In today’s eclectically-aural world, rarely is a reviewer afforded the opportunity to rectify the misguided judgments of music’s past. Indeed,..
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It has been 81 years since the premiere of Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess. The opera’s then-controversial cast of classically trained..
The debate between absolute and programmatic music has been a point of contention for several centuries. Much of the classical..
Confronted with the title “A Space Odyssey,” memories of HAL 9000’s all-knowing red gaze and my own childlike wonder for..
Marcel Proust, his memory kindled by a simple madeleine cookie, characterizes my musical experience best: the slightest stimulation of the..
Out of Context #5: Appreciation vs. Appropriation of Cultural Musical Objects
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Are Music Videos Worth the Time and Money Investment for Artists?
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One World Symphony's "Defiant:" An Orchestra Resists
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George Lewis Has Spent His Career Creating Space for Black Musicians -- His New Opera is No Exception
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Out of Context #4: The Muddy Ownership of Dreadlocks
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