Darcy James Argue adroitly expands upon the Grand Valley State Music for 18 CD and Reich's influence on music at large.... A reader draws attention to the fact that the Library of Congress now has an online collection relating to Roger Reynolds. He's the only living composer to have received this de-luxe treatment. Reynolds's work Sanctuary will have its premiere on November 18 at the National Gallery in DC; there's a nice companion website.... MATA, the NYC young composers' series, is starting a new bimonthly event called Interval at Issue Project Room in Brooklyn... I neglected this year to link to the Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute, which happened in late October. Jacob Cooper wrote the daily blog; MPR broadcast the final concert live (alas, not archived).... Want something completely different? Read Brian Hinrichs's fascinating new blog about classical music in Bangkok.