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| Phil Schroeder |
Composer
and current MFA student Phil Schroeder contributed the music to Richard
Schotter’s The Sussman Variations. Here, he tells us a little bit about his
musical background, the Sussman
experience, and what’s next on his plate…
KAM:
For readers who don't know you, describe the musical part of your life.
PS: Most of what I still feel and respond to about music
goes back to my formative years in a really wonderful and nurturing public
school music department in Washington State. I was in the choir department in
high school, and in many ways we had a parallel existence to the theater
because everyone was a dramatist in some fashion! Singers don't have a brass
instrument to hide behind, so they tend to feel more exposed even in a group
setting. Without a doubt, that brought out everybody's inner actor, and I think
that set the tone for things I know about group dynamics, music, and later, the
theater.
