Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Childhood 1
Chapter 2 Freelance Trumpet Playing 19
Chapter 3 Erick and Lucia 37
Chapter 4 Casals versus Stokowski 41
Chapter 5 New York Philharmonic 43
Chapter 6 Waterloo Music Festival 57
Chapter 7 The New York Chamber Symphony 63
Chapter 8 The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra 93
Chapter 9 New-Music Ensembles 105
Chapter 10 Mostly Mozart 111
Chapter 11 The Liverpool Years: 2001-2006 129
Chapter 12 Family Life 139
Chapter 13 The Seattle Years 151
Chapter 14 Operas 255
Chapter 15 Composing 261
Chapter 16 The Eastern Music Festival 265
Chapter 17 The Milken Archive 267
Chapter 18 The All-Star Orchestra 269
Chapter 19 The Mozart Orchestra of New York 283
Chapter 20 What Is a Conductor? 285
Chapter 21 Vignettes 299
Chapter 22 A Conductor's Guide to the Orchestra 313
Appendix I List of Awards 319
Appendix II List of Recordings 323
Acknowledgments 353
Index 355
