Jazz Cello: All the things you are

by | Feb 4, 2015 | Uncategorized

Here is a sample of Justin Lepard and I playing together. This was from our Feb. 3 concert. After we finished a concert of modern cello music, we decided to play some standards for everyone. I think this is super fun, and I love playing with Justin.

Relax, don’t do it

by | Feb 3, 2015 | Uncategorized

I’ve been extra grumbly lately. I’m sure all of you people out there on the internets will tell me if I’m becoming too much of an old man.So, lately, I’ve been hearing my local NPR station describe the music that they play all the time as...

Musical Universalism clarified some more

by | Jan 27, 2015 | Uncategorized

Thanks to some pointed questions from my dear friend, Chris Krull, I am heading back to first principles and trying to clarify what I’m really trying to protect.Chris very correctly pointed out to me the dangers of saying something was “universal” in...

Frozen peas vs. musical universalism

by | Jan 25, 2015 | Uncategorized

I have quite a few friends, students, and colleagues that have been posting an NPR story about the lack of universal aesthetic experience when listening to music. You can read that article here. The study is by scholars from MacGill University who were playing Western...