String quartets, jazz bands, chamber orchestras and folk groups are commonly organized within the colleges, as are literary magazines, newsletters, and photo journals.
As his hands float over the keyboard, the sound reaching his audience is as singular as it is beautiful: simultaneously reminiscent of the harpsichord, organ and a string quartet.
In his twenties he settled in Sedalia, Missouri. He formed a group called the Texas Medley Quartet. The group sometimes traveled great distances to perform.
TIME magazine's art critic Richard Lacayo described Gehry as having, quote, " One of the greatest later-in-life creative surges in history. You'd have to compare it to the late quartets of Beethoven, " unquote.