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

  • Writer: Amanda Riddell
    Amanda Riddell
  • Feb 8, 2023
  • 1 min read

  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. 👍

 
 
 

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