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Pro-Tips and Scripts: Autistic Accessibility in Music
March 26 2019 / Articles
By Chrysanthe Tan
People who want to attend artistic events exist in *all* kinds of bodies and have all kinds of needs. Wrapping up her four-part Introductory Course to Improving Autistic Accessibility in Music, Chrysanthe Tan shares pro-tips, concrete ways to take positive action, and sample scripts for a variety of music-related scenarios.
“This event is probably not unique”: On communication and metaphor in Robert Ashley’s Improvement
March 21 2019 / Articles
By Rebecca Lentjes
Rebecca Lentjes explores communication and metaphor in Robert Ashley’s opera "Improvement (Don Leaves Linda)” and how the work arrives at big ideas through a focus on particular microcosms of American...
Bright Sheng: My Father’s Letter and Bernstein’s Question
March 1 2019 / Conversations
By Frank J. Oteri
Bright Sheng is concerned about directly moving audiences in whatever format or style he is working in and is passionate about sharing what led him to his aesthetic positions.

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Mark Hayes

Born: Saturday, March 28, 1953

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