January 2009
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At home with creativity
Todd Selby’s creative site featuring the homes and workspaces of creative people. [via the creatives at It’s Nice That]
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This America
Wynton Marsalis [via Alex Ross]:
‘On the dawn of the most historic inauguration of our time, we nervously await ‘change we can believe in’… Will we come together or will even harder times drive us apart? In the din of expert voices on everything imaginable, what we don’t hear is informed conversation on how central culture is to our national well-being.
‘Our...
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The concert industry
The radio highlight of this week for me – Terry Gross’ Fresh Air interview with Steve Knopper about his book chronicling the digital-age collapse of the major label record industry.
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The Rise and Fall of the Music Industry NPR Fresh Air – January 14, 2009
Even though Knopper concerns himself primarily with mainstream popular music there is much of relevance in the...
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State of the art
Greg Sandow starts his year with a survey of current conditions in classical music. [Link is to the first in a series of posts.]
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Copywrong, part 3
Stanford professor Lawrence Lessig is one of the country’s foremost advocates for revision of copywright law as it pertains to the creation, ownership and dissemination of art and content in the digital age. Here is an engaging talk on the matter by Lessig; go to TED for an interesting comment thread.
This is not a new issue for me, and I am certain it will continue to be highly...
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Trail of the Tail
Saturday night at the Oster Regent Theatre Stravinsky’s Soldier’s Tale sets the stage for a new piece inspired and informed by it, The Fiddler’s Tale by Wynton Marsalis. In the meantime, another notable re-working of Stravinksy’s chamber orchestra masterpiece:
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Frank Zappa – Royal March from L’Histoire du Soldat from Make A Jazz Noise Here
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Generous Betty
Photographer, philanthropist and new music patron Betty Freeman died in Los Angeles last weekend. Here she is in pictures and in her own words. LA pays tribute, via Alan Rich and Mark Swed.
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Music patron Betty Freeman dies NPR All Things Considered – January 6, 2009
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Baltimorchkidstra
For the past several years my friend and colleague Dan Trahey has been doing notable work in music education and advocacy, including founding The Archipelago Project. This past summer his passion for musical engagement brought him to the Baltimore Symphony as program director for the orchestra’s ambitious new OrchKids program. NPR visits Baltimore to check in on the program’s...
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From Iowa
Wishing you a happy, healthy and hearing-filled new year! [illustration by Jon Klassen via burst of beaden]