My new year at St Marks
On January 1st St Marks Poetry Project holds a marathon reading going from afternoon to night. My friend Steven Hall said he has been in this event every year since he was 17! I have done this with...
View ArticleAvant-garde becomes classic: Juilliard does John Cage
I remember about 10 years ago having animated discussions about John Cage with a Juilliard trained musician who was convinced that Cage’s music was a hoax, a joke, nothing to be taken seriously. I told...
View ArticleMusic, plants and modern warfare
Plants used to thrive with Mozart, and wither to the sounds of rock music. But plants changed. Here is an actual report from a fifth-grader from the Mini-Science web site: “I did the project entitled...
View ArticleTeens not into classical? CMS proves otherwise.
Through a presentation at Chamber Music America by Norma Hurlburt, executive director of the Chamber Music Society at Lincoln Center, I became aware of a surprising youth program involving high school...
View ArticleDepartment store borrows from Mozart’s Requiem
I accidentally came across a rather humorous department store commercial for some special sale. It showed actors screaming with exaggerated joy or awe… to the contrasting accompaniment of a few bars of...
View ArticleNutshell on emptiness
Is the universe full or empty? What does it mean to meditate on emptiness? The buddhist concept of emptiness can be deceiving – nothing is actually empty at all… like a Buddhist hot dog, one with...
View ArticleSpiral Wave and natural geometries
SPIRAL WAVE is a multi-arts project originally conceived and produced by Carolyn Ratcliffe, and programmed by the Art Loisaida Foundation, bringing together artists from different fields on the theme...
View ArticleSweep Up for Arthur’s Landing
After the album release last year and some performances in Europe, Arthur’s Landing opened to new creative avenues, resulting in a branching out of some group members into new groups. The new...
View ArticleTerry Riley Style-Free at Carnegie Hall
My first encounter with Terry Riley’s music was through a recording called A Rainbow in a Curved Air in 1969 (I was still in college in Paris studying economics and doing a rock band). It is a layered...
View ArticleCoolness of social media in question
Since the beginning, I have secretly questioned the ramifications of a participation in social media. How much do I want to ‘share’? I have had a Facebook page for a few years, and a minimal...
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