Aaron Jay Kernis

Acknowledgments

acknowledgments this book would not have been possible without the enthusiastic cooperation of Aaron Jay Kernis, who not only opened his archive of documents to me but also gave unstintingly of his time for interviews and innumerable email messages. He was frank and forthcoming and, although he read every word I wrote (in some cases several times), he allowed me complete independence in interpreting his works and in covering the successes and challenges in his artistic life. I owe a great debt of gratitude as well to Kernis’s wife Evelyne Luest, to his manager Elizabeth Dworkin, and to those who graciously granted me interviews: Marin Alsop, Michael Barone, Jean-Luc Choplin,Andrew Cornall, Eva Gruesser, Linda Hoeschler,Welz Kauffman,Anna Kruger, Rebecca Miller, James Rushton, Marc Satterwhite, Gerard Schwarz, and Hugh Wolff. The staff at G. Schirmer were extremely helpful, generously providing me with perusal scores without charge and allowing me to search through their large archive of documents. In particular, I thank Katy Tucker and David Flachs. Similarly , staff members at the New York Philharmonic, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra , and the Minnesota Orchestra were very supportive in providing photographs, programs, and other materials needed for my research. Katherine Adamov kindly made available copies of the twenty ISCM films, which are now housed at the library of the University of California, Santa Cruz, in Special Collections. Others whose generosity aided this project include Laura Kuhn of the John Cage Trust, Vivian Perlis at the Yale Oral History Project, Uziel Adini of Gratz College, and pianist Emanuele Arciuli. Several people agreed to read part or all of the text and offered extremely helpful comments; I thank in particular Peter Cole, Elizabeth Dworkin, and the two anonymous readers engaged by the University of Illinois Press. viii a a r o n j a y k e r n i s | Acknowledgments I was assisted in this project by grants from the University of California, Santa Cruz,Arts Division and Committee on Research, and by graduate students Giacomo Fiore and Jessica Loranger. ix aaron jay kernis ...