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Why write for the orchestra? For one thing it's a very challenging problem.

My wife Elizabeth and I started The Really Terrible Orchestra for people like us who are pretty hopeless musicians who would like to play in an orchestra. It has been a great success. We give performances; we've become the most famous bad orchestra in the world.

An American orchestra doesn't want to play more than it has to. I respectfully disagree with that attitude.

I always imagined that to bring an orchestra to play together is not enough for a conductor.

A conductor can't be too arrogant with an orchestra and try to impose himself too much.

I think this orchestra's strengths involve drama and voice.

I will never master this craft. Orchestras are very, very forthcoming with me.

Ergo, because of the money problem, it is probable that our orchestras will soon go down in quality.

You have to change your mind with every orchestra because every orchestra has a different character.

Symphonic orchestras have almost become a glut in the market.