Eric Moe is a popular composer whose style is difficult to pin down in its mixture of minimalism, tonal and non-tonal aspects, electro-acoustic techniques, pop music elements, and various other characteristics. In general his works are accessible to the listener, and while they often divulge echoes of Stravinsky, Liszt, Bartók, and American composers like Barber, they also possess an individuality quite their own. Many of his compositions almost defy classification: his piano concerto Kicking and Screaming (1994), is neither tonal nor atonal, but quite approachable in its chur...