Declining PhD offers for “one gap year” sent Tyler Kline down a decade-long side road: composing at break-neck speed while climbing the ranks in public-radio hosting. He recalls the crash that followed, the food-and-sound series Terroir New Music, the 50-miniature piano set Orchard, and why launching Modern Notebook felt like a healthier way to uplift fellow composers instead of competing against them.

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