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Early on in my tenure at CAE, I had lunch with an extremely talented principal of a charter school with a heavy focus on the arts. There was so much to admire, not the least of which was the principal's commitment to excellence, innovation, and high standards. Among the charter school movement, it is central to what I find most appealing: starting from scratch, with bold ideas … [Read more...] about Are Charter Schools in the Same Boat as your Non-Profit Organization?

I have had the good fortune to be associated with Chamber Music America's New Music Institutes, which are a series of institutes across New York State providing professional development for students, professional artists, and managers in connection with the creation, performance, and promotion of new chamber music. Last week at SUNY Potsdam, I was deeply struck by one of the … [Read more...] about People You Should Know: Stefon Harris

I always thought he was underestimated as an actor. It wasn't just  as measured by the number of Academy Awards, but rather by the opinions of all my friends that he wasn't on par with Marlon Brando, Robert DeNiro, Gregory Peck, Lawrence Olivier, etc. I argued then and will argue now.I know it sounds terribly corny, but when I heard of the death of Paul Newman I felt that I had … [Read more...] about Goodbye Paul Newman

Looking at the ashes being scattered across Wall Street, the extent to which we do not yet understand or can reasonably predict, made me think a bit about what it was like going into the public schools as a "teaching artist" during the early to late 1980's. Okay, I am not completely sure that the term teaching artist had quite taken hold as early as 1982. I was then a student … [Read more...] about A Teaching Artist Circa 1982

I hope that everyone will read about Don Rosenberg, the long-term, deeply respected music critic of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, being reassigned so that he will no longer be reviewing The Cleveland Orchestra.The music journalism perspective has been covered very well, very quickly and if you haven't taken a look, you can find it on the pages of artsjournal.com.  However, … [Read more...] about Feel The Chill: Don Rosenberg’s Reassignment