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Jeanine Tesori—Holding Center Stage

Every project that Jeanine Tesori has worked on—whether it's a musical, an opera, incidental music for a play, or a soundtrack for a motion picture or an animated film—has a storyline. She claims she needs one to get started. But the storylines to which she's been most attracted are about people who society has deemed not worthy of being protagonists which has been a hallmark of the five shows of hers thus far that have been produced on Broadway: Fun Home; Caroline, or Change; Violet; and even Thoroughly Modern Millie and Shrek The Musical.

It’s Not What We Do, It’s How We Do It: Evolving the Concert Experience

It’s time that we start thinking more about a pretty important stakeholder in what we do, our audience. Just about everything we do, especially as teachers/conductors, is driven by the...

The Collaborative Studio: A Look into the Process of Producing Non-Classical Music

The goal of being a producer or a teacher isn’t to create carbon copies of yourself or your tastes. Instead, you work harder to help artists or your students achieve...

THE LATEST FROM NEWMUSICBOX AND AROUND THE WEB

Crowdsourcing Rehearsals

I’m convinced that the majority of conductors believe that simply because a student is in his/her ensemble playing an instrument, or singing, they are "engaged." More and more, I’m convinced...

Retaking the Stage: What Artists Can Be In Our Society

It’s not as much about attracting new audiences as it is about retaking the stage for what artists can be in our society. Music and performance is an incredibly powerful...

An “Inspired by Midwest Clinic” Playlist Curated By Nicole Chamberlain

Our friend and colleague Nicole Chamberlain agreed to curate a playlist inspired by the upcoming Midwest Clinic with works that she sourced from across the New Music USA platform. She...

Composers Collaborate!

Instead of talking about how many hats we wear as a badge of pride, I want to ponder how much we lose when we choose to write, arrange, perform, and...

The Collaborative Studio: Roles and Expectations

Working in a studio environment has been one of the most beneficial experiences in my musical development, and I want to encourage musicians to take full advantage of the possibilities...

New Music for Old Film

The continuing popularity of silent film showings with live music means that there is plenty of room for experimentation in composing new scores for old pictures—and that audiences can experience...

Music Can be a Counterbalance to Hard Times

Sometimes music is a counterbalance to tragedy. And in times of personal grief, I also turn to composition. It’s the role of the artist to dream beyond the borders of...

Setting the Scene with Sound: (Re)Scoring Silent Film

We all know that the soundtrack changes the way we experience a movie. Buster Keaton’s 1927 comedy "The General" is a popular choice for showings with live accompaniment, and here...

Music and a Sense of Place

A sense of place can be the impetus for a piece, motion can be the catalyst. Sometimes a place can affect the music more indirectly.

Saving The Earth–Artist/Activists for the Environment

It’s obvious that our physical world is in deep trouble. Old and new technologies are out of control—polluting our air, water and soil, poisoning our health, heating up the climate...

Taking a Cue: Accompanying Early Film

Many cue sheets for silent film show notations where the performer swapped out a suggested piece with one they already knew or owned. Claire Hamack, an accompanist whose scores, photoplay...

TODAY'S COMPOSER BIRTHDAY

Alvin Curran

Born: Tuesday, December 13, 1938 Providence, Rhode Island | NewMusicbox article | NewMusicbox article

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