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My son Zach answered an add in Craig’s list some months ago to play in a Southern Rock cover band.  He eventually talked his younger brother into playing in the band as well.  That my children play in a Southern Rock cover band in Lincoln, Nebraska only...

According to Aristotle and other ancient authorities we have the dithyramb because Arion developed it in Corinth.  Arion flourish from 625 to 600 BCE.  He was born on Lesbos – which is always funny in and of itself.  Even better, we learn from Herodotus...

A brief panegyric to my now departed sweater.  Ironically, my iconic wool knit sweater was purchased in Florida before we moved to Nebraska.  A nice old lady accidentally did the best sales job of her life.  I placed the sweater on and took a few steps...

Thoinot Arbeau (1520-1595) was the anagram pen name of Jehan Tabourot (remember j and i are interchangeable).  He wrote about dance and music.  His writing remains a principle source for how the two were combined.  Arbeau believed dance to be good for...

I’m starting a new series of intermittent posts about some composers that I know.  I have always found David’s music interesting largely because I find his writing so different than mine.  Though I don’t know this for sure, he seems to compose with relative...

Here is the premiere of a new piece that was commissioned by my dear friend Tinsley Silcox for the St. Mark's Episcopal School in Dallas, TX.  When the piece was written, I sent it of to Martin Neuman who is one of the singers in the fabulous young group VIP...