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MOST RECENT BLOG POSTS

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....
On the Record | 07/03/09@11:38AM

La Vishneva takes on a new role Russian ballerina Diana Vishneva in Frederick Ashton's 1952 "Sylvia"...
Foot in Mouth | 07/03/09@10:03AM

Those Jangling High C's on the Piano Robert Carl's excellent new book on Terry Riley's In C is out....
PostClassic | 07/03/09@03:17AM

Revelations Last Thursday's shocking effect on a returned American...
Overflow | 07/02/09@03:00PM

M & M, a farewell Lorin Maazel conducts Mahler's Eighth Symphony in his final performances as music director of the New York Philharmonic....
Rockwell Matters | 07/02/09@01:41PM

Snapshot This week's video: Benno Moiseiwitsch and Constant Lambert perform Rachmaninoff's Second Concerto in 1944....
About Last Night | 06/30/09@10:58PM

Long live free summer music-of-the-world in NYC City parks' affordable concert series replace JVC Jazz fest concert venues...
Jazz beyond Jazz | 06/30/09@12:39PM

Old debates Some fallacies about the aging of the classical music audience -- fallacies I have to refute every time I write about these issues...
Greg Sandow | 06/30/09@08:34AM

And...they're off! Rehearsals for "The Letter" began today in Santa Fe. Wish I were there!...
About Last Night | 06/29/09@09:27PM

Column #54 A new article about Julia Wolfe out this week....
PostClassic | 06/29/09@08:20PM

A Little Slow with the Index Cards 30 years later, I find I was part of history....
PostClassic | 06/29/09@08:19PM

Young Avant-Gardists at Play A 1960 letter from a 21-year-old comes to bear a significance I never imagined....
PostClassic | 06/29/09@08:18PM

Joe Jennings On The Podium A great choral conductor makes his last official appearance...
lies like truth | 06/29/09@11:25AM

New Picks, Ideal for Summer Two tenor saxophonists, a pianist who sings, one who doesn't, and a poet. Yes, a poet....
Rifftides | 06/29/09@10:55AM

NOI liftoff Students at the NOI give a concert the way they want to give it, and with terrific results....
Greg Sandow | 06/29/09@08:45AM

Matter of opinion ... the "best" opinions are based on information ... they are not just random thoughts...
PianoMorphosis | 06/29/09@06:35AM

Another little taste A sneak peek at the set for the third scene of "The Letter," opening July 25 at the Santa Fe Opera....
About Last Night | 06/28/09@10:05PM

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....
On the Record | 06/26/09@07:23AM

Change or Die What would Darwin do?...
Creative Destruction | 06/25/09@08:10PM

Due Dilettante Juliana Farha and Chris Gruits discuss the newest classical music online networking hub "Dilettante"....
Life's a Pitch | 06/25/09@07:25PM

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....
Rifftides | 06/25/09@12:47PM

Updated dire I was wrong -- the classical music audience has shrunk just 1.3% since 1982, not 5% as I said yesterday....
Greg Sandow | 06/25/09@12:35PM

Now's the time Thoughts of a librettist whose first opera opens thirty days from today....
About Last Night | 06/24/09@07:53PM

Dire II In absolute numbers, attendance at classical music performances is declining, but not by as much as recent NEA numbers might suggest....
Greg Sandow | 06/24/09@10:33AM

A little taste Here's an advance peek at the set for "The Letter," opening in Santa Fe on July 25....
About Last Night | 06/24/09@10:12AM






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