There are a variety of reasons that people decide to leave home for good and settle in another country.
But according to the U.S. State Department there has been a veritable exodus lately with a 47% spike in expatriation in 2019 over 2014.
We talk with four composers living abroad about their lives and music.
MUSIC
Studies for Player Piano: Prelude by Conlon Nancarrow
A Winter Sketchbook, mvmts I and III by Jane O'Leary
Earthly Chants mvmt I. The Singing Wall; Tools mvmt VIII Telescopic Ladder; Wood Burn by Ned McGowan
When the Waves Crash, mvmt III by Colleen Schmuckal
Among the Asteroids by Gloria Coates (excerpt)