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UNESCO and the United States

O wad some Pow’r the giftie gie us… In the Washington Post, Charles Djou, who was a Biden administration official and briefly held an Hawaiian congressional...

For Nonprofit Arts Organizations, It’s August and the Fan Is Clogged with S**t

Big protests about the war and immigration, but the arts? Just a little Monday night shindig. Before that, a subtle ...

What is Free Speech? A Review

“Freedom of speech” is never an absolute. Even in a country where people have a great amount of freedom of speech, such as the...

Na’Zir McFadden talks about the role of an orchestra in community

Na’Zir McFadden, Assistant Conductor & Community Ambassador of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, talks about the role of the orchestra in community and the importance of mentorship.

Remembering Leopold Stokowski

Last Friday’s “Wall Street Journal” carried my review of a new memoir by Nancy Shear: “I Knew the Man Who Knew Brahms.”

Brian Prechtl shares the balance of performing and administrating in the arts

Brian Prechtl, Director of Education and Community Engagement for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, shares the balance of both performing and administrating along with their breadth of impact on community.

SUMMER RERUN: Advocacy for the Nonprofit Arts Sector is Currently Meaningless

Lost amid a string of inside-baseball phrases and ideologies, officials have little idea as to why they would possibly fund ...

New Release Adds PoemsWhat AI Has to Say About Shadow Words

According to AI: "Jan Herman was inspired to create these deformed sonnets by a desire to challenge conventional notions of poetry and to express himself under what he saw as 'duress and necessity.' Their uniqueness lies in the evocative and sometimes elusive content where the poems become reflections on selfhood, transience, and perception, This approach allows him to use the sonnet label while subverting expectations, making his work feel both familiar and radically new."

Alfred Brendel (1931-2025)

In the wake of the death of the pianist Alfred Brendel on June 16, I notice a sharp uptick in

China Wilson shares the most important DEI practices to impact students

China Wilson, Assistant Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University, shares key best practices in DEI for impacting students.

Lauding Lauder: The Consummate Museum Benefactor Dies at 92

I’ve been unpardonably remiss about this (having been uncharacteristically off-blog for two months). But I must belatedly add my voice

The search for the very nice arts philanthropist

Last month, the Scottish government came up with a one-time grant of £300,000 to cover the Edinburgh International Book Festival, after pressure from environmental protestors caused...

Rediscovering Harry Burleigh — via Sidney Outlaw

https://youtube.com/watch?v=7YH7ctxiUac&feature=oembed When my wife and I heard Sidney Outlaw sing Harry Burleigh’s “Till I Wake” a few years ago,

SUMMER RERUN: Art Doesn’t Need to Be Served. People Do.

From 2024: The Mellon Foundation almost got it right for nonprofit arts leadership in the 2020s. ...

Adrian Rodriguez talks about the importance of young people in the arts

Adrian Rodriguez, Director of Community Engagement, Chorus Director and Curriculum Manager of the Music Advancement Program at The Juilliard School, shares how to implement a commitment to young people as they develop in the arts.

Will Europeans Curate Our Receding Cultural Past?

My 2022 book Dvorak’s Prophecy has just been published in German (by Wolke Verlag) with a new Foreword for German-language readers: “The

Neil Barclay talks about the evolving landscape for BIPOC organizations

Neil Barclay, President & CEO of the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, talks the evolving landscape for BIPOC organizations and avenues for sustainability.

Combating American Isolationism with Cultural Diplomacy

My unforgettable experience touring South Africa with the University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra and their conductor Kenneth Kiesler is the

SUMMER RERUN: “The Planet Will Be Fine. It’s the People Who Will Be F**ked.” — George Carlin

From December 2024 (just after the election): the comedian’s late-career epiphany and the nonprofit arts sector begs the question: what ...

Should we subsidize arts consumers, art producers, or neither?

My friends Joanna Woronkowicz and Doug Noonan have started a new venture, Arts Analytics, where they hope to bring more extensive, and shared, use...

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