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Rethinking Music for Airports
Ugh, I hate getting up so early. But for a mini-escape from the city that never sleeps (insomnia, perhaps?), rolling out of bed at 5 a.m. is a small price...
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Washington D.C.: Sanctioned Racketeering
Gail WeinPhoto by Chad Evans Wyatt "I didn't ask people to turn off their cell phones. It wouldn't matter anyway," Paul Lehrman told...
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You Can't Win If You're Not In
It was one of those weekly "creative music" gigs at the Luggage Store, a gallery space situated on one of the seedier blocks of Market Street, downtown San Francisco's main...
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Knowing Your Limitations
After posting last week's column I received a number of emails from composers posing technical questions regarding composing for amateurs. Below is the text from one in particular: ...
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Hit Me Baby One More Time (Please!)
I don't know if it's old age—gasp, the big four-O is creeping up—or if it's that "center of the world" New York state of mind burrowing into my psyche. Whatever...
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Making Sure Students Don't Graduate...from New Music
A colleague said to me over lunch recently, "Our young musicians are often quite resistant to playing new music. Some come around, some don't..." This comment quite surprised me, as...
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Children's Music Out of Balance?
We are about to lose it. Even with all of our best intentions our house has been overrun with dozens of children's videos for preschoolers. It seems like most of...
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The Critical Can of Worms Reopened
Several friends of mine who write music criticism have extremely open and astute ears as well as a propensity toward advocacy and overall goodwill. Yet there have been times when...
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What's That Hissing Sound?
Snakes on a Plane. Nope, I'm not trying to craft a metaphor to illustrate the panicky reception generally reserved for so-called new music. Those four simple words form the sensationalistic...
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When the Saints Go Marching In
In his Kreisleriana, ETA Hoffmann relates a story about Jean-Philippe Rameau on his deathbed. (Full disclosure: I'm a big Rameau fan, and not just because his face is the...
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The World Upside Down
I'm madly trying to catch up to New York City's pace after being halfway around the world in China these past two weeks. Things seemed pretty quiet before I left...
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Equal But Separate
The classical music world is, for the most part, totally stuck-up. And it doesn't look like anything is going to change the situation. For starters, these elitists can't even admit...
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Old Acquaintance Not Forgot
Well, it's now a brand new year, but some things never change. As always, the arrival of a new year serves as a catalyst for people everywhere to change their...
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Food for Thought
Occasionally friends of mine will make comparisons between music and food. I find myself doing this all the time myself these days, being married to a musician who is also...
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Getting It Right the Second Time
How many of us lament not getting the second performance of a work? We sweat for months, sometimes years, over a piece, only to find it gathering dust after its...