[the purpose

of music]

has been

a) to express emotions/moods/character;
b) to entertain;
c) to push the limits of instruments/ensembles of various sizes;
d) to play out abstract ideas;
e) to move the spirit; to touch the spirit; to enter, move, in the realm of the indescribable;
f) to expand the adventures of sound and rhythm (momentum).

I've been aware since my youngest years, how much music has moved me
--and that's still true today."

- -Notes written in preparation for an interview with Bruce Duffie, Announcer/Producer, WNIB/WNIZ, Classical 97 [radio], Chicago, IL, May 1995.