1.   At that, Rorem has composed nine works that he calls operas, mostly short chamber works.

2.   Besides doing PDQ Bach and the radio series, Schickele composes serious works in a straightforwardly tonal but inventive style.

3.   Even as he proselytizes for modern music and composes modern works of his own, he conducts the mainstream classical fare.

4.   He also composed electronic works, including several for synthesizer and voice.

5.   He has composed works for the Joffrey and for a Sam Shepard play.

6.   In addition to conducting, he is an accomplished violinist, and he has composed several works, including a Cello Concerto for Mstislav Rostropovich.

7.   Later she composed works for Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman.

8.   She has composed four works in collaboration with the San Francisco-based male chorus Chanticleer, and she has developed a special relationship with the Chicago Symphony.

9.   To compose works that draw from cultural traditions as vastly different as opulent Western orchestral music and spare East Asian traditional music would seem to be asking for trouble.

10.   Yes, we learn which symphonic works were composed in certain years, which historic events occurred when and which great books were written.