Oftentimes, musicians can play notes accurately, but they don't play music with the notes. I could see he pulled all the music out of the notes that he was playing.

The two musicians use no sheet music, play personal requests and interact with the crowd. They're a blast.

Musicians should not play music. Music should play musicians.

Our goal is to balance the budget for each quadrennial period, not annually. Individual years may show a surplus or a deficit depending upon timing of gifts.

It is music developing on its own terms. It's the 'music now' concept - what are musicians doing now as opposed to a string quartet playing Brahms. It's music that's delicate and justifies presentation in a special format. That's why we wanted a creative space to justify it.

Since music has never had a Rembrandt, we have remained nothing more than musicians.