James Tobin asks: >Tell us about Kellogg. He seems to have only one work recorded. I don't know an awful lot about him. I've heard a grand total of two works: the minor hit Divinum Mysterium (the work that's been recorded) and a piano trio, Ora Perpetuo, I happened to catch in concert. Obviously, religion inspires his music. He studied with Rorem, Schwantner, and Jennifer Higdon, among others, not a bad group to learn from. He's still, from my vantage point, a kid, but his music is astonishingly assured. I recommend the Divinum Mysterium CD. I wrote a review of it for somebody, but it got creamed in Katrina. Eighth blackbird, the group that commissioned it, is one extraordinary ensemble. It may be my favorite contemporary-music organization. Steve Schwartz