2023 NEA Jazz Master Kenny Garrett is a saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. He sees himself as a “preacher” on his saxophone—searching for that “one note that would touch people.” In this music-filled podcast, Garrett talks about his musical beginnings in Detroit, move to NYC, and time with the Duke Ellington Band, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, and Miles Davis, and the … [Read more...] about Meet Saxophonist, Composer, Bandleader, and 2023 NEA Jazz Master Kenny Garrett
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2011 MacArthur Fellow,2021 National Book Award Winner, historian, and novelist Tiya Miles discusses how fiction and history meet in her novel.
Tiya Miles is best known as a historian and the author of the National Book Award winner All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, A Black Family Keepsake. But Tiya had preceded All That She Carried with a novel The Cherokee Rose, published in 2015, which she has revised and has just been reissued with a new introduction. The novel moves from contemporary Georgia to … [Read more...] about 2011 MacArthur Fellow,2021 National Book Award Winner, historian, and novelist Tiya Miles discusses how fiction and history meet in her novel.
Quick Study: Orchestra Diversity Data
In this episode, we look at a new research report on racial/ethnic and gender diversity in the orchestra field. A transcript is available on the NEA website. … [Read more...] about Quick Study: Orchestra Diversity Data
A Conversation with Nicole Chung
Nicole's recent book A Living Remedy explores loss and family as well as sharp observations about American health-care. Nicole Chung has written two memoirs in five years—both about loss and family. The first is the highly acclaimed All You Can Ever Know which was a finalist for National Book Critics Circle Award. It explores the circumstances of her adoption as a Korean … [Read more...] about A Conversation with Nicole Chung
Early Stats from the General Social Survey: How Virtual Arts Participation Fared in 2022
With all the attempts to put COVID firmly behind us, it can be tempting to lapse into a pre-pandemic view of the arts landscape in America. To do so would be a mistake: quantitative and qualitative research has shown how arts organizations of all sizes have had to adapt rapidly to new ways of engaging artists, audiences, and learners; how independent artists and performing … [Read more...] about Early Stats from the General Social Survey: How Virtual Arts Participation Fared in 2022