Should composers be performers, or performers composers? Where in the world did improvisation go, when it comes to academic music training? It seems that the longer a musical style is around, the more cemented it becomes, less flexible, less innovative. Jazz, birthed in a highly innovative environment, is already starting to show signs of this.

What about new styles versus old ones...is there any common ground between Pop genres and Classical disciplines? What would benefit popular styles from the Classical heritage, if anything? What would J.S. Bach likely do, if he were alive in today's culture?

These are some paradigms that seem to be contradictory, but maybe these questions should be asked.

To find out more, see my article Opposing Paradigms.