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Make It Work
Here's the deal: I have a new dream job. I want to be the Tim Gunn of new music. For those of you who don't share my Project Runway obsession,...
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Finding Meaning Where There Is None
I've always maintained the stance that music doesn't mean anything. I still stand by the notion, with the caveat that, well, there is some sort of idea transmitted through music,...
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The Friday Informer: Top Ten List of Lists
Photo of the Week Our cats celebrated, our dogs celebrated. We think our in-laws were there too, but...
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The Unanswerable Question
Back in high school, shortly after I first started composing, I sent my music—music which was, as I've mentioned, abominable—to several luminaries of the western Maryland music scene, such as...
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Historical Disengage, or Dissing Cage?
Like many so-called young composers (ugh, don’t even get me started), I'm not into labeling and pigeonholing, but the fact remains that presenters ask for a bio that succinctly describes...
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Hate This Music—Please!
In the late 1990s David Soldier decided to create the world's ugliest music, as determined by a poll that asked respondents what elements and factors were most unwanted in a...
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Light Bulb
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Sonata No. 153
A few weeks ago, I tried to pass a short two-paragraph musing for these pages past the editors that be, but it didn't fly. I was told I had to...
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It's Showtime!
I woke up to snow falling in Minneapolis. I knew the 70-degree-and-sunny weather wouldn't last the whole week, but we almost got there. Today, though, I've got bigger fish to...
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Once a Year
Well, it's that time of the year again when people all over the country share a formal sit-down meal with loved ones. A year ago I commented ex post facto...
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The Day After
The Birthday of a Century Photo ©2008 Chris Lee, courtesy Carnegie Halll Yesterday was the 100th birthday of Elliott Carter, but the party...
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The Holter Experiment
I spent Christmas in the seaside town of Plymouth, three or four hours west of London. It's a lovely place—a rugged cove or gorse-covered moor waits around every bend. But...
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Paul Williams Elected President and Board Chairman of ASCAP
Paul Williams, photo courtesy ASCAP Songwriter Paul Williams has been elected president and chairman of the board of the American Society...
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A Day of Music
In a not-so-recent musing on Thanksgiving (it is June, after all), Frank Oteri asked an interesting question: What would happen if there were one day of the year where everyone...
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The Natural
I have a friend who has always amazed me—nay, disgusted me with his highly developed musical ear. He doesn't have perfect pitch, nor is he especially crafty at theory, harmony,...