Dice and Mental Illness with Jimena And Melika on COMPOSER’S CADENZA

Those of you who create, whether it be music, art or prose, know that it can be a mental exercise in either futility or joy. Two women from very different parts of our world were winners of the 2021 String Quartet Smackdown from Golden Hornet in Austin, Texas. Melika Fitzhugh and Jimena Palma de Gyvés used unusual methods to create their award winning work.