Kathy Schuman, Vice-President & Artistic Director of the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, talks about the importance of setting when presenting the arts.
In this episode, we review findings from a study of postsecondary degree-holders in the arts, with a focus on career outcomes, including satisfaction with...
Classical music has lost a generation’s worth of music lovers beginning in the late-90s with the rise of file-sharing and Napster. A significant part of the reason might be: metadata. Metadata are the tags that travel with every audio recorded track. For a piece of music or a recording to be found, it needs to […]
Nita Baxani, Chair of the Early Childhood Music Department at the Colburn School, talks about the transformative impact of the creative arts on children.
The widespread episodes of pro-Palestinian antisemitism on American college campuses calls to mind an old blogpost about European antisemitism.
“I find it shameful,” Fallaci begins, “that in Italy there should be a procession of individuals dressed as suicide bombers who spew vile abuse at Israel, hold up photographs of Israeli leaders on whose foreheads they have drawn the swastika, incite people to hate the Jews. ...”
Playwright and director Psalmayene 24 discusses his career trajectory from his unique approach to theater, his recent direction of the world premiere of Tempestuous Elements at Arena Stage and...
"He gives me a manuscript
on elegant stationery
with a letterhead of
raised black lettering
in typeface rare & delicate.
He’s terminal. We both
know it. ..."
"Content" is a Silicon Valley weasel word that suggests that nothing has any intrinsic worth or quality -- every digital byte is equal and interchangeable -- until it draws attention as measured and defined by popularity algorithms.
Katie uses her interview with Broadway dancer, Ixchel Cuellar (Mean Girls, Finding Neverland, Hamilton) to explore stage presence and the plethora of "dance shows" on Broadway today.
