Without That Challenge, It's Kind Of Dull: Joan Tower - Composer, Professor of Music at Bard College - a podcast by Kai Talim

Joan Tower loves dancing. Joan and Kai talk about how growing up in Bolivia was the best thing that happened to her (4:50), the importance of having a sense of urgency (17:07), and her first terrible compositions at age 18 (24:23). They also discuss what kept her going through those first compositions (27) and what propels her to work at 81 years old (33:45).  

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