The Whatcom Symphony is celebrating its 40th Anniversary Season with a world premiere of Sean Hickey‘s Hitherto this Sunday, November 22!
To open the concert, the orchestra will perform a commissioned world premiere of “Hitherto” by New York composer Sean Hickey. Hickey says that when he composes, he generally doesn’t wait for inspiration. “My process,” he says, “is to work whenever I can, and that usually entails very short bursts. I try to make those moments meaningful and productive.” Hickey travels a lot, and, he says, “I generally compose at the piano and airplanes, which is to say on paper as well as on computer.” He composed “Hitherto” on trains and planes from Washington state, San Francisco, Berlin and London, as well as at his home in Brooklyn.
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