On this episode of Because, we hear the becauses of composer Jonathan Bailey Holland. An acclaimed composer, Holland has been commissioned by the American Composers Orchestra, the American Guild of Organists and Arx Duo. His work has been performed by such artists and ensembles as the LA Philharmonic, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Eighth Blackbird, as well as Awadagin Pratt and Roomful of Teeth. He was recently named the Jack G. Buncher Chair and new head of the School of Music at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.