Sunday, June 21, 2009

the wise words of Susan Sontag, written almost 50 years ago in her essay "Against Interpretation":

"Our task is not to find the maximum amount of content in a work of art, much less to squeeze more content out of the work than is already there. Our task is to cut back on content so that we can see the thing at all. The aim of all commentary on art now should be to make works of art ? and, by analogy, our own experience ? more, rather than less, real to us."

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Kyle Baker holds an M.M in Composition from Belmont University. He was born in 1983 in Aberdeen, Scotland; raised in St. Louis, Missouri; and now resides in Nashville, Tennessee. Kyle began his musical exploration early, making up “songs” on the family piano as a toddler. Formal piano lessons began at age 9, and trumpet and euphonium in the school band came soon after. In high school he played in a multitude of ensembles at school, church and in his basement. His college music instruction came from John LaBarbera and the staff of Carolina Crown Drum & Bugle Corps. His works have been performed in St. Louis, Cincinnati, Louisville, Nashville and Houston, and one was most recently honored as the winner of the Belmont University Composition Contest.