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(And, I would add that this manifesto should extend well beyond composers...)Years back, when I was regularly involved in helping artists prepare for work in K-12 schools and the community, I often said that if they would be sensitive to how children were responding to the arts they were bringing to the classroom, that they would learn a great deal about how people respond to … [Read more...] about Sell It To Children: A Manifesto for Composers, by Belinda Reynolds

In the big and wild ecology of music, there is a rarefied strata where composer/scientists explore the most complex of musical worlds. It's not any different from literature and other forms of arts and culture, and all you have to do is pick up Finnegans Wake to understand what I mean.In arts education, it relates to issues of English language arts or mathematics, where … [Read more...] about A High Priest of Music: Milton Babbitt

From Dissent Magazine, it's worth a read:How Billionaires Rule Our Schools, by Joanne Barkan.Okay, go ahead and laugh, and make it a good one, but don't be too surprised by the first thought that came to mind while reading this article: How can we get these institutions to really drive home arts education???One project, the Broad Superintendents Academy, pays all tuition … [Read more...] about Got Dough: How Billionaires Rule Our Schools (Dissent Magazine)

Fade to white...I don't know how many of you know Charles Ives's work "Calcium Light Night," which refers to what is also known as a carbide light, or in the theater as a limelight, but last night walking home from the train was quite a trip, with the heavy snow and deserted surroundings. After having had the truly great pleasure of hearing hockey legend Mark Messier speak … [Read more...] about Dispatch from the East: Calcium Light Night And The Morning Snow