Is it all right to combine classical musicianship — specifically a Ph.D. in composition from Harvard — with a pervasive interest in DJ and turntable music?

“I thought it was a great idea,” said Brian Sacawa, saxophonist and co-curator of the Contemporary Museum’s Mobtown Modern Concert series. “Erik [Spangler] had just finished his work at Harvard and was pretty forward about saying he was anxious to depart from the type of music he was writing [there],”