Representative repertoire

Representative repertoire

by | Nov 24, 2020 | Uncategorized

I find it such a weird time in our culture. MMEA is being celebrated for branching out beyond the standard repertoire, and they rightly should be, but here are the things I don’t understand. For all the people that are somehow just now discovering that there are...

Is all music supposed to be in the academy?

by | Oct 7, 2020 | Uncategorized

A friend passed along the recent New York Times article from Sept. 6, 2020 by Giovanni Russonello entitled, “Is Jazz Capable of Meeting This Moment?” In the article, they talk to historian Robin D.G. Kelley about teaching jazz in the University. He says,...

Response to article

by | Sep 13, 2020 | Uncategorized

My friend Garrett sent me an article 17 months ago. I wrote a response and forgot about it. He just sent it to me in case I wanted to post it. I’m posting it. My friend Garrett recently sent me an article to get my thoughts. The article is arguing for a new...

Ancient world and lists

by | Mar 26, 2020 | Uncategorized

I will often listen to something while I’m eating breakfast. Lately, it’s been the Lotus Sutra. On the same day that there was a list of names in the daily reading for morning prayer, I heard this passage from the sutra from the parable of the burning...