It’s not easy to write something new about composer, violinist, and educator Jessie Montgomery – to...
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Donna Lee Davidson
The idea for soprano Julia Bullock’s project “History’s Persistent Voice” came eight years ago when...
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Donna Lee Davidson
The morning before I saw We Have Gone As Far As We Can Together, a ritual opera inspired by “the son...
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Donna Lee Davidson
In the Oct. 18 pre-concert talk on Afromodernism and music of the African diaspora at David Geffen H...
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Donna Lee Davidson
With a journal in her lap, sitting on the stage floor at Roulette Intermedium on Sep. 16 — legs cros...
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Donna Lee Davidson
Many musicians have a recording that changed their fervor — an album that they studied, trapped in i...
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Donna Lee Davidson
Since 2020, the Toulmin Fellowship, a partnership between National Sawdust and The Center for Ballet...
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Donna Lee Davidson
Pamela Z is generous as both an artist and a teacher. The first time I saw her perform live was in 2...
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Donna Lee Davidson
The floor of Benzaquen Hall at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music in New York was buzzing as aud...
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Donna Lee Davidson
Does our perception of the space around us affect our experience of a musical work? As the audience...
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Donna Lee Davidson
Launched in 2019, JACK Studio provides up to 15 composers each year with the opportunity to partake...
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Donna Lee Davidson
New Oratorio by Tracy K. Smith and Aaron Siegel Gives Voice to Civil War-Era African American Troops
Merkin Hall is a beautiful venue, warm in both temperature and acoustics. On Nov. 2, Tracy K. Smith,...
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Donna Lee Davidson
The Park Avenue Armory, situated on New York City’s Upper East Side, essentially encompasses the com...
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Donna Lee Davidson
“Experimentalism” can mean different things; it doesn’t have many rules, except that tradition must...
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Donna Lee Davidson
“Experience the music on your own terms: stand, stretch, laugh, sing, cry — clap whenever you want t...
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Donna Lee Davidson
Juliana Huxtable is an artist who transcends labels, defined only by her ability to breach and resha...
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Donna Lee Davidson
Flutist and composer Nicole Mitchell says she isn’t used to hearing an entire program of her work, b...
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Donna Lee Davidson
Entering the Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral on Feb. 25 for the world premiere of COTTON is like wa...
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Donna Lee Davidson
Quiet as it’s kept, the banjo is an instrument of the African diaspora. In a performance at the Metr...
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Donna Lee Davidson
Mark Tewarson’s Coastal is filled with the things that make up our favorite songs, tunes, and jams.
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Donna Lee Davidson
Most times, concerts are presented as something to be observed. Rarely are they as immersive as JOJO...
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Donna Lee Davidson
On his new album, Black Book DLUX, classical pianist and composer BLKBOK (pronounced “Black Ba...
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Donna Lee Davidson
From the very first note dropped by Joel Ross’ mallet at The Jazz Gallery on May 14, 2022, the audie...
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Donna Lee Davidson
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