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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Friday, November 15, 1968
Teacher -composer finds work stimulating
By MIKE SHEARER Kansan Staff Writer
Often creativity suffocates when an artist also has a profession.
John Pozdro, chairman of the Department of Music Theory and Composition, finds his position with the School of Fine Arts stimulates him as an artist.
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"Some people can't be creative with classroom work to do," Pozdro said. But for him, "teaching clarifies ideas."
Pozdro received his third award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) this month. He has been able to compose music of significance despite his many obligations as teacher and administrator.
At 45, Pozdro said he is writing more music than ever before. He composes during "blocks of time" in his rigorous schedule.
While teaching is his first responsibility, he said, he finds he can work quite creatively during bits of freedom snatched from committee meetings and from duties as instructor and administrator.
"Weeks will go by sometimes," he said, "before I am in the right frame of mind."
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JOHN POZDRO Talent not suffocating
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compose on a schedule such as from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m., Pozdro said. "I can't force it."
When he finds "blocks of time," his schedule is clear and his mind is in the right frame, Pozdro works rapidly. In 1968, he has composed "Music for a Youth Symphony," "Etude for a String Quartet" and "March" (piano).
He is now working on "Sonata No. IV for Piano" which he plans to complete in 1969.
"I stick with the thing I've been doing since I started," Pozdro said. "But I don't know where I'll be 10 or 20 years from now."
He said he will not be controlled by fads in music. While many of the modern trends appeal to him, he said he finds there are just as many people today "turning out trash as ever."
Some modern composers have done some exciting things with electronic music and tapes, he said. Music is not valuable to him, though, just because of its vehicle.
He earned bachelor's and master's degrees in composition from Northwestern University and was awarded a Ph.D. in
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composition from the Eastman School of Music in 1958.
His second and third piano sonatas have been recorded by a recording company in Argentina.
and his teaching.
Since coming to KU in 1950, Pozdro has received various awards for both his composing
What does he think about his earlier works?
"Some of it I like just as much as what I'm doing now . . . but one has to be writing better music at the age of 45 than at 27," he said.
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