Musicians love to talk about music riots, probably because they make us feel dangerous and relevant. According to composer George Benjamin, Olivier Messiaen was delighted when an audience member hit him on the head with an umbrella after a premiere… Continue Reading →
Reading about the historical transition from the artist as servant to the artist as showman entrepreneur made me think of recent attempts to re-engineer a democratized version of the former system. In this case I’m thinking specifically about Patreon, a… Continue Reading →
In his guest presentation on the musical traditions found in Latin America, Dr. Munarriz prefaced his discussion of the musical forms themselves with a few remarks problematizing the labels we use for “Latin America”. He started by examining each half… Continue Reading →
A university that attempts to chip away at the white racial frame should do so from a place of humility and recognition. Academia, through its relentless focus on the works of the “great masters of music”, has long been the… Continue Reading →
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