“The premise behind this cycle is basically that I try to write a piece that helps me to create an imaginary animal in my mind and compose with it. And I mean actually compose with it, where the animal has volition and ends up helping to drive the form and ideas in the piece.”
Michael Lewanski talks about the program on Dal Niente's 10th Anniversary Season Opener on Sunday, September 20 at 2pm at the Harold Washington Library.