I’m interviewing at Tisch this weekend, so I don't have it in me to write a full post, but given what I’m up to, I thought it might be fun to do something related to that. So here, just for kicks, is a list of every piece or composer that I discussed in my application to that program:

Benjamin Britten + Myfanwy Piper: The Turn of the Screw
Olivier Messiaen, generally. (link is to the Turangalîla-Symphonie, which i will have seen by the time this post goes live and definitely will not yet be over)
Lin-Manuel Miranda: Hamilton
Balázs Béla + Bartók Béla: Bluebeard's Castle
Scott Frankel + Michael Korie + Doug Wright: Grey Gardens (this used to be on Spotify but it's not anymore, which makes me SUPER SAD. There’s a bootleg recording of it on YouTube, but I’m not going to link to it)
Gérard Grisey: Quatre chants pour franchir le seuil (link is to a YouTube recording that I haven’t actually listened to)
Nick Mulvey: “Juramidam”
Jonathan Larson: Rent
James Lapine + William Finn: Falsettoland
Duncan Sheik + Steven Sater: Spring Awakening
Tom Kitt + Brian Yorkey: If/Then
Jeanine Tesori (link is to Fun Home)
Various writers under the umbrella of The Industry: Hopscotch (I’m . . . not even sure it’s possible to record this in a meaningful way; the link is to a description of the project)

Say what you will about the application itself, I don’t think anyone can accuse me of an over-narrow focus. The regular posting schedule begins again on Monday!