Q&A WITH JENNA LYLE
A/B: Any pre/during/post
composition rituals?
Jenna:
Pre: do the dishes
while listening to the Splendid Table, then sit in silence and stare at things
for a couple of hours.
During: candle,
peppermint tea, manuscript paper and formal structure drawings all over the
floor
Post: roast an
animal
A/B: Favorite drink after
finishing a composition?
Jenna: In the summer, a
Pimm's cup; in the winter, Templeton Rye with two ice cubes. I don't get
anything done in the other seasons because they last 3 weeks in Chicago. Hmpf.
A/B: Stay-cation or
vacation?
Jenna: I actually don't
know what Stay-cation means. But Wikipedia doesn't make it seem that awesome.
A/B: Rom-com or
Action-Thriller?
Jenna: NORA EPHRON &
NANCY MEYERS 4 LYFE
A/B: Nsync or Backstreet?
Jenna: Nsync for sure
A/B: Cake or Pie?
Jenna: Pie--so much more
flexible, can be savory or sweet or BOTH AT THE SAME TIME
A/B: Favorite live
musical moment?
Jenna: Recently, Third
Coast Percussion & guests playing the following in January 2013:
TENNEY Koan: Having Never Written a Note for
Percussion
MANOURY Métal
I've been excited
about the way music is felt in an audience member's body ever since.
A/B: Apple or Microsoft?
Jenna: Microsoft
A/B: Sibelius or Finale?
Jenna: Finale
A/B: Favorite Artist?
Jenna: Pierre Soulages
A/B: Favorite Book?
Jenna: To the Castle and
Back, Václav Havel
A/B: Ideal vacation spot?
Jenna: Lake house with big
windows, a dock, and a kayak. I mean I don't really kayak, but I do if I'm on a
lake. AM-I-RIGHT?
A/B: Guilty pleasure?
Jenna: Ally McBeal
A/B: Favorite Sesame
Street character?
Jenna: These guys
A/B: Favorite breakfast
food?
Jenna: fried eggs over
medium with grits and ratatouille
A/B: Your proudest
moment?
Jenna: Hearing my
1-year-old nephew Jet (who is now 3) clap WITHOUT PROMPTING after hearing a
recording of a piece of mine. I maintain
that he was moved and overwhelmed with emotion and not conditioned to clap
after things by the Wiggles.
A/B: Vinyl, cassette
tape, compact discs, or mp3?
Jenna: CASSETTE TAPES
A/B: Name one item on
your bucket list.
Jenna: become good enough
at climbing to scale a Redwood or something equally ridiculous.
A/B: Favorite movie?
Jenna: Jurassic Park
A/B: Your first LP, tape,
CD, etc. purchase?
Jenna: Life's a Dance by
John Michael Montgomery, cassette tape, 1992