Ask yourself this: why do you need a Facebook page?
Things Composers Don’t Need: Facebook Pages
The Opposite of Brain Candy—Decoding Black MIDI
The lowering cost of digital audio workstations and the rise of the internet have been accompanied by a blossoming of niche music genres, one of the most fascinating being Black MIDI.
Spring Has Sprung!
Wow, it’s been a while! Last time I wrote something, there was snow on the ground, and now it’s in the mid-60s and my allergies are seasonal allergies have consumed my life.
Met Opera premiere of John Adams’ The Death of Klinghoffer
Read my review and essay about the Met’s performance of John Adams’s The Death of Klinghoffer. Is the opera anti-semitic? Read the piece on I Care If You Listen.
Kettle Corn New Music Satisfies Audience’s Sweet Tooth
What’s better than new music, kettle corn, and beer? Read all about it on I Care If You Listen.
Spring for Music Goes Out With a Bang
My review of the final concerts of Spring for Music at Carnegie Hall, including the NYC premiere of John Luther Adams’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Become Ocean. Read the review on I Care If You Listen.
Gabrielle Herbst’s Bodiless premiere at Roulette
My review of composer Gabrielle Herbst’s Bodiless for I Care If You Listen. Read the whole thing here.
5 questions to Ludovic Morlot (Seattle Symphony’s Music Director)
An interview I did with Ludovic Morlot for I Care If You Listen. Read it here.
Georg Friedrich Haas and JACK Quartet Make Music in Darkness
An amazing concert I attended as part of Lincoln Center’s White Light Festival. Read all about it on I Care If You Listen.
5 New Year’s Resolutions for Small Arts Organizations
If kept, these New Year’s resolutions will help your small arts organization build a stronger online presence while also developing your audience.