Commissioning Innovation: The Bluegrass Mass

What happens when someone wishes to commission a work for your chorus. . .with a bagpipe. . . with multimedia . . . or a bluegrass band? What are the questions you need to ask when venturing into a new realm of collaboration? Listen to a conversation between the four successful collaborators who made "The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass" a reality (conductor Philip Brunelle, composer Carol Barnett, Monroe Crossing's manager Art Blackburn, and commissioner Mike McCarthy) and learn how they did it!