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Bryce Dessner: I’m the Same Musician Wherever I Go
December 1 2019 / Conversations
By Frank J. Oteri
Bryce Dessner has learned different lessons from his immersion into very different kinds of music-making and these lessons have made him a stronger musician, whether he is writing songs and playing lead guitar in the indie rock band The National, co-scoring the soundtrack for the motion picture The Revenant, or composing a double piano concerto for the Labeque sisters.
The Artful Toy: Toy Piano Influencers and The Making of an Album
December 4 2019 / Articles
By Ju-Ping Song
I did not come to the toy piano deliberately. Instead, while doing research on John Cage, I went down a rather strange rabbit hole, where I stumbled across a wonderful...
Cultural Appropriation in Classical Music?
November 21 2019 / Articles
By Brent Michael Davids
Though it seems ironic, acultural neutrality is a narrative the West has culturally taught itself. Minute cultural awarenesses break through sometimes, but often the positive changes we are desperate for...

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Sealing the Deal: Signing the Contract and Completing the Collaboration
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As my understanding of the Inner Ear grows, I ask if it can be separated from the Mind itself. It’s no longer a radical notion that our individual memories have...
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Tommy Dougherty

Born: Wednesday, December 5, 1990 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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