And they say Brahms wasn't jolly...

Being here in Aspen has given me time aplenty to think about advertising and classical music marketing. It's a topic I'll be talking a lot about when I have more writing time, but for right now let's start with a bang...



Really, I think the composer-themed cereal idea is a vastly underexplored one (Meyerbeerios, anyone?)... think of the possibilities.

Serious conversation next week, people.

Allez Cuisine!

Breaking news: I've been named a winner of the University of Nebraska at Omaha's 2008 Iron Composer competition! Along with four other winners, I'll go to Omaha in September for a day-long event in which we'll have six hours to compose and prepare a work using a musical "secret ingredient." More information about the competition and the other finalists can be found here; more information as it comes in. Yeah!