`What Is Life?`


     Life is a well orchestrated ballad.  At some points it can have the 
fastest paced, most joyous rhythm.  At other points it can be so slow and draw-
out that you may want to turn it off.  Intermingled with these extremes are 
periods of change.  These are the periods that are always the hardest to 
arrange.  Sometimes they develope fluidly and float along.  Other times they 
are jagged and have abrupt movements.  Either way, change is the only thing 
that is constant.  Throughout the composition there are `aria`.  Whether they 
are executed with great articulation and tone is not always in the vocalist`s 
hands, nor is the way this great song ends.  All that can be done is try to be 
a great conductor and hope that the listner is somehow moved.

- Sean Robert Stevens, 2001 -