Off The Podium

Ep. 72: Gavin Borchert, journalist and composer   Gavin Borchert is a Seattle based journalist and composer. He currently works for the Seattle Weekly and has a doctoral degree in composition.   In this podcast we discuss: his career as a journalist, the importance of journalism, change in approach to journalism, inspirations for composing and the struggles of a working musician. He also talks about composing despite the lack of performance opportunities, direction and freedom of young composers, the future of classical music and the competition it faces in the 21st century, his time on jeopardy, diversity in classical music and lastly his passion for the Seattle Sounders.   Articles by Gavin Borchert can be found: http://www.seattleweekly.com/author/gavin-borchert/   © Off The Podium, 2018