980--freshman week, to be precise--they were just two kids thinking they'd like to do Harvard theater and auditioning for every show in sight, Inevitably, they started running into each other. They aren't sure, but they think they first met at auditions for...
Lord emphasized that the oral tradition is different from singing already composed songs, since the singer had to compose as he performed. "Singers are not learning the sort of composition with performance any longer," said Lord, who said he does not like the term "improvisation."