One of the most frequent complaint about modern classical music is that it ignores what the audience wants to hear in favor of intellectual calisthenics too difficult for most ears to comprehend. But the California-based Pacific Symphony shouldn’t be hearing any complaints when it unveils its next commission, if only because the composer will have been chosen by audience vote. “The composer who captures the most audience ballots will walk away with a $5,000 commission for a work the Pacific Symphony will perform next season… The idea, conceived by symphony president John Forsyte, was a big hit in its first incarnation two years ago, attracting more than 200 submissions from composers around the world.”