Elsewhere
My profile of Mason Bates, the Richmond-bred composer whose "Liquid Interface" is being premiered this weekend by the National Symphony in Washington, is in print in Style Weekly and online at:
http://www.styleweekly.com/article.asp?idarticle=13884
Another look at Bates and his music, by Stephen Brookes in The Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/20/AR2007022001645.html
Also in Style Weekly, some background on Mary Howe, the Richmond-born composer of the early 20th century, whose tone poems "Stars" and "Sand" are being revived this weekend by the Richmond Symphony, online at:
http://www.styleweekly.com/article.asp?idarticle=13885