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Kate Sheeran, Dean of the Eastman School of Music, shares initiatives that support student innovation and experimentation.

I once described Bill McGlaughlin, who has died at the age of 82, as manifesting “a singular combination of gravitas,

https://youtube.com/watch?v=bbgkUcCbu3c&version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent I’d like to draw attention to four of the public responses to my recent blog on the “Orchestra

https://youtube.com/watch?v=FhFxik97z08&version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra going through the motions of Wagner’s “Liebestod” – “diminished motivation: as if the music

For the second consecutive summer, Jacob’s Pillow invited choreographers, presenters, producers, academics, and funders to its inspiring home in the Berkshires to exchange ideas and inspirations around dance and emerging technologies. Future Figures, an evolving program of Jacob’s Pillow, is a convening of field leaders as well as a public symposium where work is shared,

Rachel Thompson, Program Manager at the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise & Public Policy at Vanderbilt, talks about building curricular ties between students and the arts and art institutions.

After a season of seeing Broadway spectacle and experimental theater, I’m asking a bigger question: if we want audiences to grow, can we stop judging how people experience the art itself?

Bianca d’Avila do Prado, Cellist, Teacher & Composer and Dion Morales, Composer, Teacher & Arranger share the joy and impact of composing for ASTA’s New Canon Project.

The books of Robert Seethaler, one of Europe’s pre-eminent novelists, include a 2020 novella about Gustav Mahler: Der letzte Satz. It’s

A few months ago I posted about a controversy in Australia, where a musician had a future appearance with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra cancelled because he had, contrary to MSO policy, made political comments during a performance. He sued, and the New York Times today reports (gift link) that he lost in court: The pianist, Jayson Gillham, claimed in a...

I had never really read him . . . a few tales here and there, the novel 'Enemies' . . . until I opened a volume of his 'Collected Short Stories' not long ago. It has kept me riveted.

Charlie Ortiz, Founder & Executive Director of the WHIN Music Community Charter School, shares the ethos and best practices of building sustainable partnerships.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=PocpiBx3hfk&version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent The “New World” Symphony visual presentation created by Peter Bogdanoff for the Brooklyn Philharmonic’s 1994 Dvorak festival. Building on

When you look across the culture at what is gaining traction, some common themes emerge.

Sidney Jackson, President & CEO of Chicago Sinfonietta, talks about their unique role and impact regionally and nationally.