Modern Notebook Interview: Composer Roger Zare

Photo: Composer Roger Zare (photo courtesy of the artist).

This interview originally aired on the April 7, 2024 edition of Modern Notebook.

Roger Zare is a composer who is a Sarasota native, and coming up April 12-14, the Sarasota Orchestra will be performing a work of his called NEOWISE. 

 

Roger is a composer deeply inspired by science, nature, mathematics, and mythology. In his conversation with Tyler, he talks a lot about science, growing up in Sarasota, and, of course, the piece that the orchestra is playing next weekend.


Find out more about the performance at sarasotaorchestra.org, and more about Roger on his website: rogerzare.com.

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