About Randall Shinn.com
I started this .com website in 2005. I had developed a faculty website at Arizona State University, but I was planning a change. By pooling university sabbaticals and composer residencies, I had composed full-time for nearly three years, which I had loved doing. The performer and audience responses to two operas produced around this time were enthusiastic, and several people urged me to leave my university position and spend all my time composing and writing. A combination of circumstances soon made this possible, so I followed their advice. Starting this website was part of the transition.