Why I didn't apply for Jazz composer-in-residence

1. The Jazz department didn't let me get into the programme when I was 17, partly because I only brought my classical guitar to the audition. Bearing in mind I was the guitar player in the Christchurch City Schools Big Band that year...
   

2. I don't particularly consider myself a jazz musician, though I do consider myself an improviser.
   

3. I'm not looking for a pathway to tenure. That's how they do these days: they put people like Salina and Jerome in the Lilburn house to smooth their way onto the faculty. I'm not interested in an academic career.
   

4. I really don't want to be part of campus life. I just don't, and that's my decision to make. 👍