Yes, that’s where I first heard of Stravinsky – I remember a friend telling me when he died around 1970? or so, and I hadn’t really heard his music yet.
I studied at College of Marin and received an A.A. degree as a commercial music major. This included theory, ear training, analysis, masterworks, piano, composition and some woodwind instrument studies, as well as band, orchestra, jazz, choral, and chamber ensembles. I studied concurrently with Chuck Brown on drumset and Roland Kohloff & Lloyd Davies from the S.F.Symphony on percussion. I was exposed to many classical composers and soon was playing some of my favorites, like Bartok, Dahl, Cowell, and Milhaud, among others. I really developed my interests in Stravinsky and others more on my own by reading and listening, at a later point in time (mid 80′s or so). I believe my friend Cathy Anderson first told me about Joseph Campbell, and I’ve since read many of his books and seen several of his videos. I think he has done more to clear up a lot of the mystical / magical / psuedo religious / new age / psycho-babble that we’re poisoned with. (in my own humble opinion, of course!) I don’t k
