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Erica Muhl is a Professor of Composition at the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California. Her compositions have been commissioned or played by organizations such as Minnesota Opera, Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Italy's Orchestra della RAI, Venezuela's Orquesta Filharmonica Nacional, National Public Radio, and many more. Her music has been featured in festivals worldwide, and she has been the recipient of grants and awards from such organizations as the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the National Endowment for the Arts, and has received the prestigious Whitaker Commissioning Prize.
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Erica Muhl, a Professor of Composition at the USC Thornton School of Music, shares her observations about the role that various technologies (whether a computer or a piano) can play in composition, and the limitations that over-reliance on technology can place on a composer’s creativity and scope.



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November 2007
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