I’ve been fighting with the term ‘indie classical’ for a long time,” says Nico Muhly. “I feel like it’s unfair in a lot of directions, but mainly, I just don’t feel very indie. I feel quite institutional at that. My favorite thing to write is church music, and I have an opera at the Met. I have albums of sacred choral music out on Decca. That’s not indie. It’s actually the opposite of indie.”