American Mirror
How Derrick Spiva wrote Americanness, as he feels it, into a string quartet for Salastina.
Tempest in a Teapot
This past June, I wrote a blog post about Salastina's new music programming philosophy. New Music USA picked it up. I was pleasantly surprised by the amount of support it received. And I was only partially crucified.
Responses to my post were fascinating, and have a lot to say in and of themselves.
... But I Hate Modern Music
It's ok. I hate it sometimes, too. Trust us: we will never program music we don't truly love. Why else would we expect you to listen?