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Show WedThursFri, February 25 People choose to commission own music NEW YORK (AP) A venture capitalist from California, a dentist in Iowa, the widow of a Massachusetts computer expert. They all have something in common: com-mon: a love for music and the means to help create new sounds. The three have put their own money into commissioning new music, an updated take on the patron system that once sustained composers like Bach. Mozart and Beethoven. Using such groups as the New York-based nonprofit group Meet The Composer, regular people arc riding a small, but growing wave of custom-ordered works being performed per-formed around the country. "In a democratic society, we're trying to give individuals the chance to create the music of our time, with new sounds, new inspirations inspi-rations coming from living composers," com-posers," said Heather Hitchens, president of Meet The Composer. 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