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Why Nominating Committees Should Not Exclude the Executive Director It is sometimes difficult to figure out for whom I write these blogs. Sometimes I cover musical subjects or issues that probably interest both the general music-loving reader and those in the orchestra or music business....
La Vishneva takes on a new role Russian ballerina Diana Vishneva in Frederick Ashton's 1952 "Sylvia"...
Those Jangling High C's on the Piano Robert Carl's excellent new book on Terry Riley's In C is out....
Revelations Last Thursday's shocking effect on a returned American...
M & M, a farewell Lorin Maazel conducts Mahler's Eighth Symphony in his final performances as music director of the New York Philharmonic....
Snapshot This week's video: Benno Moiseiwitsch and Constant Lambert perform Rachmaninoff's Second Concerto in 1944....
Long live free summer music-of-the-world in NYC City parks' affordable concert series replace JVC Jazz fest concert venues...
Old debates Some fallacies about the aging of the classical music audience -- fallacies I have to refute every time I write about these issues...
And...they're off! Rehearsals for "The Letter" began today in Santa Fe. Wish I were there!...
Column #54 A new article about Julia Wolfe out this week....
A Little Slow with the Index Cards 30 years later, I find I was part of history....
Young Avant-Gardists at Play A 1960 letter from a 21-year-old comes to bear a significance I never imagined....
Joe Jennings On The Podium A great choral conductor makes his last official appearance...
New Picks, Ideal for Summer Two tenor saxophonists, a pianist who sings, one who doesn't, and a poet. Yes, a poet....
NOI liftoff Students at the NOI give a concert the way they want to give it, and with terrific results....
Matter of opinion ... the "best" opinions are based on information ... they are not just random thoughts...
Another little taste A sneak peek at the set for the third scene of "The Letter," opening July 25 at the Santa Fe Opera....
São Paulo's Little-Known Orchestral Treasure I wish I could fully explain why I find myself so captivated by the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra....
Change or Die What would Darwin do?...
Due Dilettante Juliana Farha and Chris Gruits discuss the newest classical music online networking hub "Dilettante"....
Brubeck On The Beeb I am struck by Brubeck's delicacy at the keyboard and by the fullness of Paul Desmond's alto saxophone sound....
Updated dire I was wrong -- the classical music audience has shrunk just 1.3% since 1982, not 5% as I said yesterday....
Now's the time Thoughts of a librettist whose first opera opens thirty days from today....
Dire II In absolute numbers, attendance at classical music performances is declining, but not by as much as recent NEA numbers might suggest....
A little taste Here's an advance peek at the set for "The Letter," opening in Santa Fe on July 25....