Tech-savvy Composer Gifts

Substitute Music Teacher Phil, A non-musician, performs for his students: 'My next selection is something I will now download from the Internet.'

Anna Calvi

Mozart on a computer,

My other cello is a Stradivari

Mark Anthony on Zoom.

"I don't know what happened, your holiness! I painted the ENTIRE CEILING!"

'Quick, press control Z!'

Computer Music

"The times – They have a changed."

"We're in a dying industry, and you're just sitting there! Well, I'm going to do something about it-I'm starting a Web site."

"It's obviously an original."

'It's for cutting and pasting.'

'Thanks to the billion dollar engine, this keyboard can store up to 14 songs.'

Cartoon 2319: Master Artists' Computer Graphics: Leonardo da Vinci's 'Mac Lisa.'

Mykola Lysenko

'Page 37 in your hymnals and selection #15 on your iPods.'

'I will now play a selection of digital audio files I downloaded today.'

Shakespeare downloading thoughts.

'Romeo, Romeo, wi-fi art thou, Romeo...'

Modern Poetry: Text Message Haiku

Requiem

'That brush - how many dpi?'

'And I took this shot with my new camera mobile!'

Musician playing the piano on a computer.

Composer.

The Internet...

Orchestra playing to working man.

Do we really need auto-tune.

The updated 'Moby Dick'...

Pianist teleconferencing with a singer.

'These digital organs have a unique sound.'

"That may not be the best option for printing out your novel."

Concert Pianist "Almost finished."

Master Artists' Computer Graphics: Christo's computer wrapped in kitchen plastic wrap.

'That 3,000 word poem was very sweet. However, did you have to send it by text message? It took me 12 hours to read it.'