Today’s episode features Elliot Roman, who is a great friend of mine and is a composer, pianist, and flutist extraordinaire. For starters, he did me the great honor and favor of producing this podcast’s theme song, as he made my little trumpet lick come to life! We talk about his life-long pursuit of music, overcoming doubts, and our shared time in the New York Youth Symphony. He then breaks down his composition process and walks us through his most recent work that was debuted by the American String Quartet. We end on the importance of premiering new works which ensures classical music’s longevity as a living, breathing, and evolving art-form.