“There used to be a stigma in classical music that contemporary music was bad, that it was all experimental, that it was all modernist. That was never true, even in the height of the experimental music time. There’s always people doing all types of things. Yeah, it’s unfamiliar and you don’t know what to expect, it’s the same thing as cracking open a new book, watching a movie, it’s an art form. I hope people will take that risk.” - Seth Boustead talking about perceptions of contemporary classical music.