Uploaded February 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Composer Ned Rorem tells Frank J. Oteri in this 2006 video presentation by Randy Nordschow that he is five things: "I'm homosexual and alcoholic (a recovered alcoholic – I haven't had a drink of any sort in 34 years). I'm also an atheist, and a pacifist, totally atheist and totally pacifist. And I'm a composer. That's the only one that's problematic; people don't know what you're talking about when you say you're a composer." To read their entire conversation, please visit NewMusicBox: nmbx.newmusicusa.org/ned-rorem-at-home
Composer Ned Rorem tells Frank J. Oteri in this 2006 video presentation by Randy Nordschow that he is five things: "I'm homosexual and alcoholic (a recovered alcoholic – I haven't had a drink of any sort in 34 years). I'm also an atheist, and a pacifist, totally atheist and totally pacifist. And I'm a composer. That's the only one that's problematic; people don't know what you're talking about when you say you're a composer." To read their entire conversation, please visit NewMusicBox: nmbx.newmusicusa.org/ned-rorem-at-home
