composer FAIL #11
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Congrats to Paul Dooley. I heard his piece at the 2008 Midwest Composers Symposium at the University of Iowa. If you click on the link, you'll notice that this piece has received multiple performances and awards. A young composer merely has to create a super-fantastic chamber work that wins multiple awards, and they'd be all set. Too bad I'm about to start an opera.
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